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BESSIE SMITH
‘Down hearted Blues’
Original Recordings 1921-1924
 Naxos
Jazz Legends 8.120660
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- Downhearted Blues
- Gulf Coast blues
- ‘T Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do
- Keeps On A-Rainin’
- Yodling Blues
- Bleeding Heart Blues
- Lady Luck Blues
- If You Don’t I Know Who Will
- Nobody In Town cab Make A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
- Jail House Blues
- Graveyard Dream Blues
- Cemetery Blues
- Any Woman’s Blues
- Mistreatin’ Daddy
- Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
- Moonshine Blues
- Boweavil Blues
- Hateful Blues.
She made life amusing, serious, witty and devastatingly
depressing and she sang without compromise, for people who were honest
enough to realise that life is like that. Spike Hughes – Melody Maker
1937
Bessie’s control of her voice is without parallel:
a subtle accent on one syllable could change the entire meaning of
a line. Her sense of pitch was as dramatic as it was accurate. George
Avakian
These two quotations taken from the record sleeve
pretty well sum up the work of Bessie Smith. She had a huge voice,
much bigger than most men and an immediately identifiable delivery.
Naxos really has worked a miracle in bringing these recordings made
in 1923/4 to listenable quality. Most of the tracks are of Bessie
singing with piano accompaniment and for me, despite the unique quality
of her voice, this is just too much of a good thing. I am sure many
purists will disagree and I feel certain that they are the people
that this album is aimed at.
It must be some time since some of these tracks have
been commercially available and for those who regard her as the only
real female jazz vocalist; this album is definitely for you!
Don Mather
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