Research Catalog

Title

The complete Blue Note recordings of Sidney Bechet [sound recording].

Author

Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959.

Publication

Stamford, CT : Mosaic Records, [1985?]

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Details

Additional Authors

Blue Note (Firm)

Description

6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.

Subjects

• Dixieland music
• Jazz > 1931-1940
• Jazz > 1941-1950
• Blues (Music)
• Clarinet music (Jazz)
• Saxophone music (Jazz)
• Jazz > 1951-1960

Note

• Also available on CD (Mosaic : MD4-110 (on inner containers: 110)).
• Principally instrumental jazz; vocals on 2 tracks.
• Analog recordings.
• Principally reissues; 13 items released for the 1st time in this country in this compilation.
• Program notes by John Chilton, Max Harrison, Art Hodes, and Michael Cuscana including bibliography and discography ([16] p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded in New York City at various times between June 8, 1939 and Aug. 25, 1953.

Contents

• Blues for Tommy : (improv) (4:23) -- Summertime / Gershwin (4:10) -- Pounding heart blues : (improv) (4:00) -- Careless love / W.C. Handy (3:41) -- Milk cow blues / Kokomo Arnold (4:04) -- Lonesone blues / Armstrong (4:03) -- Dear old Southland / Layton (4:01) -- Bechet's steady rider / Bechet (2:52) -- Saturday night blues / Bechet (2:54) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (4:44) -- Jazz me blues / De Landy (3:47 ; 4:15) -- Blue horizon / Bechet (4:24) -- Muskrat ramble / Kid Ory (3:39) -- High society / C. Williams ; A.J. Piron (3:35) -- Salty dog / Jackson ; Thread (4:02) -- Weary blues / A. Matthews (4:19) -- Jackass blues / Stitzel ; Kassel (5:05 ; 4:42) -- Milenberg joys / Morton (4:18) -- Lord let me in the lifeboat (3:33) -- Days beyond recall / Bechet (4:48) -- Porto Rico (3:12) -- Up in Sidney's flat / Bechet (4:17) -- Save it pretty Mama / Redman (3:07) -- Way down yonder in New Orleans / Layton (3:05) -- Memphis blues / W.C. Handy (2:53) -- Shine / Mack ; Dabney ; Brown (2:54) -- St. James Infirmary / Primrose (3:18) -- Darktown Strutter's ball / Brooks (2:58 ; 3:05) -- Blame it on the blues / C.L. Cooke (2:57 ; 2:54) -- Old stack o'lee blues : (trad) (4:12) -- Bechet's fantasy / Bechet (3:47) -- Weary way blues / Cox ; Austin (3:16 ; 3:08) -- Sister Kate / A.J. Piron (3:03) -- Tiger rag / LaRocca (3:06) -- Tin roof blues / New Orleans Rhythm Kings (2:58) -- I found a new baby / S. Williams (3:05).
• Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Cox (3:07) -- When the saints go marching in / trad. (2:59) -- Basin Street blues / S. Williams (3:15) -- Cake walking babies / C. Williams (2:32) -- At the jazz band ball / LaRocca ; Shields (3:00) -- Joshua fit the battle of Jericho / trad. (3:17) -- Fidgety feet / LaRocca ; Shields (2:58) -- Tailgate ramble / Mercer ; Mannone (2:51) -- Copenhagen / Davis ; Melrose (2:48) -- China boy / Winfree ; Boutelie (3:02) -- Runnin' wild / Gibbs ; Grey ; Wood (3:04 ; 3:05) -- Ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll / S. & C. Williams (3:20 ; 2:55) -- Mandy, make up your mind / Clarke ; Turk ; Meyer ; Johnston (2:52) -- Shim-me-sha-wabble / S. Williams (2:44) -- Original Dixieland one step / LaRocca (4:12) -- Avalon / DeSylva ; Rose (4:51) -- That's a plenty / Pollack (4:12) -- Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me / Swanstone ; McCarron ; Morgan (5:38 ; 5:53) -- Ballin' the jack / Smith ; Barris (3:34 ; 3:47) -- There'll be some changes made / Higgins ; Overstreet (4:03 ; 3:56) -- All of me / Simons ; Marks (4:03) -- Ding dong daddy / Baxter (4:25) -- Black and blue / Waller ; Razaf ; Brooks (2:09 ; 3:35) -- Shine / Mack ; Dabney ; Brown (4:53) -- Rose of the Rio Grande / Warren ; Forman ; Leslie (4:10 ; 4:10) -- Sweet Georgia Brown / Pinkard (3:57).

Call Number

*LZR 2905 (F)

OCLC

NYPG97-R741

Author

Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959. Performer

Title

The complete Blue Note recordings of Sidney Bechet [sound recording].

Imprint

Stamford, CT : Mosaic Records, [1985?]

Performer

Sidney Bechet, saxophone or clarinet ; other musicians.

Event

Recorded in New York City at various times between June 8, 1939 and Aug. 25, 1953.

Added Author

Blue Note (Firm)

Publisher No.

Mosaic MD4-110

Mosaic 110

Mosaic MR6-110

Research Call Number

*LZR 2905 (F) Program notes on file.