Bessie Smith - The Empress & the Pianist: 1923-1931

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Album Details

Title: The Empress & the Pianist: 1923-1931
Artist: Bessie Smith
Release Date: 10/12/1999
Label: EPM
Album Type(s): Greatest Hits
UPCs: 3540131595220, 723723679925
Genre: Blues
Styles: Classic Female Blues, Early Jazz
Moods: Confident, Earthy, Exuberant, Raucous, Rollicking, Boisterous, Carefree, Irreverent, Passionate, Earnest, Freewheeling, Playful, Rousing, Sensual, Sexy
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1999	CD	EPM	15922

Other Editions

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Track Listings

Downhearted Blues
Gulf Coast Blues
Outside of That
Bleeding Hearted Blues
Jailhouse Blues
Graveyard Dream Blues
St. Louis Gal
Any Woman's Blues
Pinchbacks-Take 'Em Away!
Sinful Blues
He's Gone Blues
Florida Bound Blues
Hard Time Blues
Honey Man Blues
Backwater Blues
It Makes My Love Come Down
Wasted Life Blues
Blue Spirit Blues
Worn Out Papa Blues
Safety Mama

Credits

Name	Credits
Bessie Smith	Kazoo, Vocals
Clarence Williams	Accompaniment
Fletcher Henderson	Accompaniment
Fred Longshaw	Accompaniment
Irving Johns	Accompaniment
James P. Johnson	Accompaniment
Jean Buzelin	Cover Design, Liner Notes
Joyce Waterhouse	Adaptation