Album UK 1980 on Leo Records label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz)
Recorded and mixed at Big Apple Studio, New York, 19 & 22 June, 1980
![]() | Amina Claudine Myers p, voc, org, *1942 US voice, piano, organ, album by, written by |
![]() | Cecil McBee b, *1935 US bass |
![]() | Pamela Lyons-Maslak design, logo |
![]() | Jimmy Lovelace dr, US drums, bells |
Alissa Feigin artwork |
Craig Johnson coordinator, production |
David Crawford mastered by |
Spencer Richards photography by, back cover |
Isio Saba photography by, front cover |
Rod Hui recorded by |
Bessie Smith |
Amina Claudine Myers |
No | ![]() |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | ![]() | Wasted Life Blues | Amina Claudine Myers | Bessie Smith | 7:00 |
2 | ![]() | Dirty No-Gooder's Blues | Amina Claudine Myers | Bessie Smith | 4:10 |
3 | ![]() | Jailhouse Blues | Amina Claudine Myers | Bessie Smith | 6:40 |
4 | ![]() | It Makes My Love Come Down | Amina Claudine Myers | Bessie Smith | 3:45 |
5 | ![]() | The Blues (Straight To You) | Amina Claudine Myers | Amina Claudine Myers | 7:45 |
6 | African Blues | Amina Claudine Myers | Amina Claudine Myers | 14:42 |
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