Ethel Waters, Am I Blue? - 1h 14m 11s

Tracks & Durations

1. Am I Blue?	3:24
2. Sweet Georgia Brown	3:11
3. Dinah	3:16
4. I'm Coming, Virgina	3:05
5. Birmingham Bertha	2:59
6. Second-Hand Man	2:52
7. True Blue Lou	3:05
8. Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo	2:53
9. Trav'lin' All Alone	3:03
10. Long Lean Lanky Mama	2:53
11. You Can't Stop Me From Loving You	3:27
12. I Can't Giv	3:06
13. Stormy Weather	3:11
14. Don't Blame Me	3:13
15. Shadows on the Swanee	2:59
16. Heat Wave	3:01
17. I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby	3:05
18. A Hundred Years From Today	2:57
19. Miss Otis Regrets	3:07
20. Moonglow	3:20
21. You're A Sweetheart	2:58
22. I'll Get Along Somehow	2:30
23. Baby, What Else Can I Do?	3:01
24. Waitin' At The End of The Road	3:20

Note: The information about this album is acquired from the publicly available resources and we are not responsible for their accuracy.

Review

Ethel Waters is arguably the first woman jazz singer, with a gift for musical phrasing that immediately distinguished her from both the classic blues singers and the prevailing standards for popular singers. This CD surveys her recordings from 1925 to 1939, placing emphasis on jazz elements. Throughout, she's accompanied by an extraordinary collection of jazz musicians, and rare are the popular vocal records of the period where singers and jazz bands coexist so comfortably. Cornetist Joe Smith and clarinetist Don Redman are present on 1925's "Sweet Georgia Brown," and several musicians who appear as young sidemen on recordings from 1929 to '31--such as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman--would become the leaders of celebrated swing bands a few years later. There's a superb rendition of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" with Duke Ellington's great 1932 band, but Waters is just as dynamic on "Stormy Weather" and "Heat Wave." Waters possessed an exceptional talent for delivering lyrics, giving almost speechlike dimension to songs like "True Blue Lou" and tremendous drama to the mournful "Trav'lin' All Alone." The CD is a good introduction to a fascinating singer and an interesting chapter in the evolution of popular music. --Stuart Broomer

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Am I Blue?

Tracks: 24, Disk length: 1h 14m 57s (+0m 46s)

Please note: we do not provide any Ethel Waters music downloads, have no any mp3 music including music samples and music ringtones, and can not assist you where to buy music CDs and used CDs. You can search for it on music sites all over the Internet or visit one of our advertisers. We appreciate any ideas and comments about this experimental music database.