Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Columbia matrix W143568-1)

~ Recording by Bessie Smith & Her Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.16Alexander's Ragtime Band2:58Bessie Smith & Her BandNobody's Blues But MineBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)G 31093
1.20Alexander's Ragtime Band3:01Bessie SmithMother of the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Roots (walking man logo, cat. nos. RTS #####)RTS 33015
1.21Alexander's Ragtime Band2:58Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Vol. 3Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • -1992
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 47474, CK 47476
1.21Alexander's Ragtime Band2:58Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 3Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 47474, CK 47475, CK 47476
1.21Alexander's Ragtime Band2:58Bessie SmithThe Complete Recordings, Volume 3Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)472189 2, COL 472189 2
1.13Alexander's Ragtime Band2:59Bessie SmithBessie Smith Sings the JazzBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
EPM Musique157902
1.1Alexander’s Ragtime Band3:05Bessie SmithThe Blues Collection: Bessie Smith, Classic BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Orbis (UK subsidiary publishing imprint of De Agostini Group)BLU NC 009
1.4Alexander's Ragtime Band2:57Bessie SmithMama's Got the BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • -1994-09-25
Pearl (Specializes in historical, classical releases)TPZ 1002
1.1Alexander's Ragtime Band3:04Bessie SmithAlexander's Ragtime BandBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Four StarFS-40078
1.1Alexander's Ragtime Band3:05Bessie SmithThe Blues Collection 9: Classic BluesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
De AgostiniBLUES N012
1.15Alexander's Ragtime Band3:01Bessie SmithAn Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Best of Jazz (French label, The Swing Era series)4030
1.2Alexander's Ragtime Band3:00Bessie SmithThe Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1927-1928Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)870
2.1Alexander's Ragtime Band3:01Bessie SmithThe Essential Bessie SmithBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-09-23
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C2K 64922
1.12Alexander's Ragtime Band3:02Bessie SmithThe MastersBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
2.1Alexander's Ragtime Band3:01Bessie SmithThe Gold Collection: 40 Classic PerformancesBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-01-01
RetroR2CD 70-09
2.2Alexander's Ragtime Band3:02Bessie SmithGreatest HitsBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
1.6Alexander's Ragtime Band3:02Bessie SmithThe Undisputed Queen of the Blues, Volume 1Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-01-26
Rough Trade (post-2000)
1.11Alexander's Ragtime Band2:58Bessie SmithNobody Knows You When You're Down and OutBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
RevOla RecordsCR REV 220
2.23Alexander's Ragtime Band2:59Bessie SmithThe AnthologyBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Not Now Music
1.5Alexander's Ragtime Band3:01Bessie SmithThe Best OfBessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.1Alexander Ragtime Band3:05Bessie SmithEmpress of the Blues (Les Génies du Blues)Bessie SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1992-02-14
Guilde Internationale du DisqueBLU-CD 3006
2.2Alexander’s Ragtime Band3:00Bessie SmithAnd the Beat Goes OnVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA5A 26356

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-02)
banjo:Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:Coleman Hawkins (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
edits:Alexander’s Ragtime Band (stereo re-creation by Robert Parker) by Bessie Smith and Her Band
recording of:Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1927-03-02)

Related works

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

lyricist and composer:Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:Williamson Music, Inc.
referred to in medleys:Comedy in Music, Part I
Bugle Call Rag Medley (order: 21)
later translated versions:Alexander’s snøgg time band
Alexanders Ragtime Band
is the basis for:Da Russ
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