The Complete American Masters 1931–1953

Compilation by Sidney Bechet

Released 21 November 2011

Tracklist

  • 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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