Alberta Hunter - Young Alberta Hunter, The 20'S And 30'S (1996)

1. You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark
2. Second Hand Man
3. Send Me A Man
4. Chirpin' The Blues
5. Down Hearted Blues, 1939
6. I'll See You Go
7. Fine & Mellow
8. Yelpin' The Blues
9. Someday Sweetheart
10. The Love I Have For You
11. My Castle's Rockin'
12. Boogie Woogie Swing
13. I Won't Let You Down
14. Take Your Big Hands Off
15. He's Got A Punch Like Joe Louis
16. How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long?
17. Down Hearted Blues, 1922
18. Gonna Have You, Ain't Gonna Leave You Alone
19. You Can Have My Man If He Comes To See You, Too
20. Bring It With You When You Come
21. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin'
22. Early Every Morn
23. I'm Going To See My Ma

Alberta Hunter 	Primary Artist, Vocals
Lil Armstrong  Piano
Louis Armstrong 	Cornet, Guest Artist
Buster Bailey 	Clarinet
Sidney Bechet 	Clarinet, Sax (Soprano)
Eubie Blake 	Piano
George Brashear 	Trombone
Wellman Braud 	Bass
Al Casey 	Guitar
Elmer Chambers 	Cornet
Buddy Christian 	Banjo
Charlie Dixon 	Banjo
Ernest Elliott 	Clarinet
Eubie Blake's Orchestra 	
Henderson's Novelty Orchestra 	
Fletcher Henderson 	 Piano
Fletcher Henderson's Dance Orchestra 
Eddie Heywood 	Guest Artist, Piano
Eddie Heywood & His Jazz Six 	Primary Artist
Charlie Irvis 	Trombone
Leroy Jones 	Clarinet
Al Matthews 	Bass
The Red Onion Jazz Babies 	
Don Redman 	Clarinet
Charlie Shavers 	Trumpet
Fats Waller 	Organ, Piano

Alberta Hunter's comeback after 20 years off the music scene was quite inspiring. She was (along with Sippie Wallace) virtually the only classic blues singer of the 1920s still active during part of the 1980s, and her four Columbia albums (of which this was the third) are surprisingly strong. With able backing by the Gerald Cook quartet, trumpeter Doc Cheatham, trombonist Vic Dickenson and tenor-saxophonist Budd Johnson, Alberta Hunter sings some standards (including "Some of These Days," "The Glory of Love" and "I Cried for You"), a few religious hymns ("Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" and "Give Me That Old Time Religion"), the Yiddish tune "Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieba" and her own "Alberta's Blues" and "The Love I Have for You." ---Scott Yanow, All Music Review

As 82-years old blues survivor Alberta Hunter was artist with a heart big as the world (check her "Amtrak blues" CD) - howewer,as a young woman she was closer to Vaudeville/Cabaret music that made rich customers of the night clubs giggle,than to real passionate blues that Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith recorded at the same time.Closer in spirit to "whitened" and forgotten Ethel Waters than to famous black blues mama's Hunter used heavy vibratto and her half-spoken ditties made her sound like old woman when she just started her career!This compilation is showcase of her early successes but although she wrotte "Downhearted Blues" and sang "Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning",Bessie Smith and later Dinah Washington mopped the floor with her.If you like irresistible work of older Alberta Hunter,this CD is just curiosity that showes how much she progressed in the meantime.Of all the blues diva's from 20-es I still havent found anybody who can match Ma Rainey and great Bessie Smith,all others were just imitation. ---Sasha, amazon.com

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