Not the best Classics disc of Ellington's 1920s and '30s work (look to the label's mid- to late-'30s titles), this 23-track round-up of the bandleader's 1932-1933 output still offers enough in the way of quality originals and stellar playing to keep most Duke enthusiasts happy. The first half contains the choicest selections, including such top-notch ensemble vehicles as Benny Carter's "Jazz Cocktail" (his arrangement is used, too) and superb Ellington charts like "Slippery Horn," "Blue Harlem," and "Lightnin'." The latter half does sag a bit with several vocal novelties featuring Ivie Anderson, the Mills Brothers, and Adelaide Hall, but the always excellent contributions of Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Barney Bigard, and Cootie Williams keep things in check. An enjoyable slice of early Ellingtonia that's may be best left to the more trench-friendly of early jazz lovers. Stephen Cook Tracklist + Credits :
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1932-1933 | The Classics Chronological Series – 626 (1992) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
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ETHEL WATERS – 1921-1923 | The Classics Chronological Series – 796 (1994) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
Ethel Waters was one of the few singers from the early '20s whose early recordings are still quite listenable. This CD from the Classics label has her first 22 sides (many previously rare including five interesting instrumentals by Waters's band) and, although not on the same level as her performances from a few years later, the music is quite good for the time period. The sidemen are mostly obscure but include pianist Fletcher Henderson and cornetists Gus Aiken and Joe Smith with the highlights being "The New York Glide," "Down Home Blues," "There'll Be Some Changes Made" and "Midnight Blues." Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 The New York Glide 3:04
Unknown
2 At the New Jump Steady Ball 3:26
Tom Delaney / Sidney Easton
3 Oh, Daddy 3:18
Victor Herbert / Willy Russell
4 Down Home Blues 3:26
Tom Delaney
5 One Man Nan 2:56
Victor Herbert / Willy Russell
6 There'll Be Some Changes Made 3:22
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet
7 Dying With the Blues 2:57
Fletcher Henderson
8 Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice 3:07
Edgar Dowell
9 'Frisco Jazz Band Blues 3:27
Unknown
10 Royal Garden Blues 3:12
Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams
11 Bugle Blues 2:38
W.C. Handy
12 Jazzin' Babies Blues 3:07
Ralph "Shrimp" Jones
13 Kind Lovin' Blues 3:04
Fletcher Henderson / Sidney Mitchell / Ethel Waters
14 Georgia Blues 3:13
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet
15 That Da Da Strain 2:55
Edgar Dowell / Mamie Medina
16 Tiger Rag 3:09
Harry Da Costa / Eddie Edwards / Nick LaRocca / Henry W. Ragas / Tony Sbarbaro / Larry Shields
17 Pacific Coast Blues 3:36
Hegamin / Hammed
18 At the New Jump Steady Ball 2:53
Tom Delaney / Sidney Easton
19 Oh Joe, Play That Trombone 2:37
Edgar Dowell
20 Memphis Man 2:44
Henry / Grant
21 Midnight Blues 3:02
Clarence Williams
22 Brown Baby 2:59
Grant
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Clarence Harris (tracks: 1, 2), Unknown Artist (tracks: 1, 2)
Banjo – John Mitchell (tracks: 20 to 22)
Bass Saxophone – Unknown Artist (tracks: 9 to 11)
Brass Bass – Ralph Escudero (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 8), Unknown Artist (tracks: 18, 19)
Clarinet – Edgar Campbell (tracks: 3, 4, 20 to 22), Garvin Bushell (tracks: 5 to 11), Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 8, 18, 19)
Clarinet [?] – Clarence Robinson (tracks: 12 to 17), Elmer Chambers (tracks: 20 to 22)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone [?] – Joe Elder (tracks: 9 to 11)
Cornet – Gus Aiken (tracks: 9 to 11), Joe Smith (tracks: 12 to 17)
Drums – Kaiser Marshall (tracks: 1, 2), Raymond Green (tracks: 16, 17)
Piano – Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 3 to 22), Wilson Kyer (tracks: 1, 2)
Trombone – Bud Aiken (tracks: 9 to 11), George Brashear (tracks: 12 to 17, 20 to 22), James Reevy (tracks: 1, 2), Unknown Artist (tracks: 5, 6, 18, 19)
Trombone [?] – Chink Johnson (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8)
Trumpet – Unknown Artist (tracks: 3 to 8, 18, 19), Wesley Johnson (tracks: 1, 2)
Violin – Cordy Williams (tracks: 3, 4)
Violin [?] – Charlie Jackson (tracks: 5 to 8)
Vocals – Ethel Waters (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 15, 18 to 22) 
ETHEL WATERS – 1923-1925 | The Classics Chronological Series – 775 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
The European Classics label's Ethel Waters program completely wipes out all of the other Waters reissues for it reissues all of her recordings from her prime years in chronological order. Since the singer was very consistent, there are very few duds and many gems in these sets. This particular CD traces Ethel Waters during a two-year period; both the recording quality and her accompaniment greatly improve during this time; cornetist Joe Smith is a standout and pianist Fats Waller is present on "Pleasure Mad" and "Back-Bitin' Mamma." Highlights includes "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" and "Sympathetic Dan." Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Long-Lost Mama 3:07
2 Lost Out Blues 2:58
3 Ain't Goin' Marry (Ain't Goin' Settle Down) 2:38
4 If You Don't Think I'll Do Sweet Pops (Just Try Me) 3:43
5 Who'll Get It When I'm Gone? 2:45
6 All The Time 3:09
7 You Can't Do What My Last Man Did 3:08
8 Ethel Sings 'Em 3:17
9 Sweet Man Blues 3:14
10 Tell 'Em 'Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee) 3:00
11 You'll Need Me When I'm Long Gone 2:45
12 Craving Blues 2:59
13 Black Spatch Blues 3:03
14 I Want Somebody All My Own 2:43
15 Pleasure Mad 2:44
16 Back-bitin' Mamma 2:46
17 No One Can Love Me (Like The Way You Do) 2:45
18 Brother, You've Got Me Wrong 2:43
19 Sweet Georgia Brown 3:09
20 Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night 3:22
21 Sympathetic Dan 3:12
22 Down Home Blues 2:38
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Unknown Artist (tracks: 12 to 14)
Banjo – John Mitchell (19) (tracks: 1, 2)
Bassoon – Unknown Artist (tracks: 18, 19)
Brass Bass – Bill Benford (tracks: 20 to 22)
Clarinet – Edgar Campbell (tracks: 1, 2)
Clarinet [?] – Jimmy O'Bryant (tracks: 12 to 14)
Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone [?] – Don Redman (tracks: 18, 19)
Cornet – Horace Holmes (tracks: 20 to 22), Joe Smith (3) (tracks: 10, 11, 17)
Cornet [?] – Elmer Chambers (tracks: 1, 2), Tommy Ladnier (tracks: 12 to 14)
Piano – Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 1 to 4), J.C. Johnson (tracks: 5 to 9), Lovie Austin (tracks: 12 to 14), Pearl Wright (tracks: 10, 11, 17, 20 to 22)
Piano [?] – Fats Waller (tracks: 15, 16)
Piano [and/or] – Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 18, 19), Pearl Wright (tracks: 18, 19)
Soprano Saxophone, Oboe – Unknown Artist (tracks: 17)
Trombone – George Brashear (tracks: 1, 2)
Vocals – Ethel Waters
ETHEL WATERS – 1925-1926 | The Classics Chronological Series – 672 (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
This CD in the Classics Ethel Waters series contains plenty of gems,
including "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did," the original version of
"Dinah," "Shake That Thing," "I've Found a New Baby" (which has some
memorable cornet playing from Joe Smith), "Sugar," and "Heebie Jeebies."
On "Maybe Not at All," Waters does eerie imitations of both Bessie
Smith and Clara Smith. She had few competitors as a jazz singer during
this era, and the mostly intimate recordings (12 of the 23 tracks find
her backed by just a pianist) feature Waters at her best. Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me) 3:01
Channing Pollack
2 You Can't Do What My Last Man Did 3:03
J.C. Johnson / J.C. Jones / Ali Moore
3 Pickininny Blues 3:00
4 Sweet Man 2:48
Maceo Pinkard / Roy Turk
5 Dinah 3:12
Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young
6 No Man's Mamma 3:05
Channing Pollack
7 Tell 'Em About Me (When You Reach Tennessee) 3:00
Sidney Easton / Ethel Waters
8 Maybe Not at All 3:08
Sidney Easton / Ethel Waters
9 Shake That Thing 3:13
Papa Charlie Jackson
10 I've Found a New Baby 2:56
Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams
11 Make Me a Pallet on the Floor 2:50
Shelton Brooks / Traditional
12 Bring Your Greenbacks 2:47
Shelton Brooks
13 After All These Years 3:02
Shelton Brooks
14 Throw Dirt in Your Face 2:48
Shelton Brooks
15 I'm Saving It All for You 2:46
Clarence Williams
16 Refrigeratin' Papa (Mama's Gonna Warm You Up) 3:16
17 If You Can't Hold the Man You Love (Don't Cry When He's Gone) 2:45
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal
18 Satisfyin' Papa 2:52
Nathaniel Reed / Ethel Waters
19 Sugar 3:06
Edna Alexander / Sidney Mitchell / Maceo Pinkard
20 I Wonder What's Become of Joe? 2:43
Maceo Pinkard / Roy Turk
21 You'll Want Me Back 3:04
Nathaniel Reed / Ethel Waters
22 Heebie Jeebies 2:46
Boyd Atkins / Ralph "Shrimp" Jones
23 Ev'rybody Mess Aroun' 2:44
Credits :
Lester Armstead - Piano
Jesse Baltimore - Drums
Bill Benford - Bowed Bass
Shelton Brooks, Sammy Fain - Accompaniment, Composer, Piano
Coleman Hawkins - Sax (Baritone)
Horace Holmes, Harry Tate - Cornet
Alex Jackson - Sax (Baritone)
Maceo Jefferson - Banjo
Ralph "Shrimp" Jones - Composer, Director, Violin
Joe King - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Trombone
Joe "Fox" Smith - Contralto (Vocal)
Ethel Waters - Vocals
Pearl Wright, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Hooper, Maceo Pinkard, Nathaniel Reed - Accompaniment, Piano 
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ETHEL WATERS – 1926-1929 | The Classics Chronological Series – 688 (1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
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. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 He Brought Joy to My Soul 3:12
Traditional
2 Take What You Want 2:56
J.C. Johnson
3 I'm Coming Virginia 3:05
Will Marion Cook / Donald Heywood
4 We Don't Need Eash Other Any More 3:02
J.C. Johnson
5 My Special Friend Is Back in Town 3:06
J.C. Johnson / Andy Razaf
6 Jersey Walk 2:35
Henry Creamer / James F. Hanley
7 Weary Feet 3:13
Unknown Blues Band
8 Smile! 2:48
Donald Heywood
9 Home (Cradle of Happiness) 3:06
J.C. Johnson
10 Take Your Black Bottom Outside 2:47
Clarence Williams
11 I Want My Sweet Daddy Now 2:51
Donald Heywood
12 One Sweet Letter from You 3:15
Lew Brown / Sidney Clare / Harry Warren
13 Someday, Sweetheart 3:02
Benjamin Franklin Spikes / John Spikes
14 Some of These Days 2:59
Shelton Brooks
15 Lonesome Swallow 3:04
J.C. Johnson / Andy Razaf
16 Guess Who's in Town 3:02
James P. Johnson / Andy Razaf
17 My Handy Man 2:58
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
18 Do What You Did Last Night 2:39
J.C. Johnson / Andy Razaf
19 West End Blues 3:26
King Oliver / Clarence Williams
20 Organ Grinder Blues 3:12
Clarence Williams
21 Get Up Off Your Knees 2:44
Clarence Williams
22 My Baby Sure Knows How to Make Love 3:32
Crawford / Rafe
23 Birmingham Bertha 2:52
Harry Akst / Grant Clarke
24 Am I Blue? 3:16
Harry Akst / Grant Clarke
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Alex S. Jackson (tracks: 9, 10)
Backing Vocals – Ebony Four (tracks: 1)
Bass Saxophone [Uncredited] – Alex Jackson (tracks: 7, 8)
Bass [Sb] – Joe Tarto (tracks: 23, 24)
Clarinet – Jimmy Dorsey (tracks: 23, 24)
Cornet – Joe Smith (tracks: 7 to 10), Unknown Artist (tracks: 3, 4)
Orchestra – Will Marion Cook's Singing Orchestra (tracks: 3, 4)
Piano – Clarence Williams (tracks: 19 to 22), Frank Signorelli (tracks: 23, 24), J.C. Johnson (tracks: 3 to 5), James P. Johnson (tracks: 15 to 18), Pearl Wright (tracks: 2, 6 to 14)
Trombone – Tommy Dorsey (tracks: 23 to 24)
Trumpet [?] – Manny Klein (tracks: 23 to 24)
Violin – Unknown Artist (tracks: 3, 4), William A. Tyler (tracks: 12 to 14)
Violoncello – H. Leonard Jeter (tracks: 12 to 14), Unknown Artist (tracks: 3, 4)
ETHEL WATERS – 1929-1931 | The Classics Chronological Series – 721 (1993) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
During the period covered in this CD from Classics' Complete Ethel
Waters series, the singer was quickly developing into a top musical
comedy and Broadway star. Although her backup was not as jazz-oriented
as previously (despite the presence of such players as clarinetist Benny
Goodman, trombonist Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet and alto and
trumpeter Manny Klein), Waters's renditions of many of these future
standards are definitive, particularly "True Blue Lou," "Waiting at the
End of the Road," "Porgy," "You're Lucky to Me" and "When Your Lover Has
Gone." Superior jazz-oriented singing from one of the very best. Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Second-Handed Man 2:46
Sidney Easton / Ethel Waters
2 True Blue Lou 2:58
Sam Coslow / Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting
3 Do I Know What I'm Doing? 2:47
Sam Coslow / Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting
4 Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo 2:47
Sam Coslow / Leo Robin / Richard A. Whiting
5 Georgia Blues 3:21
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet
6 I Like the Way He Does It 2:31
7 Waiting at the End of the Road 3:18
Irving Berlin
8 Trav'lin' All Alone 2:56
J.C. Johnson
9 Long Lean Lanky Mama 2:48
10 Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man 2:54
11 Porgy 3:30
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
12 Black and Blue 2:55
Harry Brooks / Andy Razaf / Fats Waller
13 My Kind of Man 2:58
14 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me 3:20
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Peter Norman
15 You're Lucky to Me 3:07
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
16 Memories of You 3:07
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
17 I Got Rhythm 3:05
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
18 Three Little Words 3:05
Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby
19 When Your Lover Has Gone 3:07
Einar A. Swan
20 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 3:13
Sidney Clare / Sam H. Stept
21 You Can't Stop Me from Loving You 3:19
Mann Holiner / Alberta Nichols
22 Without That Gal! 2:51
Walter Donaldson
Credits :
Bass Saxophone – Adrian Rollini (tracks: 13, 14)
Bass [String Bass] – Joe Tarto (tracks: 2 to 4, 11, 12), Unknown Artist (tracks: 15, 16)
Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: 13, 14, 19 to 22)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Jimmy Dorsey (tracks: 2 to 4, 17, 18)
Drums – Stan King (tracks: 2 to 4)
Guitar – Dick McDonough (tracks: 21, 22), Eddie Lang (tracks: 19, 20), Tony Colucci (tracks: 2 to 4, 11, 12), Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 8, 17, 18)
Organ – Unknown Artist (tracks: 15, 16)
Piano – Frank Signorelli (tracks: 2 to 4, 11, 12), Pearl Wright (tracks: 1, 5 to 10), Rube Bloom (tracks: 13, 14, 19 to 22), Unknown Artist (tracks: 15 to 18)
Trombone – Tommy Dorsey (tracks: 2 to 4, 13, 14, 17 to 22)
Trumpet – Bob Effros (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 8), Manny Klein (tracks: 13, 14, 17 to 22)
Trumpet [And/Or] – Manny Klein (tracks: 11, 12), Muggsy Spanier (tracks: 11, 12)
Violin – Ben Selvin (tracks: 2 to 4, 11 to 14, 17, 18), Joe Venuti (tracks: 19, 20), Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 8, 15, 16)
Violoncello – Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 8)
Vocals – Ethel Waters 
ETHEL WATERS – 1931-1934 | The Classics Chronological Series – 735 (1993) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless
Ethel Waters was one of the very few Black performers who was able to
keep working in music during the early years of the Depression; in fact
her fame grew during the period covered by this excellent CD from
Classics' Complete series. Among her backup musicians on these
consistently excellent sides are violinist Joe Venuti, the Dorsey
Brothers, trumpeter Bunny Berigan, trombonist Jack Teagarden,
clarinetist Benny Goodman members of the Chick Webb big band and the
entire Duke Ellington orchestra (the latter on "I Can't Give You
Anything but Love" and "Porgy"). Highpoints include the Ellington
tracks, "St. Louis Blues" (with The Cecil Mack Choir), the original
version of "Stormy Weather," "A Hundred Years from Today" and a remake
of "Dinah." Highly recommended as are all of the Ethel Waters Classics
discs. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 River, Stay 'Way from My Door 3:00
Mort Dixon / Harry Woods
2 Shine on Harvest Moon 2:58
Nora Bayes / Jack Norworth
3 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3:03
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
4 Porgy 3:09
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
5 St. Louis Blues 3:24
W.C. Handy
6 Stormy Weather 3:09
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
7 Love Is the Thing 3:15
Ned Washington / Victor Young
8 Don't Blame Me 3:13
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh / David Raksin / F. Wess
9 Shadows on the Swanee 2:59
Johnny Burke / Harold Spina / Joe Young
10 Heat Wave 2:58
Irving Berlin
11 Harlem on My Mind 3:26
Irving Berlin
12 I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby 2:54
Mann Holiner / Alberta Nichols
13 A Hundred Years from Today 2:45
Ned Washington / Joseph Young / Victor Young
14 Come up and See Me Sometime 3:08
Louis Alter
15 You've Seen Harlem at Its Best 2:56
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
16 Miss Otis Regrets 3:02
Cole Porter
17 Dinah 2:43
Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young
18 When It's Sleepy Time Down South 2:43
Clarence Muse / Otis Rene / Leon René
19 Moonglow 3:19
Eddie DeLange / Will Hudson / Irving Mills
20 Give Me a Heart to Sing To 3:18
Ned Washington / Joe Young
21 I Ain't Gonna Sin No More 3:06
Herbert Magidson
22 Trade Mark 3:01
Sidney Easton
23 You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim 3:03
Traditional
Credits :
Larry Binyon – Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Dorsey – Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Tommy Dorsey – Drums, Guitar, Piano, Trombone, Violin
Duke Ellington – Director, Piano
Benny Goodman – Clarinet, Piano, Sax (Tenor), Viola, Violin
Harry Hoffman, Lou Kosloff, Walter Edelstein – Violin
Art Karle – Sax (Tenor)
Stan King, Gene Krupa, Chauncey Morehouse – Drums
John Kirby, Artie Bernstein – Bass
Manny Klein – Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet
Dick McDonough, John Trueheart – Guitar
Edgar Sampson – Sax (Alto), Violin
Joe Steele, Joe Sullivan, Joe Meresco, Fulton McGrath – Piano
Jack Teagarden, Sandy Williams, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown – Trombone
Joe Venuti – Guitar, Piano, Violin
Ethel Waters – Vocals
Arthur Whetsol, Cootie Williams, Shirley Clay, Freddie Jenkins, Taft Jordan, Charlie Teagarden, Bunny Berigan, Sterling Bose – Trumpet
Elmer "Skippy" Williams – Sax (Tenor)
ETHEL WATERS – 1935-1940 | The Classics Chronological Series – 755 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Classics does its usual stellar job in chronicling a five-year tenure of Ethel Waters, covering sides she made for Bluebird, Decca, and New York's Liberty Music Shop. It's an interesting mix of blues, pop, and jazz, with her inimitable style guiding it all. A few big jazz names like Tyree Glenn, Danny Barker, and Milt Hinton pop up in the various backing units, but ultimately, it's all Waters' show. Cub Koda
Danny Barker – Guitar
Reginald Beane – Composer, Organ, Piano
Garvin Bushell – Sax (Alto)
Benny Carter – Clarinet
Shirley Clay – Trumpet
Tyree Glenn – Trombone, Vocals (Background)
Milt Hinton – Sax (Baritone)
Eddie Mallory – Composer, Conductor, Trumpet
Castor McCord – Clarinet
Max Meth – Conductor
Max Meth & His Orchestra
William Steiner – Sax (Alto)
Ethel Waters – Composer, Vocals
Russell Wooding – Conductor
ETHEL WATERS – 1946-1947 | The Classics Chronological Series – 1249 (2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
Ethel Waters recorded steadily between 1921-1940. By the early '40s she
was so involved in acting that she was largely off records for several
years. The titles included on 1946-1947 are, with the exception of a set
from the late '50s, and a couple of religious-oriented albums in the
'60s, Waters' last recordings. At the age of 50, Waters' voice was still
in prime form as she shows on these three sessions. She is featured in a
septet with trumpeter George Treadwell, guitarist Mary Osborne, and her
longtime pianist Reginald Beane. In addition, there are two songs with
Herman Chittison, and a dozen in which she is just accompanied by Beane.
Among the many highlights are "Cabin in the Sky," "Am I Blue,"
"Careless Love," "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe," "It's Only a Paper
Moon," and "St. Louis Blues." Not everything works, since the version of
"Taking a Chance on Love" here is a bit erratic, and "Suppertime" is
not too subtle, but overall this is a very rewarding set of the last
known recordings of Ethel Waters during her most significant years. Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Taking a Chance on Love 2:59
Vernon Duke / John Latouche
2 Dinah 2:47
Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young
3 Man Wanted 3:06
Leonard Feather
4 You Took My Man 2:49
Leonard Feather
5 Honey in a Hurry 2:56
Leonard Feather
6 Cabin in the Sky 3:00
Vernon Duke / John Latouche
7 Am I Blue 2:49
Harry Akst / Grant Clarke
8 I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead 2:46
Leonard Feather
9 Careless Love 3:06
W.C. Handy / Martha E. Koenig / Spencer Williams
10 Blues in My Heart 3:11
Benny Carter / Irving Mills
11 Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe 3:11
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
12 A Hundred Years from Today 3:00
Ned Washington / Joseph Young
13 Throw the Dirt 2:23
14 Summertime 3:05
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
15 Supper Time 3:14
Irving Berlin
16 Little Black Boy 3:17
Unknown Blues Band
17 It Is Only a Paper Moon 2:15
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
18 Can't Help Lovin' That Man 2:31
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
19 St. Louis Blues 2:21
W.C. Handy
20 Travelin' 2:55
Unknown Blues Band
21 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 3:13
Unknown Blues Band / Traditional
22 The Crucificxion 3:09
Unknown Blues Band
Credits:
Everett Barksdale – Guitar
Reginald Beane – Piano, Vocals
Herman Chittison – Piano, Vocals
Dicky Harris – Trombone
J.C. Heard – Drums
Al McKibbon – Bass
Mary Osborne – Guitar
Ray Perry – Sax (Alto), Violin
Carlton Powell – Bass
George Treadwell – Trumpet, Vocals
Ethel Waters – Vocals 
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"Retrospective - The Very Best Of e.s.t." is a retrospective of the unique work of e.s.t. and a tribute to the late mastermind Esb...
