


Clara Smith and her Jazz Trio | Clara Smith and her Jazz Band |
Clara Smith and her Five Black Kittens | Clara Smith and her Novelty Band |
Clara Smith and her Jazz Babies |

Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
Ain’t Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee (Clarence Williams / Bud Allen) | 8-9-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14368-D |
Ain’t Nothin’ Cookin’ What You’re Smellin’ (Spencer Williams) | 7-15-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14160-D |
All Night Blues (Richard M. Jones / Clarence Williams) | 7-27-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3966 |
Awful Moaning Blues Fletcher Henderson at the Piano (Stanley S. Miller) | 9-13-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A4000 |
Back Woods Blues (George Brooks) | 4-30-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14022-D |
Black Woman’s Blues (Smith) | 6-1-1927 | New York, New York | Columbia 14223-D |
Broken Busted Blues (Edgar Dowell) | 1-7-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14062-D |
Cheatin’ Daddy (Porter Grainger) | 11-29-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14192-D |
Cold Weather Papa (Bob Miller) | 4-10-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14021-D |
Courthouse Blues (1) (Smith) | 4-2-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14073-D |
Courthouse Blues (2) (Smith) | 4-2-1925 | New York, New York | King Akwa |
Daddy Don’t Put That Thing On Me Blues (Clement) | 1-26-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14398-D |
Deep Blue Sea Blues (Clara Smith) | 8-19-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14034-D |
Disappointed Blues (Stanley S. Miller) | 9-25-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14126-D |
Don’t Advertise Your Man (Jimmy Foster) | 4-23-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14026-D |
Don’t Fool Around On Me (Porter Grainger) | 7-21-1930 | New York, New York | Columbia 14553-D |
Don’t Never Tell Nobody Fletcher Henderson at the Piano (James P. Johnson) | 10-1-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia 13002-D |
Don’t Wear It Out (Hill) | 10-31-1930 | New York, New York | Okeh 8839 |
Down In The Mouf’ Blues (Porter Grainger) | 7-21-1930 | New York, New York | Columbia 14553-D |
Down South Blues (Alberta Hunter / Fletcher Henderson) | 7-27-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3961 |
Ease It (James) | 11-23-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14202-D |
Empty House Blues (Andy Razaf) | 1-17-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14409-D |
Every Woman’s Blues Fletcher Henderson at the Piano (Stanley S. Miller) | 6-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3943 |
Far Away Blues with Bessie Smith (George Brooks) | 10-4-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 13007-D |
For Sale (Hannah Johnson’s Jack Ass) (Henry Troy / Clarence Williams) | 9-25-1931 | New York, New York | Columbia 14633-D |
Get On Board (Lemuel Fowler) | 11-23-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14183-D |
Gin Mill Blues (Lemuel Fowler) | 5-21-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14419-D |
Good Looking Papa Blues (Clarence Williams) | 1-29-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14026-D |
Good Times (Come On Back Once More) (Gray) | 3-7-1931 | New York, New York | Columbia 14592-D |
Got My Mind On That Thing (Bud Allen) | 7-6-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14419-D |
He’s Mine, All Mine (Jimmy Foster) | 12-16-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14053-D |
How’m I Doin’ (Lemuel Fowler) | 5-25-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14150-D |
If You Only Knowed (Porter Grainger) | 1-8-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14058-D |
I Got Everything A Woman Needs (Stanley S. Miller) | 6-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3943 |
I’m Going Back To My Used To Be with Bessie Smith (Jimmy Cox) | 10-4-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 13007-D |
(I’m Tired Of) Fattenin’ Frogs For Snakes (Perry Bradford) | 3-25-1932 | New York, New York | Columbia 14653-D |
I Never Miss My Sunshine (I’m So Used To Rain) Fletcher Henderson at the Piano (Norman Jay Harvey) | 9-7-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A4000 |
Irrestible Blues Fletcher Henderson At The Piano (George E. Jefferson) | 8-31-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3991 |
It’s All Coming Home To You (Porter Grainger) | 5-10-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14319-D |
It’s Tight Like That (Thomas A. Dorsey / Hudson Whittaker) | 1-26-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14398-D |
It Takes The Lawd (To Tell What’s On My Mind) (Porter Grainger) | 11-10-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14108-D |
I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (Donald Heywood) | 8-31-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3991 |
Jelly Look What You Done Done (Hurston) | 5-10-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14319-D |
Kansas City Man Blues (Clarence Johnson / Clarence Williams) | 10-2-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia 12-D |
Kind Lovin Blues (Waters / Mitchell / Fletcher Henderson) | 7-27-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3961 |
Kitchen Mechanic Blues (Stanley Miller) | 8-20-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14097-D |
Let’s Get Loose (Gray) | 12-31-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14497-D |
Livin’ Humble | 11-23-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14183-D |
Low Land Moan | 9-9-1930 | New York, New York | Columbia 14580-D |
Mama’s Gone, Good Bye (Peter Bocage / A.J. Piron) | 9-20-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14039-D |
Mean Papa Turn In Your Key (Bob Miller) | 4-17-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14022-D |
My Brand-New Papa (Roth / Roth) | 5-26-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14143-D |
My Good-For-Nuthin’ Man (Spencer Williams) | 3-24-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14069-D |
My John Blues (Edgar Dowell) | 4-2-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14077-D |
My Man Blues with Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith) | 9-1-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14098-D |
My Two Timing Papa (Stanley Miller) | 8-20-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14097-D |
Nobody Knows The Way I Feel ‘Dis Morning (Tom Delaney) | 1-7-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14058-D |
Oh! Mister Mitchell (Spencer Williams) | 9-12-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14536-D |
Ol’ Sam Tages (Burns) | 8-4-1931 | New York, New York | Columbia 14619-D |
Papa I Don’t Need You Now (Louis) | 9-4-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14462-D |
Percolatin’ Blues (Lemuel Fowler) | 11-23-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14202-D |
Pictures On The Wall (Clara Smith / Fred Longshaw) | 1-18-1932 | New York, New York | Columbia 14645-D |
Play It (W. Benton Overstreet) | 7-27-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia A3966 |
Salty Dog (Papa Charlie Jackson) | 5-26-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14143-D |
San Francisco Blues (Thomas “Baby” Grice) | 10-7-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14049-D |
Separation Blues (Roth) | 7-15-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14160-D |
Shipwrecked Blues (1) (Spencer Williams) | 4-2-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14077-D |
Sobbin’ Sister Blues (Wallace) | 5-23-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14344-D |
So Long Jim (Fred Longshaw / Clara Smith) | 3-25-1932 | New York, New York | Columbia 14653-D |
Steamboat Man Blues (Wallace) | 5-23-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14344-D |
Steel Drivin’ Sam (Billy Gray) | 12-16-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14053-D |
Street Department Papa (Bob Miller) | 1-18-1932 | New York, New York | Columbia 14645-D |
Tell Me When (Williams) | 1-17-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14409-D |
Texas Moaner Blues (Clarence Williams) | 8-19-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14034-D |
That’s Why The Undertakers Are Busy Today (Gray) | 6-1-1927 | New York, New York | Columbia 14223-D |
The Basement Blues (W.C. Handy) | 9-20-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14039-D |
The Clearing House Blues (Sadie Honesty / Harry Webb) | 4-17-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14019-D |
The L & N Blues (P. Henri) | 3-27-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14073-D |
The Market Street Blues (Charlie Creath) | 11-10-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14108-D |
Tired Of The Way You Do (Jones) | 9-4-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14462-D |
Uncle Sam Blues (Clarence Williams) | 10-2-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia 12-D |
Unemployed Papa – Charity Working Mama (Andy Razaf / Asbestos Jones) | 8-4-1931 | New York, New York | Columbia 14619-D |
Waitin’ For The Evenin’ Mail Fletcher Henderson at the Piano (Billy Baskette) | 10-1-1923 | New York, New York | Columbia 13002-D |
Wanna Go Home (Stanley Miller) | 7-13-1928 | New York, New York | Columbia 14368-D |
War Horse Mama (Bob Miller) | 4-10-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14021-D |
West Indies Blues (Clarence Williams / Edgar Dowell / Spencer Williams) | 4-17-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14019-D |
What Makes You Act Like That? (Hill) | 10-31-1930 | New York, New York | Columbia 14568-D |
When I Steps Out (Lemuel Fowler) | 3-27-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14069-D |
Where Is My Man? (Spencer Williams) | 9-12-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14536-D |
Whip It To A Jelly (Richard) | 5-25-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14150-D |
Woman To Woman | 9-9-1930 | New York, New York | Columbia 14580-D |
You Better Keep The Home Fires Burning (Cause Your Mamma’s Getting Cold) (Wenrich / Leslie / Kinney) | 1-8-1925 | New York, New York | Columbia 14062-D |
You Can’t Get It Now (Potters) | 4-7-1927 | New York, New York | Columbia 14256-D |
You Can’t Stay Here No More (Cole) | 12-31-1929 | New York, New York | Columbia 14497-D |
You Dirty Dog (Clarence Williams) | 9-25-1931 | New York, New York | Columbia 14633-D |
You Don’t Know Who’s Shakin’ Your Tree (Stanley Miller) | 12-30-1926 | New York, New York | Columbia 14192-D |
You Don’t Know My Mind (Samuel Gray / Virginia Liston / Clarence Williams) | 1-29-1924 | New York, New York | Columbia 14013-D |
You Had Too Much (Alex Hill) | 10-31-1930 | New York, New York | Okeh 8839 |
You’re Getting Old On Your Job (Hill) | 10-31-1930 | New York, New York | Columbia 14568-D |

Artist | Instrument |
Leon Abbey | Violin |
Louis Armstrong | Cornet |
Buster Bailey | Clarinet |
Elmer Chambers | Cornet |
Ernest Elliot | Clarinet |
Charlie Dixon | Banjo |
Porter Grainger | Piano, Kazoo |
Charlie Green | Trombone |
Fletcher Henderson | Piano |
James P. Johnson | Piano |
Lonnie Johnson | Guitar |
Herbert Leonard | Harp |
Kaiser Marshall | Drums |
Charles A. Matson | Piano |
Stanley Miller | Piano, Speech |
Cecil Scott | Clarinet |
Don Redman | Clarinet, Altosaxophone |
Bessie Smith | Vocals |
Clarence Williams | Piano |
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