Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet Mosaic mr6-110 6 LP Box Set

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Sidney Bechet ?

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet
Mosaic Records ?– MR6-110
6 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered 3789
1985
Jazz
Dixieland
Tracklist

A1     –The Port Of Harlem Seven     Blues For Tommy (Improv)     4:23
A2     –The Port Of Harlem Seven     Summer Time

    Written-By – Gershwin*

    4:10
A3     –The Port Of Harlem Seven     Pounding Heart Blues (Improv)     4:00
A4     –Josh White Trio     Careless Love

    Written-By – W. C. Handy

    3:41
A5     –Josh White Trio     Milk Cow Blues

    Written-By – Kokomo Arnold

    4:04
A6     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet*     Lonesome Blues

    Written-By – Lil Armstrong*

    4:03
B1     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet*     Dear Old Southland     4:01
B2     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet*     Bechet's Steady Rider

    Written-By – Bechet*

    2:52
B3     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet*     Saturday Night Blues

    Written-By – Bechet*

    2:54
B4     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     St Louis Blues

    Written-By – W. C. Handy

    4:44
B5     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Jazz Me Blues (Alt)

    Written-By – De Landy*

    3:47
B6     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Jazz Me Blues

    Written-By – De Landy*

    4:15
C1     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Blue Horizon

    Written-By – Bechet*

    4:24
C2     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Muskrat Ramble

    Written-By – Kid Ory

    3:39
C3     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     High Society

    Written-By – A. J. Piron*, Porter Steele

    3:35
C4     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Salty Dog

    Vocals – Fred Moore*Written-By – Jackson*

    4:02
C5     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Weary Blues

    Written-By – A.Matthews*

    4:19
C6     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Jackass Blues (Alt)

    Written-By – Kassel*, Stitzel*

    5:05
D1     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Jackass Blues

    Written-By – Kassel*, Stitzel*

    4:42
D2     –Bunk Johnson And Sidney Bechet     Milenberg Joys

    Written-By – Jelly Roll Morton

    4:18
D3     –Bunk Johnson And Sidney Bechet     Lord Let Me In The Lifeboat

    Written-By – Traditional

    3:33
D4     –Bunk Johnson And Sidney Bechet     4 Days Beyond Recall

    Written-By – Bechet*

    4:48
D5     –Bunk Johnson And Sidney Bechet     Porto Rico     3:12
D6     –Bunk Johnson And Sidney Bechet     Up In Sidney's Flat

    Written-By – Bechet*

    4:17
E1     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     Save It Pretty Mama

    Written-By – Redman*, Joe Davis (4), Paul Denniker

    3:07
E2     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     Way Down Yonder In New Orleans     3:05
E3     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     Memphis Blues

    Written-By – W. C. Handy

    2:53
E4     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     Shine

    Written-By – Mack*, Dabney*, Brown*

    2:54
E5     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     St. James Infirmary

    Vocals – Fred Moore*Written-By – Primose*

    3:18
E6     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     Darktown Shutter's Ball

    Written-By – Brooks*

    2:58
E7     –Art Hodes' Hot Five     Darktown Shutter's Ball (Alt)

    Written-By – Brooks*

    3:05
F1     –Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five*     Blame It On The Blues (Alt)

    Written-By – Chas. L.Cooke*

    2:57
F2     –Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five*     Blame It On The Blues

    Written-By – Chas. L.Cooke*

    2:54
F3     –Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five*     Old Stack O'Lee Blues

    Written-By – Sidney Bechet, Traditional

    4:12
F4     –Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five*     Bechet's Fantasy

    Written-By – Bechet*

    3:47
F5     –Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five*     Weary Way Blues (10" Take)

    Written-By – Cox*, Austin*

    3:16
F6     –Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five*     Weary Way Blues (78 Take)

    Written-By – Cox*, Austin*

    3:08
G1     –Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen*     Sister Kate

    Written-By – A. J. Piron*

    3:03
G2     –Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen*     Tiger Rag

    Written-By – LaRocca*

    3:06
G3     –Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen*     Tin Roof Blues

    Written-By – Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Leon Roppolo, Mel Stitzel, Paul Mares, Walter Melrose

    2:58
G4     –Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen*     I Found A New Baby

    Written-By – Jack Palmer (4), S. Williams*

    3:05
G5     –Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen*     Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

    Written-By – Cox*

    3:07
G6     –Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen*     When The Saints Go Marching In

    Written-By – Traditional

    2:59
H1     –Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*     Basin Street Blues

    Written-By – S. Williams*

    3:15
H2     –Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*     Cake Walk Babies

    Written-By – Chris Smith (14), Clarence Williams, Harold Troy

   
H3     –Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*     At The Jazz Band Ball

    Written-By – Shields*, LaRocca*

    3:00
H4     –Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*     Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

    Written-By – Traditional

    3:17
H5     –Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*     Fidgety Feet

    Written-By – Shields*, LaRocca*

    2:58
H6     –Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen*     Tailgate Ramble

    Written-By – Mercer*, Mannone*

    2:51
I1     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Copenhagen

    Written-By – Lew Davies, Walter Melrose

    2:48
I2     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     China Boy

    Written-By – Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje

    3:02
I3     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Runnin' Wild (Alt)

    Written-By – Arthur Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood

    3:04
I4     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Runnin' Wild

    Written-By – Arthur Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood

    3:05
I5     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll (Alt)

    Written-By – Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams (2)

    3:20
I6     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll

    Written-By – Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams (2)

    2:55
I7     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Mandy Make Up Your Mind

    Written-By – Arthur Johnston, George W. Meyer, Grant Clarke, Roy Turk

    2:52
I8     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble

    Written-By – Spencer Williams (2)

    2:44
J1     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     Original Dixieland One Step

    Written-By – Nick LaRocca

    4:12
J2     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     Avalon

    Written-By – Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva*, Vincent Rose

    4:51
J3     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     That's A Plenty

    Written-By – Lew Pollack, Ray Gilbert

    4:12
J4     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me

    Written-By – Arthur Swanstrom*, Carey Morgan, Charles R. McCarron

    5:38
J5     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (Alt)

    Written-By – Arthur Swanstrom*, Carey Morgan, Charles R. McCarron

    5:53
K1     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     Ballin' The Jack (Alt)

    Written-By – Chris Smith (14), Jim Burris

    3:34
K2     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     Ballin' The Jack

    Written-By – Chris Smith (14), Jim Burris

    3:47
K3     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     There'll Be Some Changes Made (Alt)

    Written-By – Billy Higgins (2), W. Benton Overstreet

    4:03
K4     –Sidney Bechet And His Hot Six*     There'll Be Some Changes Made

    Written-By – Billy Higgins (2), W. Benton Overstreet

    3:56
K5     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     All Of Me

    Written-By – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons

    4:03
K6     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Ding Dong Daddy

    Written-By – Phil Baxter

    4:25
L1     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Black And Blue (Alt)

    Written-By – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks (2)

    2:09
L2     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Black And Blue

    Written-By – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks (2)

    3:35
L3     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Shine

    Written-By – Mack*, Dabney*, Brown*

    4:53
L4     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Rose Of The Rio Grande (Alt)

    Written-By – Leslie*, Warren*, Forman*

    4:10
L5     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Rose Of The Rio Grande

    Written-By – Leslie*, Warren*, Forman*

    4:10
L6     –Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen*     Sweet Georgia Brown

    Written-By – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard

    3:57
Companies, etc.

    Recorded At – WOR Studios
    Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios

Credits

    Bass – Johnny Williams (tracks: A1 to A3), Pops Foster (tracks: A6 to G6, I1 to K4), Walter Page (tracks: H1 to H6, K5 to L6), Wilson Ernest Myers* (tracks: A4, A5)
    Clarinet – Albert Nicholas (tracks: F1 to F6), Sidney Bechet (tracks: A3 to A6, B2 to C1, C3, C4, D2 to E2, E7, F3, F5, F6)
    Cornet – Wild Bill Davison (tracks: E1 to E7, G1 to I8)
    Design – Richard Mantel
    Drums – Danny Alvin (tracks: F1 to F6), Fred Moore* (tracks: C3 to D1. E1 to E7, G1 to G6), Manzie Johnson (tracks: B4 to C2, D2 to D6, J1 to K4), Sid Catlett* (tracks: A1 to A3, A6 to B3), Slick Jones (tracks: H1 to I8)
    Executive-Producer – Charlie Lourie
    Guitar – Teddy Bunn (tracks: A1 to A3, A6 to B3)
    Piano – Art Hodes (tracks: B4 to D1, E1 to H6), Buddy Weed (tracks: K5 to L6), Cliff Jackson (tracks: D2 to D6), Don Kirkpatrick (2) (tracks: J1 to K4), Joe Sullivan (tracks: I1 to I8), Meade Lux Lewis* (tracks: A1 to A3)
    Producer [Original Sessions] – Alfred Lion
    Research, Producer [Produced For Release] – Michael Cuscuna
    Soprano Saxophone – Sidney Bechet (tracks: A1, A2, B1, C2, C5 to D1, E3 to E6, F1, F2, F4, G1 to L6)
    Transferred By [Tape And Disc Transfer] – Ron McMaster
    Trombone – George Lugg (tracks: C3 to D1), J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: A1, A3), Jimmy Archey (tracks: I1 to L6), Bob Diehl* (tracks: H1 to H6), Sandy Williams (tracks: D2 to D6), Vic Dickenson (tracks: B4 to C2)
    Trumpet – Bunk Johnson (tracks: D2 to D6), Frankie Newton* (tracks: A1, A3), Jonah Jones (tracks: K5 to L6), Max Kaminsky (tracks: C3 to D1), Sidney De Paris (tracks: B4 to C2, J1 to K4)
    Vocals, Guitar – Josh White (tracks: A4, A5)

Notes
Recorded At – WOR Studios, New York City, except A4 to B3 at Reeves Sound, New York City.

These recordings appear courtesy of Liberty records,a division of Capitol Records,Inc.
Special thanks to the institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University for the loan of several rare recordings
© Mosaic Records, 197 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902

Limited edition of 7500 albums. Issued in a box with a 20pp booklet of notes (including a discography of Sidney Bechet).