Alberta Hunter was one of the most prominent jazz and blues singers of the early inter-war years

Alberta Hunter was one of the most prominent jazz and blues singers of the early inter-war years, working with many of the major names of the period, as well as being a noted song writer. This great-value 94-track 4-CD set covers the two decades which comprised the greater part of her core recording career - she recorded only a couple of times after 1940 while she was travelling to entertain troops, and retired from the business to take up nursing when her mother died in 1957, returning to singing in her 70s after she was obliged to retire from nursing. Her style spanned the blues and jazz genres, in that while her accompaniment was often jazz-flavoured, the songs were very much in the blues idiom. She worked with solo or small band accompaniment, collaborating with many luminaries of early jazz, such as Eubie Blake, Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams, Fats Waller, Lovie Austin, Tommy Ladnier and Perry Bradford, with the likes of Louis Armstrong Lil Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Buster Bailey featuring in the groups she worked with. Also included are recordings she made in London in 1934 with the Jack Jackson Orchestra. This anthology comprises a very high proportion of the recordings she made during the period, and is a thorough overview of her work, so provides a comprehensive showcase for her unique talent.

Track Listing

• He's A Darned Good Man (To Have Hanging Around)
• How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long
• Bring Back The Joys
• Someday Sweetheart
• Downhearted Blues
• Why Did You Pick Me Up When I Was Down, Why Didn't You Let Me Lay'
• Gonna Have You - Ain't Gonna Leave You Alone
• Daddy Blues
• Don't Pan Me (Don't Talk About Me)
• After All These Years
• I'm Going Away Just To Wear You Off My Mind
• Jazzin' Baby Blues
• You Can't Have It All
• Lonesome Monday Morning Blues
• Come On Home
• You Shall Reap What You Sow
• 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
• If You Want To Keep Your Daddy Home
• Bleeding Hearted Blues
• Chirpin' The Blues
• Someone Else Will Take Your Place
• Vamping Brown
• You Can Have My Man (If He Comes To See You Too)

• Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try To Two-Time Me)
• I'm Going Away
• Loveless Love
• You Can Take My Man But You Can't Keep Him Long
• Bring It With You When You Come
• Mistreated Blues
• Michigan Water Blues
• Down South Blues
• Stingaree Blues
• You Can't Do What My Last Man Did
• Experience Blues
• Sad 'N' Lonely Blues [Lonely Blues]
• Miss Anna Brown
• Maybe Someday
• Old Fashioned Love
• If The Rest Of The World Don't Want You (Go Back To Your Mother And Dad)
• Everybody Loves My Baby
• Texas Moaner Blues
• Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
• Early Every Morn'
• Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
• Your Jelly Roll Is Good
• Take That Thing Away
• Everybody Does It Now

• A Master Man With A Master Mind
• Don't Want It All
• I'm Hard To Satisfy
• Empty Cellar Blues
• Double Crossin' Papa
• You For Me, Me For You
• I'm Tired Blues
• Wasn't It Nice '
• Everybody Mess Around
• Don't Forget To Mess Around
• Heebie Jeebies
• I'll Forgive You 'Cause I Love You
• I'm Gonna Lose Myself 'Way Down In Louisville
• My Old Daddy's Got A Brand-New Way To Love
• I'm Down Right Now But I Won't Be Down Always
• Sugar
• Beale Street Blues
• I'm Going To See My Ma
• Gimme All The Love You Got
• My Particular Man
• Two Cigarettes In The Dark
• Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)
• Soon

• Where The Mountains Meet The Sea
• A Lonely Singing Fool
• What Shall I Do '
• I Travel Alone
• Two Little Flies On A Lump Of Sugar
• Stars Fell On Alabama
• Long May We Love
• Be Still My Heart
• Driftin' Tide
• You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark
• Second Hand Man
• Send Me A Man
• I'll See You Go
• Fine And Mellow
• Yelpin' The Blues
• The Love I Have For You
• My Castle's Rockin'
• Boogie-Woogie Swing
• I Won't Let You Down
• Take Your Big Hands Off
• He's Got A Punch Like Joe Louis

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Blues

Language: English

Run Time: 287 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/07/17

UPC: 824046711221