The Quintessence: The Empress 1923–1933

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Down Hearted Blues
  3:34
• 2
  Gulf Coast Blues
  3:08
• 3
  Aggravatin’ Papa
  3:19
• 4
  Beale Street Mama (Papa)
  3:37
• 5
  Graveyard Dream Blues
  2:46
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Cemetery Blues
  3:31
• 7
  Any Woman’s Blues
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Boweavil Blues
  2:53
• 9
  Weeping Willow Blues
  3:11
• 10
  Reckless Blues
  3:00
• 11
  Sobbin’ Hearted Blues
  3:00
• 12
  Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home
  3:12
  5.0 ★
• 13
  The Yellow Dog Blues
  2:59
• 14
  Soft Pedal Blues
  3:14
• 15
  Nashville Woman’s Blues
  3:43
• 16
  Careless Love Blues
  3:18
• 17
  I Ain’t Gonna Play Second Fiddle
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 18
  At the Christmas Ball
  3:30
• CD 2
• 1
  Squeeze Me
  2:53
• 2
  Money Blues
  3:11
• 3
  Baby Doll
  3:01
• 4
  Young Woman’s Blues
  3:10
• 5
  Backwater Blues
  3:20
• 6
  After You’ve Gone
  2:57
• 7
  Alexander’s Ragtime Band
  3:01
• 8
  Muddy Water
  3:13
• 9
  There’ll Be a Hot Time
  3:25
• 10
  Trombone Cholly
  3:14
• 11
  Foolish Man Blues
  2:55
• 12
  Empty Bed Blues
  6:27
• 13
  St. Louis Blues
  8:21
• 14
  Wasted Life Blues
  3:05
• 15
  On Revival Day
  2:57
• 16
  Shipwreck Blues
  3:23
• 17
  Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  2:49
• 18
  Take Me for a Buggy Ride
  2:36

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Release credits

• Bessie Smith
  vocal
• Bob Escudero
  tuba [12]
• Buster Bailey
  clarinet [2.4, 2.6, 1.12]
• Charlie Dixon
  banjo [12]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [1.12, 1.17, 2.12]
• Clarence Williams
  piano [1, 14]
• Coleman Hawkins
  clarinet [7], tenor saxophone [12]
• Fletcher Henderson
  piano [1.7, 1.12, 1.17, 2.4]
• Fred Longshaw
  piano [11], reed organ [10]
• Irving Johns
  piano [8]
• James P. Johnson
  piano [5]
• Jimmy Jones
  piano [5]
• Joe Smith
  cornet [2.4, 1.12]
• Louis Armstrong
  cornet [10-11, 17]
• Porter Grainger
  piano [12]

Issues

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  The Quintessence: The Empress 1923-1933

  2x CD
  1997