Reception

Track listing

All compositions by Amina Claudine Myers except as indicated

1. "Wasted Life Blues" (Bessie Smith
   Bessie Smith
   Bessie Smith was an American blues singer.Sometimes referred to as The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s...
   
   ) - 6:58
2. "Dirty No-Gooder's Blues" (Smith) - 4:13
3. "Jailhouse Blues" (Smith) - 6:43
4. "It Makes My Love Come Down" (Smith) - 3:50
5. "The Blues [Straight to You]" - 7:10
6. "African Blues" - 14:44
   • Recorded at Big Apple Recording Studios in New York City on June 19 & 22, 1980

Personnel

• Amina Claudine Myers
  Amina Claudine Myers
  Amina Claudine Myers in Blackwell, Arkansas; is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and musical arranger.-Biography:...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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  , organ
  Electronic organ
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  , voice
  Voice
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• Cecil McBee
  Cecil McBee
  Cecil McBee is an American post bop jazz bassist, described by the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz as "a full-toned bassist who creates rich, singing phrases in a wide range of contemporary jazz contexts." Allmusic called him "One of post-bop's most advanced and versatile bassists".-Biography:McBee...
  
   - bass
  Double bass
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• Jimmy Lovelace - drums
  Drum kit
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  , bells
  Bell (instrument)
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