To Bessie With Love, Pat > Original Cast
Show Details
- Show
- To Bessie With Love, Pat
- Music
- Various (579)
- Lyrics
- Various (579)
- Book
- Frank E. Reilly (4)
Recording Details
- Date
- 1995
- Type
- Audio / Stage Cast
- Method
- Studio
- Language
- English
- Location
- US / CA / Berkeley
- Recording Studio
- Bay Records (Berkeley, CA)
- Conductor
- Phil Howe
- Vocal Arrangements
- Phil Howe
- Performer
- Frank E. Reilly (4) — Narrator, Pat Yankee (2)
- Musician
- Gentlemen of Jazz (2), Steve Hanson — bass, Phil Howe — clarinet, tenor sax, Duncan James (15) — acoustic guitar, banjo, Bill Nawrocki — drums, Shota Osabe (2) — piano, Bob Schulz — cornet
- Shortcode
- [r26621]
Releases
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Miss Pat Yankee Productions PY3
- Released
- 1995
- Barcode
- 943685217892
- Buy from
- # Tracks
- 33
- Length
- 1:04:42
- Lists
- 2 collectors / 3 wish lists
- History
- 2 Revisions
- Shortcode
- [rl41689]
1. Narrative over "Cake walkin' babies" --
2. Overture: "Blues for Bessie" --
3. Narrative: early days --
4. Hot time in the old town tonight --
5. I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate --
6. Narrative: prelude to success --
7. Down hearted blues --
8. Narrative: Bessie's men --
9. Dirty no gooder blues --
10. Narrative: the empress of the blues --
11. Baby doll --
12. Narrative: the Bessie Smith touring company --
13. Train medley: Alexander's rag time band, St. Louis blues, You've been a good old wagon, After you've gone --
14. Narrative: super star --
15. Gimme a pig foot and a bottle of beer --
16. Narrative: the soul of Bessie --
17. Wasted life blues --
18. Narrative: the breakup --
19. Baby, won't you please come home --
20. Narrative: Bessie in love --
21. Take me for a buggy ride --
22. Narrative: lean years --
23. Nobody knows you when you're down and out --
24. Narrative: depression --
25. Tea for two, soft shoe --
26. Narrative over "Sophisticated blues" --
27. Pennies from heaven --
28. Narrative: 1933-1937 changes for Bessie --
29. Swing medley: It don't mean a thing, I cried for you, I ain't got nobody --
30. Narrative: final moments --
31. Elegy to Bessie: waiting for the light --
32. Reprise "Wasted life blues" --
33. Post script: "On revival day", born again.
2. Overture: "Blues for Bessie" --
3. Narrative: early days --
4. Hot time in the old town tonight --
5. I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate --
6. Narrative: prelude to success --
7. Down hearted blues --
8. Narrative: Bessie's men --
9. Dirty no gooder blues --
10. Narrative: the empress of the blues --
11. Baby doll --
12. Narrative: the Bessie Smith touring company --
13. Train medley: Alexander's rag time band, St. Louis blues, You've been a good old wagon, After you've gone --
14. Narrative: super star --
15. Gimme a pig foot and a bottle of beer --
16. Narrative: the soul of Bessie --
17. Wasted life blues --
18. Narrative: the breakup --
19. Baby, won't you please come home --
20. Narrative: Bessie in love --
21. Take me for a buggy ride --
22. Narrative: lean years --
23. Nobody knows you when you're down and out --
24. Narrative: depression --
25. Tea for two, soft shoe --
26. Narrative over "Sophisticated blues" --
27. Pennies from heaven --
28. Narrative: 1933-1937 changes for Bessie --
29. Swing medley: It don't mean a thing, I cried for you, I ain't got nobody --
30. Narrative: final moments --
31. Elegy to Bessie: waiting for the light --
32. Reprise "Wasted life blues" --
33. Post script: "On revival day", born again.
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