Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey
# Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey ist eine 5-CD-Box mit dem Soundtrack zur Dokumentarfilmreihe The Blues, die von Martin Scorsese produziert und wie die CD-Box 2003 veröffentlicht wurde. Die 5 CDs bieten eine Übersicht der Geschichte des Blues von seinen Anfängen bis zum Erscheinungsjahr. Dabei werden zahlreiche Spielarten des Blues und verwandter Stilrichtungen von vielen bedeutenden Musikern präsentiert. Insgesamt sind auf den 5 CDs 116 Musikstücke zu hören. Die Box enthält zudem ein 60-seitiges Booklet mit erläuternden Texten zu allen Songs, vielen Abbildungen und einem Aufsatz von Tom Piazza.
2004 gewann die Box zwei Grammy Awards in den Kategorien „Best Historical Album“ und „Best Album Notes“. Im gleichen Jahr erreichte es Platz 2 der Billboard Top Blues Albums Charts.
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey ist auch der Titel eines ebenfalls 2003 erschienenen Begleitbuchs zur Serie The Blues. Zu den Autoren gehören Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren und Christopher John Farley.

## Titelliste
### CD 1

* Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band – Shortninʼ / Henduck
* Lightning & Group – Long John
* Mamie Smith – Crazy Blues
* W. C. Handy – St. Louis Blues
* Bessie Smith – Muddy Water
* Blind Lemon Jefferson – Match Box Blues
* Furry Lewis – Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee
* „Ma“ Rainey – „Ma“ Raineyʼs Black Bottom
* Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
* Louis Armstrong – Savoy Blues
* Frank Stokes – Downtown Blues
* Mississippi John Hurt – Frankie
* Henry Thomas – Fishing Blues
* Leroy Carr – How Long, How Long Blues
* Tommy Johnson – Canned Heat Blues
* Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro Blues
* Tampa Red & Georgia Tom – Itʼs Tight Like That
* Pinetop Smith – Pine Topʼs Boogie Woogie
* Lonnie Johnson – Guitar Blues
* Charlie Patton – Pony Blues
* Blind Blake – Diddie Wah Diddie
* Memphis Jug Band – K. C. Moan
* Jimmie Rodgers – Standinʼ On The Corner (Blue Yodel # 9)
* Mississippi Sheiks – Sittinʼ On Top Of The World
* Son House – Preachinʼ The Blues

### CD 2

* Skip James – Devil Got My Woman
* Leadbelly – C. C. Rider
* Big Joe Williams – Baby, Please Don’t Go
* Roosevelt Sykes – Dirty Mother For You (Donʼt You Know)
* Billie Holiday – Billieʼs Blues
* Robert Johnson – Cross Road Blues
* Sonny Boy Williamson I. – Good Morninʼ Little School Girl
* Bukka White – Shake ʼEm On Down
* Joe Turner & Pete Johnson – Roll ʼEm Pete
* Robert Petway – Catfish Blues
* Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing – Going To Chicago Blues
* Big Bill Broonzy – Key To The Highway
* Memphis Minnie – Me And My Chauffeur Blues
* Big Maceo Merriweather – Worried Life Blues
* Tommy McClennan – Cross Cut Saw Blues
* Lionel Hampton Sextet with Dinah Washington – Evil Gal Blues
* Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happening Everyday
* Joe Liggins – Honeydripper Pt. 1
* Johnny Mooreʼs Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown – Driftin’ Blues
* Louis Jordan – Let The Good Times Roll
* Arthur „Big Boy“ Crudup – Thatʼs All Right Mama
* T-Bone Walker – Call It Stormy Monday
* Wynonie Harris – Good Rockinʼ Tonight
* Jimmy Witherspoon – Ainʼt Nobodyʼs Business, Part One
* The Johnny Otis Quintette with Little Esther & The Robins – Double Crossing Blues

### CD 3

* Memphis Slim – Mother Earth
* Percy Mayfield – Please Send Me Someone To Love
* Jackie Brenston – Rocket 88
* Elmore James – Dust My Broom
* Rosco Gordon – No More Dogginʼ
* Little Walter – Juke
* Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog
* Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby
* Guitar Slim – The Things That I Used to Do
* Professor Longhair – In The Night
* Muddy Waters – (Iʼm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
* J. B. Lenoir – Eisenhower Blues
* Fats Domino – Blue Monday
* Ray Charles – Hard Times
* Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knocking
* Elvis Presley – Mystery Train
* Sonny Boy Williamson II. – Donʼt Start Me To Talkinʼ
* Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightning
* Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love
* Slim Harpo – Iʼm A King Bee
* Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
* Bobby „Blue“ Bland – Farther Up The Road
* Otis Rush – So Many Roads, So Many Trains
* Buddy Guy – First Time I Met The Blues
* Jimmy Reed – Big Boss Man

### CD 4

* Freddie King – Hide Away
* Junior Parker – Drivinʼ Wheel
* John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
* Albert Collins – Frosty
* Muddy Waters – You Canʼt Lose What You Ainʼt Never Had
* Howlin’ Wolf – Killing Floor
* Son House – Death Letter Blues
* Mississippi Fred McDowell – You Gotta Move
* Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
* Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues
* Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle
* John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton – All Your Love
* Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Iʼve Got A Mind To Give Up Livinʼ
* Jimi Hendrix – Red House
* Albert King – Born Under The Bad Sign
* Magic Sam – Mama Talk To Your Daughter
* Etta James – Tell Mama
* The Jeff Beck Group – Ainʼt Superstitious
* Taj Mahal – She Caught The Katy (And Left Me A Mule To Ride)
* Fleetwood Mac – Black Magic Woman
* Janis Joplin – One Good Man

### CD 5

* B. B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
* Johnny Winter – Dallas
* Derek and the Dominos – Have You Ever Loved A Woman
* Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers – Give Me Back My Wig
* The Allman Brothers Band – One Way Out
* Z. Z. Hill – Down Home Blues
* Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Pride And Joy
* Robert Cray – Smoking Gun
* The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Tuff Enuff
* John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt – Iʼm In The Mood
* Ali Farka Touré – Timbarma
* Keb’ Mo’ – Am I Wrong
* Luther Allison – Cherry Red Wine
* Peggy Scott-Adams – Bill
* Susan Tedeschi – Just Wonʼt Burn
* Los Lobos – Voodoo Music
* Bonnie Raitt – Round & Round
* Cassandra Wilson – Vietnam Blues
* Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland – I Pity The Fool (Live)
* Keb’ Mo’ & Corey Harris – Sweet Home Chicago