Empress of the Blues, Vol. 3 [Italy]

Original Release Date:  July 18, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. Mean Old Bedbug Blues
• 2. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
• 3. It Won't Be You
• 4. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
• 5. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
• 6. Devil's Gonna Git You
• 7. Poor Man's Blues
• 8. Me and My Gin
• 9. I'm Wild About That Thing
• 10. Kitchen Man
• 11. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
• 12. Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)
• 13. He's Got Me Goin'
• 14. Wasted Life Blues
• 15. Keep It to Yourself
• 16. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
• 17. On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
• 18. Moan, You Moaners
• 19. Hustlin' Dan
• 20. Black Mountain Blues
• 21. Long Old Road
• 22. Safety Mama
• 23. Do Your Duty
• 24. Gimme a Pigfoot
• 25. Take Me for a Buggy Ride

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
• 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
• Jimmy Harrison: Trombone
• J.C. Johnson: Composer
• Fred Longshaw: Piano
• Elmer Snowden: Banjo
• Cyrus St. Clair: Tuba
• 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
• J. Cox: Composer
• Irving Johns: Piano
• Bobby Johnson: Guitar
• Robert Robbins: Violin
• L. Wood: Composer
• Isadore Myers: Piano
• George Baques: Clarinet