Title: Bessie (Music From the HBO Film) Artist: Various Artists Label: Sony Legacy Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 888750997029 Genre: Soundtrack Release Date: 2015-06-02 Number of Discs: 1
Original soundtrack to the HBO movie. Bessie (Music from the HBO Film) features a combination of historic and contemporary recordings with seven new Queen Latifah performances including "Young Woman Blues," "Preachin' The Blues," "Long Old Road," "Down Hearted Blues," "Work House Blues," and "Weepin' Woman Blues" (a duet with vocalist Pat Bass) as well as "Gimme A Pigfoot and A Bottle Of Beer (2015 Remix), a postmodern reworking of Smith's original song featuring newly recorded vocals, ad-libs and banter by Latifah set to enhanced instrumentation remixed and produced by Adam Blackstone and Latifah.
Tracks: 1.1 Young Woman's Blues- Queen Latifah 3:03 1.2 A Hot Time in the Old Town- Vince Giordano ; the Nighthawks 2:23 1.3 Prove It on Me- Carmen Twillie 2:46 1.4 Weary Blues - Louis Armstrong ; His Hot Seven 2:58 1.5 Weepin' Woman Blues - Pat Bass ; Queen Latifah 2:34 1.6 See See Rider - Tamar-Kali 2:47 1.7 Ballin' the Jack - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 3:12 1.8 Down Hearted Blues - Queen Latifah 3:28 1.9 A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Fats Waller ; His Rhythm 3:03 1.10 Preachin' the Blues - Queen Latifah 2:59 1.11 I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away) 1.12 Vince Giordano ; the Nighthawks 2:47 1.13 Work House Blues - Queen Latifah 2:40 1.14 I'm a Mighty Tight Woman (Remasterd 2002) - Sippie Wallace 2:50 1.15 (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue - Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 3:00 1.16 Laugh, Clown, Laugh - Cécile McLorin Salvant 2:35 1.17 Long Old Road - Queen Latifah 4:00 1.18 Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer (Feat. Queen Latifah) [2015 Remix]Bessie Smith 3:28
