Author: SMITH, BESSIE (1894-1937)
Title: Bessie Smith : Empress of the Blues / compilation and biography by Chris Albertson ; notes on Bessie Smith's singing style by Gunther Schuller ; musical arrangements by George N. Terry ; edited by Clifford Richter
Description: New York : London : Schirmer Books ; Collier Macmillan Publishers 1975. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good. slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 143 pages; 1 score (143. [1] p.) : ill. ; 28 cm. A unique collection of songs. complete with excellent photo illustrations. Songs. principally by Bessie Smith; for voice and piano. with chord symbols.'Transcribed from Bessie's recorded renditions'--P. [144]. Contents: It makes my love come down -- Long road -- Jailhouse blues -- Dirty no-gooder's blues -- Down in the dumps -- In the house blues -- Shipwreck blues -- Safety mamma -- Take me for a buggy ride -- Blue blues -- Wasted life blues -- Standin' in the rain blues -- Squeeze me -- Baby won't you please come home -- Pickpocket blues -- Backwater blues -- Young woman's blues -- See if I'll care -- New Orleans hop scop blues -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out -- Baby doll -- Please help me get him off my mind -- Reckless blues -- My man blues -- Poor man's blues -- Hard time blues -- Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do -- Cake walking babies from home -- Gimme a pigfoot -- Gulf Coast blues. Subjects: Bessie Smith -- Music -- Blues -- Blues singers -- Songbook.Weight in Kg appr.:

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