The Complete American Masters 1931–1953

Compilation by Sidney Bechet

Released 21 November 2011

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CD 1: 1923-1932 Selected Recordings
1
Wild Cat Blues
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:00
2
Kansas City Man Blues
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
2:59
3
Achin' Hearted Blues
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
2:57
4
Oh Daddy!
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:11
5
Shreveport Blues
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:00
6
Old Fashioned Love
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:09
7
House Rent Blues (The Stomp)
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
2:58
8
Mean Blues
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
2:58
9
Texas Moaner Blues
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:14
10
Off and On Blues
Sippie Wallace accompanied by Clarence Williams’ Trio
2:53
11
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:09
12
I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:17
13
Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone)
Margaret Johnson accompanied by Clarence Williams' Blue Five
3:24
14
Cake Walking Babies from Home
Eva Taylor accompanied by Clarence Williams' Blue Five
2:56
15
In a Café on the Road to Calais
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:48
16
Loveless Love
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
3:17
17
The Basement Blues
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
3:18
18
Roll on, Mississippi, Roll On
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
3:06
19
Sweetie Dear
New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:51
20
I Want You Tonight
New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:07
21
I've Found a New Baby
New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:12
22
Lay Your Racket
New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:15
23
Maple Leaf Rag
New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:56
24
Shag
New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:06
CD 2: 1934-1938
1
Under the Creole Moon
Noble Sissle & His International Orchestra
3:20
2
Loveless Love
Noble Sissle & His International Orchestra
2:57
3
Polka Dot Rag
Noble Sissle & His International Orchestra
2:51
4
You Can't Live in Harlem
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:23
5
'Tain't a Fit Night Out for Man or Beast
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:32
6
Rhythm of the Broadway Moon
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:47
7
Bandana Days
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:52
8
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:50
9
Dear Old Southland
Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
2:35
10
Okey Doke
Noble Sissle’s Swingsters
2:54
11
Characteristic Blues
Noble Sissle’s Swingsters
2:56
12
Viper Mad
Sidney “Pops” Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
3:05
13
Blackstick
Sidney “Pops” Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
2:48
14
When the Sun Sets Down South (Southern Sunset)
Sidney “Pops” Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
3:12
15
Sweet Patootie
Sidney “Pops” Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
3:20
16
Freight Train Blues
Trixie Smith
3:18
17
Trixie's Blues
Trixie Smith
3:17
18
My Daddy Rocks Me, Parts 1 & 2
Trixie Smith
5:53
19
He May Be Your Man But He Comes to See Me Sometimes
Trixie Smith
2:47
20
Jack, I'm Mellow
Trixie Smith
2:46
21
My Unusual Man
Trixie Smith
2:46
22
Uncle Joe
Grant & Wilson
2:36
23
I Am a Woman
Grant & Wilson
2:48
24
Toot It, Brother Armstrong
Grant & Wilson
3:16
CD 3: 1938-1939
1
Blue Monday on Sugar Hill
Grant & Wilson
2:17
2
What a Dream
Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
2:54
3
Hold Tight
Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
2:36
4
Jungle Drums
Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
2:29
5
Chant in the Night
Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
2:25
6
Ja-Da
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
2:54
7
Really the Blues
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
3:38
8
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
2:43
9
Weary Blues
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
3:02
10
Blues for Tommy Ladnier
Port of Harlem Seven
4:26
11
Summertime
Port of Harlem Seven
4:13
12
Pounding Heart Blues
Port of Harlem Seven
4:02
13
Oh, Didn't He Ramble?
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen
3:11
14
High Society
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen
2:48
15
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen
3:13
16
Winin' Boy Blues
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen
3:08
17
Magic Islands
The Haitian Orchestra
2:38
18
Mayotte
The Haitian Orchestra
2:28
19
Rose Rhumba
The Haitian Orchestra
2:22
20
Sous les Palmiers
The Haitian Orchestra
2:36
21
Original Haitian Music 1 (Ça Pique à Haïti)
The Haitian Orchestra
2:23
22
Original Haitian Music 2 (Tirre Chatte)
The Haitian Orchestra
2:25
23
Tropical Mood Moon Rhumba (Danse Ensemble)
The Haitian Orchestra
3:01
24
Baba Rhumba (Nana)
The Haitian Orchestra
2:35
CD 4: 1939-1940
1
Original Haitian Music 3 (La Belle Germaine)
The Haitian Orchestra
2:45
2
Original Haitian Music 4 (Danses de Chez Nous)
The Haitian Orchestra
2:45
3
Colonel Bogey March
The Haitian Orchestra
2:40
4
Ti Ralph
The Haitian Orchestra
2:19
5
Merengue de Amor (Meringue D'amour)
The Haitian Orchestra
2:58
6
Indian Summer
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:04
7
One O'Clock Jump
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:25
8
Preachin' Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:04
9
Sidney's Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:52
10
Careless Love
Josh White Trio
3:44
11
Milk Cow Blues
Josh White Trio
4:06
12
Lonesome Blues
Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet
4:04
13
Dear Old Southland
Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet
4:02
14
Bechet's Steady Rider
Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet
2:55
15
Saturday Night Blues
Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet
2:58
16
Four or Five Times
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
3:58
17
Sweet Lorraine
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
4:14
18
Lazy River
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
4:06
19
China Boy
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
3:47
20
If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
4:00
21
That's a Plenty
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
4:07
22
Squeeze Me
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
3:49
23
Sweet Sue, Just You
Bechet-Spanier Big Four
4:02
CD 5: 1940-1941
1
Perdido Street Blues
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
3:06
3.0 ★
2
2:19 Blues
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
2:52
3
Down in Honky Tonk Town
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
3:06
4
Coal Cart Blues
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
2:56
5
Shake It and Break It
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:55
6
Old Man Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:48
7
Wild Man Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:19
8
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin'
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:32
9
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:17
10
Blues in Thirds
Sidney Bechet and His Trio
2:58
11
Blue for You Johnny
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:54
12
Ain't Misbehavin'
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:58
13
Save It Pretty Mama
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:56
14
Stompy Jones
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:53
15
Muskrat Ramble
Professor Sidney Bechet with Dr. Henry Levine's Barefooted Dixieland Philharmonics
2:50
16
Coal Black Shine
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:45
17
Egyptian Fantasy
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:03
18
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:35
19
Slippin' and Slidin'
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:53
20
The Sheik of Araby
Sidney Bechet's One-Man Band
2:11
21
Blues of Bechet
Sidney Bechet's One-Man Band
1:54
22
Swing Parade
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:22
23
I Know That You Know
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:29
24
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:02
CD 6: 1941–1944
1
I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:15
2
I’m Coming Virginia
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:40
3
Limehouse Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:37
4
Georgia Cabin
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:00
5
Texas Moaner Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:00
6
Strange Fruit
Sidney Bechet Trio
2:32
7
You’re the Limit
Sidney Bechet Trio
3:13
8
Rip Up the Joint
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:19
9
Suey
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:29
10
Blues in the Air
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:44
11
The Mooche
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:06
12
Laughin’ in Rhythm
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:04
13
Twelfth Street Rag
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:00
14
Mood Indigo
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:13
15
Rose Room
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:36
16
Oh, Lady Be Good!
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:28
17
What Is This Thing Called Love
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:31
18
After You’ve Gone
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
4:52
19
V-Disc Blues: Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
4:52
20
Medley of Parodies: Dear Mom / Tangerine / Nagasaki
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
5:37
21
Bechet Parades the Blues (St. Louis Blues)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
4:15
22
St. Louis Blues
Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:49
23
Jazz Me Blues
Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:17
CD 7: 1944–1945
1
Blue Horizon
Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:28
2
Muskrat Ramble
Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazzmen
3:42
3
Walking and Talking to Myself
Cliff Jackson’s Village Cats
3:53
4
Quiet Please
Cliff Jackson’s Village Cats
3:55
5
Cliff’s Boogie Woogie
Cliff Jackson’s Village Cats
4:15
6
Jeepers Creepers
Cliff Jackson’s Village Cats
4:24
7
High Society
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:38
8
Salty Dog
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
4:04
9
Weary Blues
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
4:21
10
Jackass Blues
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
4:46
11
Milenberg Joys
Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
4:20
12
Lord, Let Me in the Lifeboat
Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
3:36
13
Days Beyond Recall
Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
4:51
14
Porto Rico
Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
3:11
15
Up in Sidney’s Flat
Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
4:23
16
House Party
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:41
17
Perdido Street Stomp
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:24
18
Revolutionary Blues, Part 1
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
3:17
19
Revolutionary Blues, Part 2
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:38
20
Blood on the Moon
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:27
21
Levee Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:58
CD 8: 1945
1
Layin’ My Rules in Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:39
2
Bad, Bad Baby Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:58
3
Saw Mill Man Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
3:03
4
Minor Swoon
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
3:00
5
The Sheik of Araby
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
2:59
6
Baby, I’m Cuttin’ Out
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:56
7
Ole Miss
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:02
8
Bowin’ the Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:49
9
Jelly Roll
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:34
10
Perdido Street Stomp
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:55
11
Old School
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:30
12
Gone Away Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:45
13
De Luxe Stomp
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:30
14
Out of the Gallion
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:33
15
Save It Pretty Mama
Art Hodes Hot Five
3:10
16
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Art Hodes Hot Five
3:08
17
Memphis Blues
Art Hodes Hot Five
2:55
18
Shine
Art Hodes Hot Five
2:57
19
St. James Infirmary
Art Hodes Hot Five
3:20
20
Darktown Strutters’ Ball
Art Hodes Hot Five
3:00
21
Sister Kate
Joe Sullivan Jazz Quartet
2:40
22
Panama
Joe Sullivan Jazz Quartet
2:48
23
Got It and Gone
Joe Sullivan Jazz Quartet
2:51
CD 9: 1946–1947
1
Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It on the Blues)
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
2:58
2
Old Stack O’Lee Blues
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
4:16
3
Bechet’s Fantasy
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
3:49
4
Weary Way Blues
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
3:11
5
As Long as I Live
Stella Brooks
2:57
6
I’m a Little Piece of Leather
Stella Brooks
2:40
7
St. Louis Blues
Stella Brooks
3:37
8
Jazz Me Blues
Stella Brooks
2:41
9
Ballin’ the Jack
Stella Brooks
2:13
10
I’ll Never Be the Same
Stella Brooks
3:10
11
Breathless Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:59
12
Really the Blues, Part I
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:08
13
Really the Blues, Part II
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:55
14
Evil Gal Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:05
15
Fat Mama Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:16
16
You Got to Give It to Me
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:48
17
Hey Daddy Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:44
18
Whoop This Wolf Away from My Door
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:05
19
You Can’t Do That to Me
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
2:36
20
Groovin’ the Minor
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:27
21
Royal Garden Blues
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers
6:34
22
Slow Blues
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers
6:42
CD 10: 1947
1
Old Fashioned Love
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers
5:28
2
Fast Blues
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers
6:02
3
Bugle Blues (Bugle Call Rag)
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers
4:48
4
Spreadin’ Joy
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber's Wildcats
3:00
5
I Had It But It’s All Gone Now
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber's Wildcats
3:19
6
Polka Dot Stomp
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber's Wildcats
2:39
7
Kansas City Man Blues
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber's Wildcats
2:41
8
Buddy Bolden Stomp
Sidney Bechet Quartet
3:08
9
My Woman’s Blues
Sidney Bechet Quartet
2:56
10
The Song of Songs
Sidney Bechet Quartet
3:01
11
Just One of Those Things
Sidney Bechet Quartet
3:06
12
Love for Sale
Sidney Bechet Quartet
3:20
13
Laura
Sidney Bechet Quartet
3:09
14
Shake ’Em Up
Sidney Bechet Quartet
2:35
15
Where Am I
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:43
16
Tommy’s Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
5:03
17
Chicago Function I (Revolutionary Blues I)
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:14
18
Chicago Function II (Revolutionary Blues II)
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:45
19
I Want Some
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:18
20
I’m Speaking My Mind
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:09
CD 11: 1947–1949
1
Never Will I Forget the Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:23
2
The Blues and Freud, I
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:29
3
The Blues and Freud, II
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:09
4
Kaiser’s Last Break (I’m Up)
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:28
5
I’m Goin’ Away from Here
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:08
6
I Got You Some
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:36
7
I Must Have My Boogie
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
3:42
8
Funky Butt
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:11
9
Delta Mood
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:21
10
Blues of the Roaring Twenties
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet
4:01
11
Sister Kate
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:05
12
Tiger Rag
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:08
13
Tin Roof Blues
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:00
14
I’ve Found a New Baby
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:08
15
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:09
16
When the Saints Go Marching In
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:02
17
I Got Rhythm
Sidney Bechet and His Circle Seven
3:01
18
September Song
Sidney Bechet and His Circle Seven
2:57
19
Who?
Sidney Bechet and His Circle Seven
2:53
20
Casbah (Song of the Medina)
Sidney Bechet and His Circle Seven
2:32
CD 12: 1949–1950
1
Maryland, My Maryland
Sidney Bechet's Jazz Limited Orchestra
2:33
2
Careless Love
Sidney Bechet's Jazz Limited Orchestra
2:48
3
Egyptian Fantasy
Sidney Bechet's Jazz Limited Orchestra
2:44
4
Basin Street Blues
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
3:18
5
Cake Walking Babies from Home
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
2:35
6
Tailgate Ramble
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
2:54
7
At the Jazz Band Ball
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
3:02
8
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
3:20
9
Fidgety Feet
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
3:00
10
I’m Through, Goodbye
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
2:46
11
Love Me with a Feeling
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
3:19
12
Waste No Tears
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
3:06
13
Box Car Shorty
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
3:09
14
The Broken Windmill
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
3:19
15
Without a Home
Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
3:06
16
Copenhagen
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
2:50
17
China Boy
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:05
18
Runnin’ Wild
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
3:07
19
Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
2:56
20
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
2:54
21
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen
2:46
22
Jelly Roll Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:46
23
At a Georgia Camp Meeting
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:11
24
National Emblem March
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:02
CD 13: 1950–1953 Studio and Selected Live Recordings
1
Hindustan
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:06
2
I’ll Take That New Orleans Music
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:44
3
Original Dixieland One-Step
Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
4:16
4
Avalon
Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
4:56
5
That’s-a-Plenty
Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
4:16
6
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
5:44
7
Ballin’ the Jack
Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
3:52
8
There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
3:59
9
All of Me
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:08
10
Ding Dong Daddy
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:30
11
Black and Blue
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
3:37
12
Shine
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:56
13
Rose of the Rio Grande
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:14
14
Sweet Georgia Brown
Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen
4:01
15
St. Louis Blues
Sidney Bechet with Bob Scobey’s Jazzband
4:12
16
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Sidney Bechet with Bob Scobey’s Jazzband
3:50
17
Muskrat Ramble
Sidney Bechet with Bob Scobey’s Jazzband
3:13
18
Summertime
Sidney Bechet with Bob Scobey’s Jazzband
3:29
CD 14: 1939–1946 Broadcasts, Concerts, Private Recordings
1
Dear Old Southland
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:30
2
Fonda Blues (take 2)
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
4:19
3
Medley: What’s New? / To You
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:51
4
Bugle Call Rag
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:40
5
The Sheik of Araby
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:25
6
Limehouse Blues
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
1:02
7
Pop It
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:54
8
Blues
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
4:42
9
Mood Indigo
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
4:42
10
Big Wig in the Wigwam
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:11
11
At the Log Cabin
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:26
12
Sidney’s Blues
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
5:04
13
Preachin’ Blues
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:13
14
One O’Clock Jump, 1
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:24
15
One O’Clock Jump, 2
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:46
16
St. Louis Blues
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
2:28
17
Indian Summer
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
3:55
18
Blues with Bechet
George Baquet’s Swingsters
3:41
19
Shake It and Break It
Sidney Bechet & The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
3:40
20
St. Louis Blues
Sidney Bechet & The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
3:17
21
The Blues
Sidney Bechet & The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
2:32
22
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
Sidney Bechet & The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
1:37
23
Dear Old Southland
3:07
24
China Boy
3:49

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Release credits

Aaron Thompson
trombone [13]
Albert Snaer
trumpet [18-19]
Alfred Lion
producer [10-11]
Art Hodes
piano [11.13-16, 7.7, 7.10, 12.4, 12.6-9]
Arthur Herbert
drums (drum set) [9, 11-14]
Bernard Addison
guitar [10.1-2, 5.1-2, 5.4, 9.21-22]
Bill Reinhardt
clarinet [1-3]
Billy Banks
vocal [4, 11]
Billy Burns
trombone [15-18]
Billy Maxey
lead vocals [22], vocal [22]
Bob Mielke
trombone [4-7]
Bob Wilber
clarinet [4-7]
Bubber Miley
cornet [13]
Buddy Christian
banjo [1-14]
Bunk Johnson
trumpet [11-15]
Buster Bailey
clarinet [18-19]
Charlie Howard
electric guitar [7-9]
Charlie Irvis
trombone [9, 11-12, 14]
Charlie Shavers
trumpet [2.16-17, 2.19-21, 6.6, 6.14-17]
Charlie Traeger
double bass [4-7]
Chauncey Haughton
trombone [7-9]
Chester Burrill
trombone [3, 7-9]
Clarence Brereton
trumpet [1-9, 12-13, 15]
Clarence Williams
piano [1-14]
Claude Jones
trombone [1-2]
Cliff Jackson
piano [7.11-15, 3.7-9]
Danny Strong
drums (drum set) [4-7]
Dave Bowman
piano [2, 5]
Demas Dean
trumpet [2.3, 2.7-9, 1.17]
Dick Wellstood
piano [4-7]
Don Donaldson
piano [18]
Don Ewell
piano [1-3]
Don Kirkpatrick
piano [8], solo [8]
Eddie Cole
double bass [1.15-18, 2.1-3], tuba [17]
Eddie Robinson
double bass [2, 5]
Elmer James
double bass [7-9]
Ernie Caceres
baritone saxophone [2, 5]
Erskine Butterfield
piano [7-9]
Eva Taylor
vocal [11-12, 14]
Everett Barksdale
guitar [6, 14-17]
Frank Etheridge
banjo [15-18]
Frankie Newton
trumpet [10, 12]
Freddie Moore
drums (drum set) [11.13-16, 10.8, 10.10, 7.7, 7.10], vocal [7, 10]
George "Pops" Foster
double bass [10.1-2, 10.8-14, 9.21-22, 13.8, 4.15, 7.7, 7.10-11, 7.11-12, 7.12-15, 7.15], solo [8]
George Lugg
trombone [7, 10]
George Wettling
drums (drum set) [18-19]
Gil White
tenor saxophone [7-9, 12-13, 15]
Hank Duncan
piano [19-24]
Harry Brooks
piano [1-6, 12-13, 15]
Harvey Boone
alto saxophone [3], clarinet [3]
Henry “Red” Allen
trumpet [17]
Howard Hill
guitar [1-3]
J.C. Heard
drums (drum set) [17]
J.C. Higginbotham
trombone [3.10, 3.12, 5.17]
Jack Carter
drums (drum set) [1.15-18, 2.1, 2.3], membranophone [2]
James P. Johnson
piano [9.21-22, 10.1-2, 11.18-19]
James Toliver
alto saxophone [1-3], piano [17]
Jerome Pasquall
tenor saxophone [7-9]
Jimmy Archey
trombone [8]
Jimmy Jones
double bass [7-9, 11-13, 15]
Jimmy Miller
guitar [7-9, 11-13, 15]
John Glasel
cornet [4-7]
John Mayfield
trombone [1-6]
Johnny Williams
double bass [10-12, 12]
Kenneth Roane
trumpet [1]
Kenny Clarke
drums (drum set) [7-9]
Leonard Ware
electric guitar [2, 5]
Lloyd Phillips
piano [8-14]
Lloyd Pinckney
piano [15-18]
Louis Armstrong
cornet [9, 11-12, 14], trumpet [1-2, 4], vocal [2, 4]
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [1-2, 4]
Luis Russell
piano [1-2]
Manzie Johnson
drums (drum set) [6.6, 3.7-9, 7.11-15, 13.8]
Margaret Johnson
vocal [13]
Max Kaminsky
trumpet [7, 10]
Meade Lux Lewis
piano [10-12, 12]
Mezz Mezzrow
clarinet [3.7, 3.7-9, 9.21-22, 10.1-2], tenor saxophone [7, 7-9]
Morris Morand
drums (drum set) [19-24], membranophone [20]
Munn Ware
trombone [1-3]
Noble Sissle
lead vocals [1, 5-6, 9], vocal [2.5-6, 2.9, 1.15-18]
Oscar Madera
violin [3, 7-9]
O’Neill Spencer
drums (drum set) [12-13, 15-17, 19-21], vocal [12-13, 15]
Ralph Duquesne
alto saxophone [15-18], clarinet [15-18], reeds [17], soprano saxophone [15-18]
Ramón Usera
alto saxophone [3], clarinet [15-18], reeds [17], tenor saxophone [1.15-18, 2.1-3]
Ray Diehl
trombone [4, 6-9]
Richard Fullbright
bass [17, 21], double bass [16, 19-20]
Rudy Jackson
alto saxophone [15-18], clarinet [15-18], reeds [17], soprano saxophone [15-18]
Sammy Price
piano [16-17, 19-21]
Sandy Williams
solo [15], trombone [11-15, 15]
Sid Catlett
drums (drum set) [4.15, 3.10-12, 6.14-17]
Sid Thall
double bass [1-3]
Sidney Bechet
baritone saxophone [16-17], clarinet [9.1-10, 1.2, 1.9-10, 1.15-16, 1.18-21, 1.23, 3.6-7, 3.7-10, 3.12, 3.23-24, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6-8, 2.12-13, 2.15-17, 2.19-21, 5.7, 5.16, 5.19, 5.21, 4.7, 4.15, 7.7-15], double bass [21], drums (drum set) [21], performer [9], piano [21], reeds [5.1-2, 5.4, 5.9, 2.11, 2.22, 1.17-18, 3.1-2, 3.5, 3.17-18, 3.20-22, 4.2, 4.10-15, 6.7-9], sarrusophone [11], solo [8], sopranino saxophone [7], soprano saxophone [11.13-16, 11.18-19, 2.1-9, 2.12-13, 2.15, 12.1-4, 12.6-13, 12.15, 1.1-9, 1.11-18, 1.20-24, 5.5-6, 5.8, 5.17, 5.21, 6.6, 6.10-12, 6.14-19, 6.21-23, 7.7, 7.10-15, 3.7-12, 3.12, 9.21-22, 4.1, 4.3, 4.8-9, 4.15, 13.8, 10.1-2, 10.4-14], tenor saxophone [21], wind instruments [11]
Sidney De Paris
solo [8], trumpet [8]
Sippie Wallace
vocal [10]
Slick Jones
drums (drum set) [4, 6-9]
Sonny White
piano [7-9]
Teddy Bunn
guitar [3.7-12, 4.15, 2.16-17, 2.19-21]
Teddy Nixon
trombone [19-24]
Thomas Morris
cornet [1-8]
Tommy Ladnier
trumpet [3.7-9, 1.15-24]
Trixie Smith
vocal [16-17, 19-21]
Vernon Brown
trombone [10.1-2, 9.21-22]
Vic Dickenson
trombone [18]
Wally Gordon
drums (drum set) [1-3]
Walter Page
double bass [12.4, 12.6-9, 11.13-16, 11.18-19]
Wellman Braud
double bass [5.1-2, 5.4, 5.17, 6.6, 6.14-17]
Wendell Culley
trumpet [1-9]
Wilbert Kirk
drums (drum set) [2.7-9, 2.11, 6.18]
Wilbur de Paris
trombone [18-19]
Wild Bill Davison
cornet [11.13-16, 12.4, 12.6-9]
Willie “The Lion” Smith
piano [4.1, 6.6, 6.14-17]
Wilson Myers
double bass [1.19-20, 1.20-21, 1.21-22, 1.22-23, 1.23-24, 6.18, 4.7-9], lead vocals [20, 24], vocal [20-21, 24]
Zutty Singleton
drums (drum set) [3.2, 3.5, 5.1-2]
[unknown]
trumpet [15-18], vocal [16]

Issues

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The Complete American Masters 1931-1953
14x CD
21 November 2011