“How Long How Long Blues” – Gladys Bentley (1928)

The wonderful Gladys Bentley singing the Leroy Carr tune “How Long How Long Blues”, which had just been released as a single on the Vocalion label by Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell a few months earlier.

Bentley is accompanied by guitarist Eddie Lang and an unidentified pianist. Bentley was an excellent pianist in her own right, but the piano here sounds a bit distant in the recording.

Recorded in New York City on August 31, 1928.
Released as Okeh 8612

Credits
Gladys Bentley – vocals
Eddie Lang – guitar
Unidentified – piano