| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Issued in conjunction with the PBS documentary Martin Scorsese presents the blues. |
| Performer |
Bessie Smith, vocals; Porter Grainger (1st, 3rd works), Fletcher Henderson (4th, 8th, 13th works), Clarence Williams (6th, 9th-11th works), James P. Johnson (12th, 15th works), Buck Washington, (14th work), piano; Fred Longshaw, piano (2nd, 7th works) or reed organ (5th work); Bessemer Singers (12th work); in part, with various instrumentalists. |
| Event |
Recorded Apr. 1923-Nov. 1933 in New York. |
| Note |
Selections originally released 1923-1934. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Martin Scorsese and Tom Piazza (15 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Summary |
"In the early 1920s, the blues landscape was dominated by women who sang with pianists or jazz bands. Of these so-called classic blues singers, whose art was rooted in both vaudeville and the Southern blues tradition, none was greater, or had a larger influence, than Bessie Smith. Smith embodied all the virtues of the classic blues style, and then transcended its limits. Her voice was huge, her intonation perfect, her expressiveness breathtaking. This disc, spanning her brief but remarkably productive recording career, contains some of Smith's greatest performances."--Container. |
| Contents |
A good man is hard to find / E. Green (3:00) -- I ain't goin' to play no second fiddle / P. Bradford (3:20) -- Me and my gin / J.C. Johnson (2:49)-- Muddy water : (a Mississippi moan) / P. DeRose, H. Richman, J. Trent (3:07) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (3:09) -- 'Tain't nobody's bizness if I do / P. Grainger, E. Robbins (3:28) -- Careless love / W.C. Handy, S. Williams, M. Koenig (3:23) -- The yellow dog blues / W.C. Handy (2:58) -- Need a little sugar in my bowl / C. Williams, D. Small, T. Brymn (2:50) -- Down hearted blues / A. Hunter, L. Austin (3:25) -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out / J. Cox (2:57) -- On revival day : (a rhythmic spiritual) / A. Razaf (2:54) -- Send me to the 'lectric chair / G. Brooks (3:22) -- Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer / W. Wilson (3:28) -- Back water blues / B. Smith (3:16). |
| Subject |
Blues (Music) -- To 1931.
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Blues (Music) |
| Chronological Term |
To 1931 |
| Subject |
Blues (Music) -- 1931-1940.
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| Chronological Term |
1931-1940 |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Blues (Music)
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Blues (Music)
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| Added Author |
Grainger, Porter, performer.
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Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952, performer.
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Williams, Clarence, 1893-1965, performer.
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Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955, performer.
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Washington, Buck, performer.
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Longshaw, Fred, performer.
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Bessemer Singers, performer.
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| Note |
At head of title: Martin Scorsese presents the blues |
| Added Title |
Martin Scorsese presents The blues (Television program)
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| Music No. |
CK 90493 Columbia/Legacy |
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