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The fourth of five volumes (the first four are two-CD sets) that reissue all of Bessie Smith's recordings traces her career from a period when her popularity was at its height down to just six songs away from the halt of her recording career. But although her commercial fortunes might have slipped, Bessie Smith never declined and these later recordings are consistently powerful. The two-part "Empty Bed Blues" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (hers is the original version) are true classics and none of the other 40 songs (including the double-entendre "Kitchen Man") are throwaways. With strong accompaniment during some performances by trombonist Charlie Green, guitarist Eddie Lang, Clarence Williams's band and on ten songs (eight of which are duets) the masterful pianist James P. Johnson, this volume (as with the others) is quite essential.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Fred Longshaw, Piano - Demas Dean, Cornet - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Fred Longshaw, Piano - Fred Longshaw, Trombone - Demas Dean, Piano - Demas Dean, Cornet - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Cornet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - H. Gray, Composer - H. Gray, Lyricist - Bob Fuller, Clarinet - Abraham Wheat, Soprano Saxophone - Abraham Wheat, Clarinet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Trombone - J.C. Johnson, Composer - J.C. Johnson, Lyricist
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Trombone - J.C. Johnson, Composer - J.C. Johnson, Lyricist
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Gainer, Piano - P. Grainger, Composer - P. Grainger, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Ernest Elliott, Alto Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Tenor Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Clarinet - P. Grainger, Composer - P. Grainger, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Bob Fuller, Alto Saxophone - Bob Fuller, Clarinet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Ernest Elliott, Alto Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Tenor Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Clarinet - P. Grainger, Composer - P. Grainger, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Bob Fuller, Alto Saxophone - Bob Fuller, Clarinet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Ernest Elliott, Alto Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Tenor Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Clarinet - P. Grainger, Composer - P. Grainger, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Bob Fuller, Alto Saxophone - Bob Fuller, Clarinet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Porter Gainger, Piano - Bob Fuller, Clarinet - Ernest Elliott, Alto Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Tenor Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Clarinet - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - S. Williams, Composer - S. Williams, Lyricist - Bob Fuller, Alto Saxophone - Bessie Williams, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Ernest Elliott, Alto Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Tenor Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Clarinet - S. Red, Composer - S. Red, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Bob Fuller, Alto Saxophone - Bob Fuller, Clarinet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Ernest Elliott, Alto Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Tenor Saxophone - Ernest Elliott, Clarinet - Joe Williams, Trombone - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Bob Fuller, Alto Saxophone - Bob Fuller, Clarinet
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Joe Williams, Trombone - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer
Originally released 1928. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Porter Grainger, Piano - Joe Williams, Trombone - Unknown, Producer - J.C. Johnson, Composer - J.C. Johnson, Lyricist
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Clarence Williams, Composer - Clarence Williams, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Eddie Lang, Guitar - Joe Venuti, Violin
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Clarence Williams, Composer - Clarence Williams, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Eddie Lang, Guitar - Joe Venuti, Violin
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Andy Razaf, Composer - Andy Razaf, Lyricist - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Edna Pinkard, Composer - Edna Pinkard, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Eddie Lang, Guitar - Joe Venuti, Violin
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - C. Williams, Lyricist - C. Williams, Composer - Ed Allen, Cornet - Garvin Bushell, Alto Saxophone - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Greely Walton, Tenor Saxophone - Clarence Williams, Piano - H. Jenkins, Composer - H. Jenkins, Lyricist - Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Greely Walton, Tenor Saxophone - Ed Allen, Cornet - Garvin Bushell, Alto Saxophone - Clarence Williams, Piano - Unknown, Producer - J. Cox, Composer - J. Cox, Lyricist
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - H. Gray, Composer - H. Gray, Lyricist
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
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Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - H. Gray, Composer - H. Gray, Lyricist
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Adam Sieff, Director - Adam Block, Director - David Mitson, Mastering Engineer
Originally Released 1929 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - S. Williams, Composer - S. Williams, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - S. Williams, Composer - S. Williams, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - S. Williams, Composer - S. Williams, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - C. Williams, Lyricist - C. Williams, Composer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - J. JOHNSON, Composer - J. JOHNSON, Lyricist
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - S. Bernie, Composer - S. Bernie, Lyricist - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - J. JOHNSON, Composer - J. JOHNSON, Lyricist - S. Unger, Composer - S. Unger, Lyricist
Originally released 1929. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Louis Metcalfe, Piano - Louis Metcalfe, Trumpet - C. Williams, Lyricist - C. Williams, Composer - Garvin Bushell, Alto Saxophone - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Louis Metclafe, Trumpet - Garvin Bushell, Alto Saxophone - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - George W. Thomas, Composer - George W. Thomas, Lyricist - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - C. Williams, Lyricist - C. Williams, Composer - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - A. HILL, Lyricist - A. HILL, Composer - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - C. Williams, Lyricist - C. Williams, Composer - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - B. Moll, Composer - B. Moll, Lyricist - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - The Bessemer Singers, Performer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Unknown, Producer - A. Razaf, Composer - A. Razaf, Lyricist
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - S. Williams, Composer - S. Williams, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - The Bessemer Singers, Performer - James P. Johnson, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - David Miston, Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Ed Allen, Cornet - J. Crawford, Composer - J. Crawford, Lyricist - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Steve Stevens, Piano
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Ed Allen, Cornet - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - H. Cole, Composer - H. Cole, Lyricist - David Miston, Mastering Engineer - Steve Stevens, Piano
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Louis Metcalfe, Cornet - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Floyd Casey, Drums - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1931. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Louis Metcalfe, Cornet - Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Louis Metcalfe, Piano - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Floyd Casey, Drums - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1931. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Floyd Casey, Drums - Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Louis Metcalfe, Cornet - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Charlie Green, Trombone
Originally released 1930. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Bessie Smith, Vocal - Bessie Smith, Performer - Bessie Smith, Composer - Bessie Smith, Lyricist - Lawrence Cohn, Producer - Lawrence Cohn, Executive Producer - Louis Metcalfe, Cornet - Clarence Williams, Piano - Gary Pacheco, Executive Producer - Floyd Casey, Drums - Charlie Green, Trombone - David Miston, Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1932. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
The fourth of five volumes (the first four are two-CD sets) that reissue all of Bessie Smith's recordings traces her career from a period when her popularity was at its height down to just six songs away from the halt of her recording career. But although her commercial fortunes might have slipped, Bessie Smith never declined and these later recordings are consistently powerful. The two-part "Empty Bed Blues" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (hers is the original version) are true classics and none of the other 40 songs (including the double-entendre "Kitchen Man") are throwaways. With strong accompaniment during some performances by trombonist Charlie Green, guitarist Eddie Lang, Clarence Williams's band and on ten songs (eight of which are duets) the masterful pianist James P. Johnson, this volume (as with the others) is quite essential.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:33
- Main artists: Bessie Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Legacy - Columbia
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
(P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment
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