Name: 1929-1939
Brand: Timeless (Label)
SKU: 1482502
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1929-1939

Rating

Album: 1929-1939
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Birmingham Bertha
2)	Am I Blue
3)	True Blue Lou
4)	Do I Know What I'm Doing?
5)	Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo
6)	Trav'lin' All Alone
7)	Porgy
8)	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
9)	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
10)	You Can't Stop Me from Loving You
11)	I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12)	Porgy
13)	Stormy Weather
14)	Heat Wave
15)	I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby
16)	Hundred Years from Today, A
17)	Come Up and See Me Sometime
18)	I Ain't Gonna Sin No More
19)	Trade Mark
20)	Frankie and Johnny
21)	Georgia on My Mind
22)	Old Man Harlem

Album: 1929-1939
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Birmingham Bertha
2)	Am I Blue
3)	True Blue Lou
4)	Do I Know What I'm Doing?
5)	Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo
6)	Trav'lin' All Alone
7)	Porgy
8)	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
9)	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
10)	You Can't Stop Me from Loving You
11)	I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12)	Porgy
13)	Stormy Weather
14)	Heat Wave
15)	I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby
16)	Hundred Years from Today, A
17)	Come Up and See Me Sometime
18)	I Ain't Gonna Sin No More
19)	Trade Mark
20)	Frankie and Johnny
21)	Georgia on My Mind
22)	Old Man Harlem

Performer Notes

Personnel: Ethel Waters (vocals); Danny Barker , Dick McDonough, Eddie Lang, Tony Colucci, Fred Guy (guitar); Edgar Sampson (violin, alto saxophone); Harry Hoffman, Joe Venuti, Lou Kosloff, Ben Selvin, Walter Edelstein (violin); Harry Carney (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto saxophone); Larry Binyon (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Castor McCord, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Johnny Hodges (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Elmer "Skippy" Williams, Art Karle (tenor saxophone); Manny Klein, Sterling Bose, Cootie Williams, Bob Effros, Freddie Jenkins, Eddie Mallory, Muggsy Spanier, Arthur Whetsol, Taft Jordan, Shirley Clay, Bunny Berigan, Charlie Teagarden (trumpet); Tyree Glenn (trombone, vibraphone); Jack Teagarden, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown , Sandy Williams , Tommy Dorsey (trombone); Duke Ellington, Frank Signorelli, Pearl Wright, Fulton McGrath, Joe Steele , Joe Sullivan , Rube Bloom (piano); Gene Krupa, Sonny Greer, Stan King, Chauncey Morehouse (drums).
Liner Note Author: Chris Ellis.
Recording information: New York, NY (05/14/1929-08/15/1939).
Ethel Waters was one of the earliest major female jazz vocalists, though after her early years she moved on to other things. This Timeless CD compiles 78-rpm discs recorded between 1929 and 1939 for various labels with differing groups of musicians, beautifully remastered by engineer John R.T. Davies. Waters' superb diction and rich voice stand out throughout the release as she performs a variety of show tunes and popular songs that eventually became standards. Due to the brief length of the recordings, there are not very many instrumental breaks, though Benny Goodman is featured on clarinet in the amusing take of "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone." Another highlight is the session featuring Waters backed by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, which includes a sublime "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and a lush take of "Porgy." Recommended. ~ Ken Dryden