MAMIE SMITH — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 3 • 1922-1923 | DOCD-5359 (1995) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 Mamie Smith's lavishly expensive wardrobe and over-the-top stage presence is reported to have been breathtaking, and a young aspiring blues woman named Victoria Spivey was so bowled over by the spectacle that it inspired her to pursue her own recording career. The third installment in Document's four-part chronological history of Mamie Smith brings together two-dozen sides dating from early May 1922 through mid-August 1923. This is a particularly rewarding collection as it combines instrumentals like "Stuttering," "Those Longing for You Blues," and "Strut Your Material," with songs destined to become warhorses in the barrelhouse and traditional jazz repertoire ( "That Da Da Strain," "Kansas City Man Blues," "You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night," and "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll"); in addition to three numbers perhaps best remembered among early jazz lovers for the piano roll versions by Fats Waller which appeared almost contemporaneously with Smith's phonograph recordings ("Got to Cool My Doggies Now," "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did," and "Do It, Mr. So-And-So"). These records also offer further proof that Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds were almost as important to rising young talent in its day as would be Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the '50s. Future stars heard on these ancient platters include cornetists Bubber Miley, Joe Smith, and Johnny Dunn, as well as reedmen Buster Bailey, Garvin Bushell, Coleman Hawkins, and Sidney Bechet. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    New Orleans    2:58
2    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Mamie Smith Blues    3:11
3    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Alabama Blues    3:03
4    Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds–    Stuttering    3:09
5    Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds–    Those Longing For You Blues    2:54
6    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Got To Cool My Doggies Now    2:50
7    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him, Didn't Love Him Anyhow Blues    2:58
8    Mamie Smith And Her Jazz Hounds–    Strut Your Material    3:01
9    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Wish That I Could But I Can't Forgive You Blues    2:56
10    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Sighin' Around With The Blues    3:02
11    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    That Da Da Strain    2:49
12    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll    3:03
13    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Don't Mess With Me    3:09
14    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    Mean Man    2:56
15    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    The Darktown Flappers Ball    2:55
16    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    I'm Gonna Get You    2:55
17    Mamie Smith, Acc. Her Jazz Hounds–    You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mamma At All)    2:48
18    Mamie Smith–    You Can't Do What My Last Man Did 2:41
Piano [Prob.] – J.C. Johnson
19    Mamie Smith–    Good Looking Papa 2:54
Piano – Clarence Williams
20    Mamie Smith–    Lady Luck Blues 3:09
Banjo – Buddy Christian
Orchestra – The Harlem Trio
Piano – Clarence Williams
Soprano Saxophone – Sidney Bechet
21    Mamie Smith–    Kansas City Man Blues 3:20
Banjo – Buddy Christian
Orchestra – The Harlem Trio
Piano – Clarence Williams
Soprano Saxophone – Sidney Bechet
22    Mamie Smith–    Plain Old Blues 2:46
Piano – Porter Grainger
23    Mamie Smith–    Mistreatin' Daddy Blues 3:17
Piano – Porter Grainger
24    Mamie Smith–    Do it, Mr. So-and-So 3:06
Piano – Porter Grainger