1924-1942

Original Release Date:  November 19, 1996

Track Listing

• 1. Copenhagen
• 2. Santa Claus Blues
• 3. Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
• 4. Sensation
• 5. Kentucky
• 6. There's a House in Harlem for Sale
• 7. Wild Party
• 8. Shanghai Shuffle
• 9. Warmin' Up
• 10. More Than That
• 11. Rhythm, Rhythm (I Got Rhythm)
• 12. I've Found a New Baby
• 13. Dizzy Debutante
• 14. Lorna Doone Shortbread
• 15. Knock-Kneed Sal (On the Mourner's Bench)
• 16. Corrine, Corrina
• 17. Royal Garden Blues
• 18. I'm Cuttin' Out
• 19. Eccentric Rag
• 20. Can't We Be Friends?
• 21. Coquette
• 22. St. Louis Blues

Credits

• Bessie Smith: Vocals, Performer
• Buster Bailey: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Chu Berry: Sax (Tenor)
• Al Casey: Guitar
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Lionel Hampton: Vibraphone
• Johnny Hodges: Sax (Alto)
• Jo Jones: Drums
• John Kirby: String Bass
• Specs Powell: Drums
• Teddy Wilson: Piano, Performer
• Charlie Shavers: Trumpet
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor)
• Pete Brown: Sax (Alto)
• Cozy Cole: Drums
• Horace Henderson: Piano
• Wingy Manone: Trumpet
• Frankie Newton: Trumpet
• Zutty Singleton: Drums
• The Red Onion Jazz Babies: Performer
• Don Redman: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Coleman Hawkins: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Russell Procope: Sax (Alto)
• Sammy Price: Piano
• Israel Crosby: String Bass
• Wellman Braud: String Bass
• Walter Page: String Bass
• Tommy Ladnier: Trumpet
• Ed Allen: Cornet
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Cornet
• Lil Armstrong: Piano, Vocals
• Benny Carter: Sax (Alto)
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Buddy Christian: Banjo
• June Cole: Tuba
• Charlie Dixon: Banjo
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano, Arranger, Director
• Don Frye: Piano
• Jimmy Harrison: Trombone
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Hilton Jefferson: Sax (Alto)
• Keg Johnson: Trombone
• Walter Johnson: Drums
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Reunald Jones: Trumpet
• Billy Kyle: Piano
• Lawrence Lucie: Guitar
• Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall: Drums
• Dave Nelson: Trumpet
• Irving "Mouse" Randolph: Trumpet
• Allan Reuss: Guitar
• Joe "Fox" Smith: Trumpet
• Russell Smith: Trumpet
• Willie "The Lion" Smith: Piano
• O'Neill Spencer: Drums
• Jess Stacy: Piano
• Clarence Williams: Piano, Composer
• Charlie Beal: Piano
• Elmer Chambers: Trumpet
• Ralph Escudero: Tuba
• James McLin: Guitar
• Charlie Green: Trombone
• Elmer James: String Bass
• Floyd Casey: Washboard
• Prince Robinson: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra: Performer
• John Kirby & His Orchestra: Performer
• Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra: Performer
• Duncan P. Schiedt: Photography
• Jules Cassard: String Bass
• Graham Colombe: Liner Notes
• Aaron Thompson: Trombone
• Gilles Pétard: Reissue Producer
• Clarence Williams' Washboard Band: Performer
• Conrad Lanoue: Piano
• Howard Scott: Trumpet
• Eric Henry: Drums
• Robert Carroll: Sax (Tenor)
• Bob Lessy: Guitar
• Chester Burnett: Composer