Ethel Waters - 1926-1929 (1993)

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Artist: Ethel Waters
Title: 1926-1929
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Classics 688
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Blues, Vaudeville Blues, Harlem Renaissance
Quality: FLAC (track+.cue,log artwork)
Total Time: 1:12:22
Total Size: 373 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. He Brought Joy to My Soul (3:11)
02. Take What You Want (2:56)
03. I'm Coming Virginia (3:04)
04. We Don't Need Each Other Any More (3:02)
05. My Special Friend Is Back in Town (3:05)
06. Jersey Walk (2:35)
07. Weary Feet (3:12)
08. Smile! (2:48)
09. Home (Cradle of Happiness) (3:06)
10. Take Your Black Bottom Outside (2:47)
11. I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (2:50)
12. One Sweet Letter From You (3:14)
13. Someday, Sweetheart (3:01)
14. Some of These Days (2:58)
15. Lonesome Swallow (3:04)
16. Guess Who's in Town (3:01)
17. My Handy Man (2:58)
18. Do What You Did Last Night (2:39)
19. West End Blues (3:26)
20. Organ Grinder Blues (3:11)
21. Get Up Off Your Knees (2:43)
22. My Baby Sure Knows How to Love (3:32)
23. Birmingham Bertha (2:52)
24. Am I Blue? (3:17)

Few female jazz singers were on Ethel Waters' level during this period -- just Bessie Smith and Annette Hanshaw, and all three were quite different from each other. Waters has rarely sounded better than on the four numbers in which she is backed rather forcefully by pianist James P. Johnson (particularly "Guess Who's in Town" and "Do What You Did Last Night"), but she is also in fine form on the other small-group sides. "I'm Coming Virginia," "Home," "Take Your Black Bottom Outside," "Someday Sweetheart," and "Am I Blue" (which she introduced) are among the many gems on this highly recommended entry in Classics' chronological series.

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