The Very Best Of

Tracklist

• 1
  Little Low Mama
  2:59
• 2
  See See Rider Blues
  3:09
• 3
  Bo Weavil Blues
  2:45
• 4
  Fore Day Hon'ry Scat
  3:08
• 5
  Misery Blues
  2:40
• 6
  Georgia Cake Walk
  2:42
• 7
  Black Dust Blues
  2:56
• 8
  Yonder Comes the Blues
  3:00
  5.0 ★
• 9
  New Bo Weavil Blues
  2:51
• 10
  Stormy Sea Blues
  2:41
• 11
  Oh Papa Blues
  2:46
• 12
  Stack O'Lee Blues
  2:53
• 13
  Southern Blues
  2:49
• 14
  Ice Bag Papa
  3:04
• 15
  No Easy Rider Blues
  3:16
• 16
  Prove It on Me Blues
  2:40
• 17
  Farewell Daddy Blues
  3:04
• 18
  Toad Frog Blues
  3:01
• 19
  Black Eye Blues
  3:11
• 20
  Lost Wandering Blues
  2:46
• 21
  Big Boy Blues
  2:49
• 22
  Blues Oh Blues
  2:53
• 23
  Moonshine Blues
  2:51
• 24
  Titanic Man Blues
  2:39
• 25
  Sweet Rough Man
  3:07
  2.0 ★
• 26
  Hellish Rag
  3:03
• 27
  Big Feeling Blues
  2:45
• 28
  Shave 'em Dry
  2:34
• 29
  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  3:10
  1.0 ★
• 30
  Hear Me Talking to You
  2:59
• 31
  Sissy Blues
  3:10
• 32
  Levee Camp Moan
  2:43
• 33
  Down in the Basement
  3:02
• 34
  Jealousy Blues
  2:49
• 35
  Blame It on the Blues
  3:01
• 36
  Barrel House Blues
  2:46
• 37
  Southbound Blues
  3:09
• 38
  Leaving This Morning
  3:08
• 39
  Ma Rainey's Mystery Blues
  3:20
• 40
  Ya da Do Blues
  2:59
• 41
  Wringing and Twisting Blues
  2:54
• 42
  Dream Blues
  2:44
• 43
  Memphis Bound Blues
  2:43
• 44
  Lucky Rock Blues
  3:01
• 45
  Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
  2:26
• 46
  So Soon This Morning
  2:48
• 47
  Travelling Blues
  2:37
• 48
  Army Camp Harmony Blues
  2:41
• 49
  Hustlin' Blues
  2:36
• 50
  Mountain Jack Blues
  2:37
• 51
  Damper Down Blues
  2:33
• 52
  Don't Fish in My Sea
  2:53
• 53
  Goodbye Daddy Blues
  3:23

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Release credits

• Albert Wynn
  trombone [33]
• Ben Thigpen
  drums (drum set) [33]
• Buster Bailey
  clarinet [8, 12, 41]
• Carl Reid
  horn [45], jug [16]
• Charles Harris
  alto saxophone [44]
• Charlie Dixon
  banjo [8, 12, 41]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [8, 12, 41]
• Claude Hopkins
  piano [11, 22]
• Coleman Hawkins
  baritone saxophone [12], bass saxophone [8, 12, 41]
• Doc Cheatham
  soprano saxophone [33]
• Eddie Miller
  piano [7]
• Fletcher Henderson
  piano [8, 12, 41]
• Herman Brown
  kazoo [16, 45], washboard [16, 45], washtub bass [16, 45]
• Homer Hobson
  cornet [33]
• Jimmy Blythe
  piano [52]
• Jimmy O'Bryant
  clarinet [44]
• Joe Smith
  cornet [8, 12, 41]
• Kid Ory
  trombone [11, 22]
• Lil Henderson
  piano [33]
• Lovie Austin
  piano [44]
• Ma Rainey
  lead vocals [16, 45], vocal [7-8, 11-12, 22, 25, 27, 33, 38, 41, 44, 52]
• Martell Pettiford
  banjo [16, 45]
• Papa Charlie Jackson
  banjo [27], vocal [27]
• Rip Bassett
  banjo [33]
• Shirley Clay
  cornet [11, 22]
• Tampa Red
  guitar [25, 38]
• Thomas A. Dorsey
  piano [16, 25, 38, 45]
• Tom Brown
  alto saxophone [33], clarinet [33]
• Tommy Ladnier
  cornet [44]
• [unknown]
  banjo [11, 22], tuba [11, 22]
• Show all credits (30)

Issues

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  The Very Best Of

  Digital Media
  2009