Bessie Smith - Empress of the Blues, Vol, 2: 1926-1933
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Artist: Bessie SmithEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2008-05-27
Music Label: Jsp Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- One and Two Blues - Bessie Smith,
- Young Woman's Blues - Bessie Smith,
- Preachin' the Blues
- Back Water Blues
- After You've Gone - Bessie Smith & Her Band
- Alexander's Rag Time Band - Bessie Smith & Her Band
- Muddy Waters (Mississippi Moan) [Take 1] - Bessie Smith & Her Band
- There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight - Bessie Smith & Her Band
- Trombone Cholly - Bessie Smith,
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair - Bessie Smith,
- Them Graveyard Words - Bessie Smith,
- Hot Springs Blues - Bessie Smith,
- Sweet Mistreater
- Lock and Key
- Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
- Good Man Is Hard to Find
- Homeless Blues
- Looking for My Man Blues
- Dyin' by the Hour
- Foolish Man Blues
- Thinking Blues
- Pickpocket Blues
- I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
- I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried
- Standin' in the Rain
- It Won't Be You
- Spider Man Blues
- Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
- Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
- Put It Right in There
- Yes Indeed He Do
- Devil's Gonna Git You
- You Ought to Be Ashamed
- Washwoman's Blues
- Slow and Easy Man
- Poor Man's Blues
- Please Help Me Get Him off My Mind
- Me and My Gin
- I'm Wild About That Thing
- You've Got to Give Me Some
- Kitchen Man
- I've Got What It Takes
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- Film Soundtrack "ST. Louis Blues"
- Take It Right Back
- He's Got Me Goin'
- It Makes My Love Come Down
- Wasted Life Blues
- Dirty No Gooder Blues
- Blue Spirit Blues
- Worn out Papa Blues
- You Don't Understand
- Don't Cry Baby
- Keep It to Yourself
- New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
- See If I Care [Take 3]
- Baby Have Pity on Me
- On Revival Day
- Moan Mourners
- Hustlin' Dan
- Black Mountain Blues
- In the House Blues
- Long Old Road
- Blue Blue
- Shipwreck Blues
- Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
- Safety Mama
- Do Your Duty
- Gimme a Pigfoot
- Take Me for a Buggy Ride
- I'm Down in the Dumps
- Lady Luck Blues [Test]
- Yodelin' Blues [Test]
- Midnight Blues [Test]
- St. Louis Gal [Test]
- Frosty Mornin [Test]
- Yellow Dog Blues [Test]
- Soft Pedal [Take 2]
- Nashville Women's Blues [Take 3]
- Careless Love [Take 2]
- Muddy Water (Mississippi Moan) [Take 2]
- See If I Care [Test]
Music reviews of Empress of the Blues, Vol, 2: 1926-1933
Music Review: By far the best
Rating: 5 Stars
Bessie Smith was probably the best all around jazz singer of all time. Some songs have a repetitive quality but she didn't write them, and that's the worst I can say about this collection. It's hard to believe just how good the sound quality upgrading has become. I haven't listened to the pre-1926 set. 1926 is important because, in that year, "electric" recording replaced "acoustic" recording which was a great advance. But her voice is on display here. She could add just the right patina of rasp effortlessly to a voice as sweet as any. We may never know if she had any close competition. Who didn't learn from her? She influenced Ray Charles, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Mae West. The list goes on. We're lucky to hear this a hundred years (almost) later. The solo piano back-up is great. She doesn't need more. When Odetta did her blues album, she suffered from sounding like her back-up was the Dukes of Dixieland. None of that here. Not every track is perfect but, as a whole, you couldn't ask for more.
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