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Sidney Bechet ?– The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet

Label: Mosaic Records (2) ?– MR6-110 Format: 6 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation 
Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered 
Country: US Released: 1985 Genre: Jazz Style: Dixieland

TracklistHide Credits

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).. 

Lp's are in NM, Box Cover in EX Limited Ed. 0281/7500