Time: 59:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front & Back
01. Come Easy Go Easy (2:58)
02. My Blues Is Like Whiskey (3:07)
03. The Jive Is Here (2:52)
04. My Downfall (2:44)
05. Hog Wild Blues (2:28)
06. Plain Lenox Avenue (2:53)
07. Men Are Like Street Cars (2:21)
08. He's Mine All Mine (2:32)
09. Headin' For The River (2:58)
10. Ebony Rhapsody (2:53)
11. I Keep On Worrying (2:49)
12. When I Been Drinking (3:15)
13. Help Me Baby (3:00)
14. It's Hard To Go Thru' Life Alone (2:53)
15. Where Shall I Go (2:53)
16. Too Many Drivers (3:09)
17. Why Be So Blue (2:59)
18. Sweep Your Blues Away (2:39)
19. It Was You (2:50)
20. You Made Me Love You (2:39)
21. Plough Hand Blues (2:46)
Rosetta Howard, a potential "classic blues" singer, was probably born ten years too late, being far too young to be active in the 1920s when she might have made a bigger impact. Howard did record with the Harlem Hamfats in the late '30s and her five sessions as a leader are included on this CD from the Austrian RST label. Howard, who had an appealing if not overly memorable voice, is backed by jazz stars during two dates from 1939 (including either Charlie Shavers or Red Allen on trumpet and Barney Bigard or Buster Bailey on clarinet). Otherwise she is heard in 1947 performing with such blues players as the Big Three Trio (which included bassist Willie Dixon) and Big Bill Broonzy. This is a set that pre-rock blues collectors in particular will want to pick up. ~by Scott Yanow
Complete Recorded Works 1939-1947