Joanne Bell Ensemble
Classic Woman in the Blues: The Story of Bessie Smith
Hamburg, Germany
4 oct 2007

Joanne Bell vocals
Enno Dugnus piano
Earl Bostic bass

01 announcer (1:09)
02 St. Louis Blues (W.C.Handy) (7:29)
03 Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out (4:21)
04 talk (2:50)
05 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (3:47)
06 I Want Every Bit of It (5:54)
07 talk (2:15)
08 Backwater Blues (4:06)
09 Downhearted Blues * (8:21)
10 The Emperor Herself (Joanne Bell) (7:33)
11 Wild Women Don't Have The Blues (8:13)
12 announcer (0:19)
[56:16]

* bit of static

Source: Analogue FM (AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM cardbus) > WAV >
CDWave (tracking) > FLAC (Trader's Little Helper, level 6)

Broadcast: RTÉ Lyric FM "The Third Wave" (jazz series), broadcast
16 May 2008. Presenter: Eamonn Lenihan; Producer: Eoin Brady;
Production Co-ordinator: Alan Ryan

Comments:
Recorded straight from FM to my laptop. RTÉ broadcasts are normally
just "highlights". I can't tell if that is the case here, or if this
is one of the rare exceptions where they broadcast the entire show.
In any event, this is all of the concert that was broadcast on the day.

For those not familiar with Joanne Bell (which would include me),
see http://www.jobelsound.com/joomla/ or here's a tiny bio
from http://www.easternpromotion.com/archive/jazz/2006/ladies.html
Joanne Bell was born in Riverside, California. Joanne made her first solo
stage appearance at age four in the musical production "Singing In The Rain"
with the oldest continuously active community theatre group in the United
States. When Joanne began her university studies, she entered the world of
opera. Although Joanne has trained diligently as an opera singer performing
such roles as; Carmen in Carmen, Tosca in Tosca as well as considerable
works by G. Mahler, she has worked just as hard at mastering the art of
improvisation. This has rendered her a uniquely versatile song stylist
intent on promoting the American Classics; Spirituals, Gospel, Musical
Theater, Blues and her favourite, Jazz. Currently residing in Europe,
Joanne performs, teaches, writes and produces shows, musical theatre pieces
and songs