Bessie - Music from the HBO Film

This soundtrack 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.

Legacy Recordings (2015)

01 Young Woman’s Blues
Queen Latifah
02 A Hot Time In The Old Town
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
03 Prove It On Me
Carmen Twillie
04 Weary Blues
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
05 Weepin’ Woman Blues
Queen Latifah & Pat Bass
06 See See Rider
Tamar-kali w/ Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
07 Ballin’ The Jack
Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band
08 Down Hearted Blues
Queen Latifah
09 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Fats Waller & His Rhythm
10 Preachin’ The Blues
Queen Latifah
11 I’ve Got What It Takes
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
12 Work House Blues
Queen Latifah
13 I’m A Mighty Tight Woman
Sippie Wallace
14 Black And Blue
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
15 Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Cécile McLorin Salvant w/ Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
16 Long Old Road
Queen Latifah
17 Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle Of Beer
Bessie Smith feat. Queen Latifah