Duke Ellington, piano on Black and Tan Fantasy; Bessie Smith, vocals on St. Louis Blues; Ida Cox, vocals on Kentucky Man Blues and 'Fore Day Creep
Sound tracks from two 1929 films, Black and Tan Fantasy and St. Louis Blues; also, 2 songs from an untitled 1947 film.
Recorded in New York in 1929, 1929, and 1947, respectively.
Black and tan fantasy : complete soundtrack (Duke Ellington) (18:48) -- St. Louis blues : (Bessie Smith) (15:20) -- Kentucky man blues (Ida Cox) (2:57) -- Fore day creep (3:18)