The Complete Recordings, Volume 4

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Soft Pedal Blues - 1
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-14)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-14)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-14)
Bessie Smith3:16
2Soft Pedal Blues -2
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-14)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-14)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-14)
Bessie Smith3:16
3Dixie Flyer Blues
Bessie Smith3:09
4Nashville Woman's Blues - 2
Bessie Smith3:38
5Nashville Woman's Blues - 3
Bessie Smith3:09
6Careless Love Blues - 1
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-26)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-26)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-26)
Bessie Smith3:25
7Careless Love Blues - 2
recording of:
Careless Love
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bessie Smith3:24
8J. C. Holmes Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-27)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-27)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-27)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-27)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-27)
Bessie Smith43:05
9I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-27)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-27)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-27)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-27)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-27)
recording of:
I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (on 1925-05-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
Bessie Smith43:23
10He's Gone Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-06-23)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-06-23)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-06-23)
Bessie Smith43:10
11Nobody's Blues but Mine
Bessie Smith2:58
12I Ain't Got Nobody
Bessie Smith3:05
13My Man Blues
Bessie Smith and Clara Smith3:30
14New Gulf Coast Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-17)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1925-11-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-17)
Bessie Smith43:28
15Florida Bound Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-17)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1925-11-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-17)
Bessie Smith33:23
16At the Christmas Ball
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-18)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1925-11-18)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-11-18)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-11-18)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-18)
recording of:
At the Christmas Ball (on 1925-11-18)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Longshaw
Bessie Smith33:28
17I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It
Bessie Smith3:00
18Red Mountain Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-20)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1925-11-20)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-11-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-20)
Bessie Smith3:16
19Golden Rule Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-11-20)
alto saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1925-11-20)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-11-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-11-20)
Bessie Smith3:07
20Lonesome Desert Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-12-09)
cornet:
Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1925-12-09)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-12-09)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-12-09)
Bessie Smith3:28
21Squeeze Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-12-09)
cornet:
Shelton Hemphill (on 1925-12-09)
piano:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-12-09)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-12-09)
Bessie Smith3:25
22Them "Has Been" Blues
Bessie Smith3:26
23Squeeze Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-03-05)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1926-03-05)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-03-05)
recording of:
Squeeze Me (on 1926-03-05)
lyricist:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Bessie Smith2:53

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part of:The Complete Recordings of Bessie Smith (Frog Records, UK) (number: 4) (order: 4)