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Sidney Bechet
Legendary Sidney Bechet
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Maple Leaf Rag - Sidney Bechet, Joplin, Scott
2. I've Found a New Baby - Sidney Bechet, Palmer, Jack [1]
3. Weary Blues - Sidney Bechet, Matthews, Artie
4. Really the Blues - Sidney Bechet, Mezzrow, Mezz
5. High Society - Sidney Bechet, Piron, Armand
6. Indian Summer - Sidney Bechet, Dubin, Al
7. Sidney's Blues - Sidney Bechet, Bechet, Sidney
8. Shake It and Break It - Sidney Bechet, Clarke, H. Quail
9. Wild Man Blues - Sidney Bechet, Armstrong, Louis
10. Save It, Pretty Mama - Sidney Bechet, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
11. Stompy Jones - Sidney Bechet, Ellington, Duke
12. Muskrat Ramble - Sidney Bechet, Gilbert, Ray
13. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Sidney Bechet, Warfield, Charles
14. The Sheik of Araby - Sidney Bechet, Smith, Harry [2] Be
15. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Sidney Bechet, Muse, Clarence
16. I'm Coming Virginia - Sidney Bechet, Cook, Will Marion
17. Strange Fruit - Sidney Bechet, Allan, Lewis
18. Blues in the Air - Sidney Bechet, Bechet, Sidney
19. The Mooche - Sidney Bechet, Ellington, Duke
20. Twelfth Street Rag - Sidney Bechet, Bowman, Euday L.
21. Mood Indigo - Sidney Bechet, Bigard, Barney
22. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Sidney Bechet, Porter, Cole

CD Details

All Artists: Sidney Bechet
Title: Legendary Sidney Bechet
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Original Release Date: 8/2/1988
Re-Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: New Orleans Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Dixieland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 078635659023

Synopsis

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Most of this material was previously available in the package Sidney Bechet: Master Musician. Recorded between 1932 and 1941, these sessions capture one of the true men of genius in jazz history, at the top of his game in several awesome group contexts. The hot licks of "I Found a New Baby," "Shag," and "Maple Leaf Rag" are traded by Bechet and trumpeter Tommy Ladnier, co-leaders of the New Orleans Feetwarmers. On "Weary Blues" they are joined by reedman Mezz Mezzrow. On "The Sheik of Araby," from 1941, Bechet is a one-man band, overdubbing all the parts--clarinet, soprano and tenor sax, piano, bass, and drums. --John Swenson

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CD Reviews

Awesome

Hunter | cola, sc | 07/10/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not only is Sidney the best, but this album is the best. One of the most prescious jazz albums in the 20th century!"

Best Bechet CD I've Heard

Johnny Hodges | Clark Fork, ID United States | 10/29/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the real deal: RCA's own original masters digitally restored. So much of Bechet on CD are European labels where disks are often made from second-hand sources. The dates cover 12 different sessions between 1932 and 1941, acknowledged by most sources to be a peak period of creativity by the clarinet/soprano sax master. Some of the better known sidemen include Mezz Mezzrow (clarinet, tenor sax), Kenny Clark, Sid Catlett, Zutty Singleton & Baby Dodds (drums), Earl Hines & Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Rex Stewart & Red Allen (trumpet). The mostly bright, snappy numbers are a blast of volcanic energy, and the occasional ballads will squeeze your heart.

The sound quality is the best I've heard on a Bechet CD: bright, crisp high range that does proper justice to the cutting, agressive sound unique to Sidney. If you have any taste for traditional New Orleans flavored traditional jazz or swing, you would be nuts not to nail down a copy, especially at the ridiculously low price being charge by third party vendors. Do it now, before this materpiece disappears."