Hunter,Alberta Collection 1921-40 CD

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.

1. He's a Darned Good Man (To Have Hanging Around) - Alberta Hunter/Ray's Dreamland Orchestra 2. How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Novelty Orchestra 3. Bring Back the Joys - Alberta Hunter 4. Someday Sweetheart - Alberta Hunter 5. Downhearted Blues - Alberta Hunter/Eubie Blake's Orchestra 6. Why Did You Pick Me Up When I Was Down, Why Didn't You Let Me Lay? - Alberta Hunter/Eubie Blake's Orchestra 7. Gonna Have You - Ain't Gonna Leave You Alone - Alberta Hunter/Eubie Blake's Orchestra 8. Daddy Blues - Alberta Hunter/Eubie Blake's Orchestra 9. Don't Pan Me (Don't Talk About Me) - Alberta Hunter/Eubie Blake's Orchestra 10. After All These Years - Alberta Hunter/Eubie Blake's Orchestra 11. I'm Going Away Just to Wear You Off My Mind - Alberta Hunter ; Eubie Blake 12. Jazzin' Baby Blues - Alberta Hunter ; Eubie Blake 13. You Can't Have It All - Alberta Hunter/Sam Wooding's Orchestra 14. Lonesome Monday Morning Blues - Alberta Hunter/Sam Wooding's Orchestra 15. Come on Home - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Novelty Orchestra 16. You Shall Reap What You Sow - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Novelty Orchestra 17. 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Alberta Hunter/The Original Memphis Five 18. If You Want to Keep Your Daddy Home - Alberta Hunter/The Original Memphis Five 19. Bleeding Hearted Blues - Alberta Hunter/The Original Memphis Five 20. Chirpin' the Blues - Alberta Hunter ; Fletcher Henderson 21. Someone Else Will Take Your Place - Alberta Hunter ; Fletcher Henderson 22. Vamping Brown - Alberta Hunter ; Fletcher Henderson 23. You Can Have My Man (If He Comes to See You Too) - Alberta Hunter ; Fletcher Henderson 24. Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me) - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Dance Orchestra 25. I'm Going Away - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Dance Orchestra 26. Loveless Love - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Dance Orchestra 27. You Can Take Me Man But You Can't Keep Him Long - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Dance Orchestra 28. Bring It with You When You Come - Alberta Hunter/Henderson's Dance Orchestra 29. Mistreated Blues - Alberta Hunter ; Fletcher Henderson 30. Michigan Water Blues - Various Performers 31. Down South Blues - Various Performers 32. Stingaree Blues - Alberta Hunter ; Fats Waller 33. You Can't Do What My Last Man Did - Alberta Hunter ; Fats Waller 34. Experience Blues - Alberta Hunter ; Her Paramount Boys 35. Sad 'N' Lonely Blues (Lonely Blues) - Alberta Hunter ; Her Paramount Boys 36. Miss Anna Brown - Alberta Hunter/Lovie Austin's Orchestra 37. Maybe Someday - Alberta Hunter/Lovie Austin's Orchestra 38. Old Fashioned Love - Various Performers 39. If the Rest of the World Don't Want You (Go Back to Your Mother and Dad) - Various Performers 40. Everybody Loves My Baby - Various Performers 41. Texas Moaner Blues - Various Performers 42. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel - Various Performers 43. Early Every Morn' - Various Performers 44. Cake Walkin' Babies from Home - Alberta Hunter/The Red Onion Jazz Babies 45. Your Jelly Roll Is Good - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 46. Take That Thing Away - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 47. Everybody Does It Now - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 48. A Master Man with a Master Mind - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 49. Don't Want It All - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 50. I'm Hard to Satisfy - Alberta Hunter 51. Empty Cellar Blues - Alberta Hunter 52. Double Crossin' Papa - Alberta Hunter 53. You for Me, Me for You - Alberta Hunter ; Clarence Williams 54. I'm Tired Blues - Alberta Hunter 55. Wasn't It Nice? - Alberta Hunter 56. Everybody Mess Around - Alberta Hunter 57. Don't Forget to Mess Around - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 58. Heebie Jeebies - Alberta Hunter/Perry Bradford's Mean Four 59. I'll Forgive You 'Cause I Love You - Alberta Hunter ; Mike Jackson 60. I'm Gonna Lose Myself 'Way Down in Louisville - Alberta Hunter ; Mike Jackson 61. My Old Daddy's Got a Brand-New Way to Love - Alberta Hunter ; Mike Jackson 62. I'm Down Right Now But I Won't Be Down Always - Alberta Hunter ; Mike Jackson 63. Sugar - Alberta Hunter ; Fats Waller 64. Beale Street Blues - Alberta Hunter ; Fats Waller 65. I'm Going to See My Ma - Alberta Hunter ; Fats Waller 66. Gimme All the Love You Got - Alberta Hunter 67. My Particular Man - Alberta Hunter 68. Two Cigarettes in the Dark - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 69. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 70. Soon - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 71. Where the Mountains Meet the Sea - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 72. A Lonely Singing Fool - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 73. What Shall I Do? - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 74. I Travel Alone - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 75. Two Little Flies on a Lump of Sugar - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 76. Stars Fell on Alabama - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 77. Long May We Love - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 78. Be Still My Heart - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra 79. Driftin' Tide - Alberta Hunter 80. You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark - Alberta Hunter 81. Second Hand Man - Alberta Hunter 82. Send Me a Man - Alberta Hunter 83. Chirpin' the Blues - Alberta Hunter 84. Downhearted Blues - Alberta Hunter 85. I'll See You Go - Alberta Hunter 86. Fine and Mellow - Alberta Hunter 87. Yelpin' the Blues - Alberta Hunter 88. Someday Sweetheart - Alberta Hunter 89. The Love I Have for You - Alberta Hunter 90. My Castle's Rockin' - Alberta Hunter 91. Boogie-Woogie Swing - Alberta Hunter 92. I Won't Let You Down - Alberta Hunter 93. Take Your Big Hands Off - Alberta Hunter 94. He's Got a Punch Like Joe Louis - Alberta Hunter