"In this, the fifth and final chapter of 'The Empress of the Blues' complete recordings, you'll find not only Bessie Smith's remaining 6 issued Columbia and Okeh sides, but also 5 previously unissued alternate takes, plus the complete St Louis Blues soundtrack, and over 70 minutes of personal, intimate reflections by Bessie's niece and confidante, Ruby Smith."
- Bessie SMITH Voix
- Clarence WILLIAMS Piano
- Bessie SMITH & BUCK AND HIS BAND:
- Bessie SMITH
- Frank NEWTON Trompette
- Jack TEAGARDEN Trombone
- Chu BERRY Saxophone ténor
- Buck WASHINGTON Piano, Leader (jazz)
- Bobby JOHNSON Guitare
- Billy TAYLOR Contrebasse
- as above but add
- Benny GOODMAN Clarinette
- as above but delete
- Benny GOODMAN
- Chu BERRY
- Bessie SMITH & HENDERSON'S HOT SIX:
- Bessie SMITH
- Joe SMITH Cornet
- Charlie GREEN Trombone
- Buster BAILEY Clarinette
- Coleman HAWKINS Saxophone ténor
- Fletcher HENDERSON Piano
- Charlie DIXON Banjo
- Ralph ESCUDERO Tuba
- Bessie SMITH
- Charlie GREEN
- Fred LONGSHAW Piano
- as above but add
- Louis ARMSTRONG Cornet
- Bessie SMITH & HER BAND:
- Bessie SMITH
- Joe SMITH
- Jimmy HARRISON Trombone
- Buster BAILEY
- Coleman HAWKINS
- Fletcher HENDERSON
- Charlie DIXON
- Bessie SMITH
- Joe SMITH
- Russell SMITH Trompette
- Charlie GREEN
- unknown Clarinette
- unknown Saxophone ténor
- James P. JOHNSON Piano
- Charlie DIXON
- Harry HULL Contrebasse
- Kaiser MARSHALL Drums
- T.Rosamund JOHNSON & THE HALL-JOHNSON CHOIR Voix
- 1 Need a little sugar in my bowl
- 2 Safety mama
- 3 Do your duty
- 4 Gimme a pigfoot
- 5 Take me for a buggy ride
- 6 I'm down in the dumps
- 7 The yellow dog blues
- 8 Soft pedal blues
- 9 Nashville women's blues
- 10 Careless love blues
- 11 Muddy water (A Mississippi moan)
- 12 St Louis blues soundtrack: Band intro Crap game St Louis blues
- 13 Bessie disappears. Interview
- 14 Waldorf-Astoria party
- 15 Bessie & Jack, I
- 16 Bessie & Jack, II Bessie & the ladies
- 17 Life on the road, I
- 18 Life on the road, II
- 19 Life on the road, III Bessie & Gertrude Saunders
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