Empress of the Blues, Vol. 1 [Italy]

Original Release Date:  May 16, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. Down Hearted Blues
• 2. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
• 3. Mama's Got the Blues
• 4. Bleeding Hearted Blues
• 5. Lady Luck Blues
• 6. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
• 7. Jail-House Blues
• 8. Sam Jones Blues
• 9. My Sweetie Went Away
• 10. Any Woman's Blues
• 11. Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
• 12. Hateful Blues
• 13. Moonshine Blues
• 14. House Rent Blues
• 15. Weeping Willow Blues
• 16. The Bye Bye Blues
• 17. Sing Sing Prison Blues
• 18. Follow the Deal on Down
• 19. Sinful Blues
• 20. The St. Louis Blues
• 21. Reckless Blues
• 22. Sobbin' Hearted Blues
• 23. Cold in Hand Blues
• 24. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon

Credits

• Bessie Smith: Vocals
• Steve Stevens: Piano
• Buster Bailey: Clarinet
• Chu Berry: Sax (Tenor)
• Benny Goodman: Clarinet
• James P. Johnson: Piano
• Jack Teagarden: Trombone
• Joe Williams: Trombone
• Frankie Newton: Trumpet
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Don Redman: Clarinet
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Ed Allen: Cornet
• Louis Armstrong: Cornet
• Garvin Bushell: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Demas Dean: Cornet
• Charlie Dixon: Banjo
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano
• Porter Grainger: Piano, Composer
• Jimmy Harrison: Trombone
• Fred Longshaw: Piano
• Elmer Snowden: Banjo
• Cyrus St. Clair: Tuba
• Roy Turk: Composer
• Greely Walton: Sax (Tenor)
• Buck Washington: Piano, Leader
• Clarence Williams: Piano
• S. Williams: Composer
• Ernest Elliott: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie Green: Trombone
• Floyd Casey: Drums
• Bob Escudero: Tuba
• Irving Johns: Piano
• Lou Handman: Composer
• Everett Robbins: Composer
• A. Bernard: Composer
• A.K. Hunter: Composer
• Bobby Johnson: Guitar
• G. Jonah Rainey: Composer
• Robert Robbins: Violin
• Isadore Myers: Piano
• George Baques: Clarinet