Bessie Smith - Quadromania

From her first cuts to her last, this set rolls out the red carpet for the stunning singer who's still the Empress of the Blues! Her smash Down Hearted Blues joins her '20s hits Gulf Coast Blues; Aggravatin' Papa; Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues; T'Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness if I Do; The St. Louis Blues; Careless Love Blues (last two with Louis Armstrong), plus Coleman Hawkins, James P. Johnson and more.