Bechet

1. Charleston [Original Circle Recording]

2. Black and Blue [Original Circle Recording]

3. Sensation Rag [Original Circle Recording]

4. Summertime [Original Circle Recording]

5. Wild Cat Blues [Original Circle Recording]

6. Blue Turning Grey over You [Original Circle Recording]

7. Ain't Misbehavin'

8. Sugar [Original Circle Recording]

9. Dear Old Southland [Original Circle Recording]

10. Love for Sale [Original Circle Recording]

11. Sweet Lorraine [Original Circle Recording]

12. St. Louis Blues [Original Circle Recording]

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Average customer rating: Unheralded genius the soul of music I'm looking for "Les Ognoins" by Sidney Bechet Great Bechet Excellent

The Best of Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Legendary Sidney Bechet The Fabulous Sidney Bechet Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet The Sidney Bechet Story Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues ASIN: B000005GXB Release Date: 1994-05-03

Tracks:

1. Summertime
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Blue Horizon
4. Muskrat Ramble
5. Porto Rico
6. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
7. Bechet's Fantasy
8. Blame it On The Blues
9. Old Stack O' Lee Blues
10. I Found A New Baby
11. Sister Kate
12. When The Saints Go Marching In
13. Basin Street Blues
14. Copenhagen
15. Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll
16. Black And Blue
17. All Of Me
18. Rose Of The Rio Grande

Album Description

Eighteen of Bechet's greatest performances from "Summertime" to "Black And Blue" with such sidemen as Wild Bill Davison, Albert Nicholas, Art Hodes, Joe Sullivan, Pops Foster and Big Sid Catlett.

Customer Reviews:

Unheralded genius.......2007-01-30

This is the first Sidney Bechet CD I've purchased and it surely won't be the last. I've gone all these years knowing little of him, finally checking out his sound after seeing that he made Woody Allen's celebrity itunes list. The man was an absolute master with the soprano saxophone and clarinet. Moreover in this collection of songs ranging from 1939 to 1953 he plays in quintets and sextets featuring such excellent musicians as Art Hodges on piano and Wild Bill Davidson on the cornet. But it is Bechet who shines. His style variably evokes New Orleans Jazz, the Blues traditional jazz and a hint of swing. Like Ben Webster, Lester Young and other geniuses, Bechet creates a mood with his horn. It's hard to listen to while doing anything else because you'll want to sit back and enjoy -- and enjoy you will.

the soul of music.......2006-04-02

As a younger listener I have tended to stay away from jazz in this period (20's) because alot of it seemed to have herky-jerky rythmns that reminded me of the 30's and 40's cartoons that had goofy, grinning barn animals playing various instruments, so hearing jazz from this time period became hard to listen to without laughing myself silly. For some reason this album does not remind me of the barn animals...and i really like it! The dixie-land blues is thick throughout and, man, this is where funk came from! I'm usually not a fan of too much vibrato, but with bechet it sounds tremendously soulful and the selections wouldn't be complete without it. One of the best blues tracks of all-time is "blue horizon" (the other might be "red house" by jimi) which is alone worth the $18 you would pay for a 10 track cd at the mall. But there are many other excellent tracks on here, like the superior version of "all of me." The other musicians, besides the excellent bechet, play tight and soulful as well. This album is solid through and through.

I'm looking for "Les Ognoins" by Sidney Bechet.......2001-11-08

My father-in-law is trying to get hold of a Sidney Bechet track called Les Ognoins. Does anyone know on which album it can be found or is the album called Les Ognoins. Help please!

Great Bechet.......2001-10-10

I love this Sidney Bechet cd. I bought it knowing nothing else by him except "Blue Horizon", but I was delighted with all of it. I love the way "Porto Rico" starts out dark and exotic and ends up light. Full of strong melodies, exquisitely played . . . If you like early New Orleans jazz in all it's smokey and warm magnificence, you won't be disappointed in this cd.

Excellent.......2001-01-25

This is an excellent batch of Bechet performances. "Summertime", "Muskrat Ramble" and "When the Saints Go Marching In" are the best tracks in an overall excellent disk.

Average customer rating: Only so-so compilation Greatest Soprano Sax and you suck Kenny G A different world ... nostalgic and timeless all at once The Greatest Soprano - EVER! How a soprano sax should sound

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Fletcher Henderson Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Coleman Hawkins Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Benny Goodman Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Lester Young Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Ella Fitzgerald ASIN: B000050HVN Release Date: 2000-11-07

Tracks:

1. Wild Cat Blues
2. Texas Moaner Blues
3. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
4. I'm A Little Blackbird
5. The Basement Blues
6. Shag
7. Polka Dot Rag
8. Okey-Doke
9. Characteristic Blues
10. Dear Old Southland
11. Blackstick
12. Viper Mad
13. Chant in the Night
14. Jungle Drums
15. Summertime
16. Sweet Lorraine
17. Shake It and Break It
18. Egyptian Fantasy
19. Blue Horizon
20. Love For Sale

Amazon.com

Sidney Bechet was one of the great pioneers of jazz, a New Orleans clarinetist of unmatched improvisational creativity who developed a highly personal voice on the difficult soprano saxophone. He could soar above an ensemble or develop lead lines with a power that rivaled trumpeters. Although he was the first great jazz soloist to record--on 1923's "Wild Cat Blues" with Clarence Williams's Blue Five--until the late 1930s, Bechet's recordings cast him invariably as a sideman. He wouldn't achieve the kind of fame that was his due until he settled in France in the 1950s. This is an excellent introduction to his work, ranging from that first extant recording to 1947. Along the way, there are early meetings with Louis Armstrong and recordings like "Shag," a spirited performance in the New Orleans ensemble style with trumpeter Tommy Ladnier and the New Orleans Foot Warmers. Some of Bechet's best work of the '30s appeared under the name of singer Noble Sissle, even when Sissle wasn't present, as on "Viper Mad," but it's Bechet's distinctive work that gives these period pieces their enduring significance. While he spent much of his career cast in the New Orleans style, Bechet was an innovator, using electric guitar in the band for his own 1938 classics "Chant in the Night" and "Jungle Blues." He finally had something like a hit when he recorded Gershwin's "Summertime" in 1939, the rich wail of his soprano both plaintive and commanding. The same distinctive way with a popular song is evident on "Love for Sale" with just a rhythm section, while there are other 1940s recordings with a host of distinguished collaborators, such as trumpeter Muggsy Spanier and trombonist Vic Dickenson. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Only so-so compilation.......2007-03-25

I normally love most things Ken Burns, but this was rather disappointing...the selections here are unremarkable and even dull often, just don't have the effortless joyful schwing of Bechet's best work but rather seem too analytical and academic.

I'd much more recommend "The Legendary Sidney Bechet" and "The Best of Sidney Bechet" for those looking for an intro to Bechet's special genius.

Greatest Soprano Sax and you suck Kenny G.......2005-06-04

I hate you Kenny G. You ruined a once great instrument played by such titans of jazz as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter,

AND SIDNEY BECHET....

Sidney Bechet was the first great improviser in jazz. Yes, yes, Satchmo was the most famous improviser of the 20's scene, but it most likely was the child prodigy Bechet to be the first with his wild New Orleans clarinet and soprano sax. I think that this is a wonderful compilation of the great man and it is some of the best solos out of New Orleans which made Satch take notes from his good friend Sidney.

I CURSE YOU, KENNY G TO HAVE CORNS THE SIZE OF GUAVAMELONS (WHICH LOOK LIKE RHUBARBS) ON YOUR FEET THAT HURT WORSE THAN THE CORNS WHICH PLAGUE AND TORMENT CHARLES.

A different world ... nostalgic and timeless all at once.......2005-05-29

This compilation is not perfect, there are about 8 sounds with him as a sideman, and this comilation does not go into the last decade of his career, where he was recorded on tape (rather than 78rpm). With the negatives out of the way, this is Sydney Bechet, possibly one of the top 10 soloist ever in american music. What he could do with one note in this idom, can only be matched by few (Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Louis Armstrong). His vibrato was so expressive, and massive in it feeling, that he told a story in a way words never could. This all sounds poetic, but take a listen to the last 10 songs on this cd and see for yourself. This is where the original spirit of jazz was born, group improsation. This was generally lost until avant garde groups/artist like Art of Ensemble of Chicago returned it.

The Greatest Soprano - EVER!.......2003-07-17

One is grateful to Ken Burns calling attention to Jazz with his series and, there it ends! Sidney Bechet is without a doubt the greatest soprano player ever. His power was absolutely amazing. Pity the trumpet players who had to play with him, he could, and did, drown them out. I saw and heard him in person in the late 50s and I have never forgotten that evening! If it wasn't for Sidney, we wouldn't have Hodges, Wilber and many others. I have an awful lot of Bechet on recordings and I never tire of him!

How a soprano sax should sound.......2001-09-27

This was another great jazz artist that I didn't know much about prior to this Ken Burn's release. I never thought that I could love the sound of the soprano sax this much. Up until this album, whenever I thought of soprano sax, Kenny G and his mind numbing music would come to mind, and I would cringe. But, this album opened up a whole new world of music to me .. now THIS is how a soprano sax should sound. It is beautiful. Sidney Bechet is (or was) a true genius, the way he made the horn almost operatic in sound, with the wonderful throbbing vibratos. No wonder he was sometimes billed as "The Talking Saxophone". There is such depth and emotion in his playing. I highly recommend this album to all jazz fans. The booklet includes photos and an interesting essay.

Average customer rating: what can you say... Awesome

Legendary Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Sidney Bechet The Fabulous Sidney Bechet Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet The Sidney Bechet Story Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues ASIN: B000002WA2 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Maple Leaf Rag - The New Orleans Feetwarmers
2. I've Found A New Baby - The New Orleans Feetwarmers
3. Weary Blues - Tommy Ladnier
4. Really The Blues - Tommy Ladnier
5. High Society - Jelly Roll Morton
6. Indian Summer
7. Sidney's Blues
8. Shake It And Break It
9. Wild Man Blues
10. Save It, Pretty Mama
11. Stompy Jones
12. Muskrat Ramble - Dr. Henry Levine
13. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
14. The Sheik Of Araby (One Man Band)
15. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
16. I'm Coming Virginia
17. Strange Fruit (Trio)
18. Blues In The Air
19. The Mooche
20. Twelfth Street Rag
21. Mood Indigo
22. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Amazon.com

Most of this material was previously available in the package Sidney Bechet: Master Musician. Recorded between 1932 and 1941, these sessions capture one of the true men of genius in jazz history, at the top of his game in several awesome group contexts. The hot licks of "I Found a New Baby," "Shag," and "Maple Leaf Rag" are traded by Bechet and trumpeter Tommy Ladnier, co-leaders of the New Orleans Feetwarmers. On "Weary Blues" they are joined by reedman Mezz Mezzrow. On "The Sheik of Araby," from 1941, Bechet is a one-man band, overdubbing all the parts--clarinet, soprano and tenor sax, piano, bass, and drums. --John Swenson

Customer Reviews:

what can you say..........2004-12-24

Well not much to say, and not many to disagree. Good-spirited fun jazz. If you are a music fan looking to get into the oldies a bit, jazz/blues/big-band/swing whatever this is a good starting point.

Awesome.......2000-07-10

Not only is Sidney the best, but this album is the best. One of the most prescious jazz albums in the 20th century!

Average customer rating: An awesome artist Missing Alot of Classics True jazz classics

The Sidney Bechet Story Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Bargain Box Sets | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Hot Fives & Sevens The Lionel Hampton Story The Bebop Years King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set The Lester Young Story ASIN: B000059RI1 Release Date: 2001-02-26

Tracks:

1. Wild Cat Blues
2. Kansas City Man Blues
3. House Rent Blues (The Stomp)
4. Texas Moaner Blues
5. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
6. I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird
7. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel 'Dis Mornin'
8. Early Every Mornin'
9. Cake Walking Babies From Home
10. Pickin' On Your Baby
11. Sweetie Dear
12. I Want You Tonight
13. I Found A New Baby
14. Lay Your Racket
15. Shag
16. Maple Leaf Rag
17. Polka Dot Rag
18. Tain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast
19. I'm Just Wild About Harry
20. Dear Old Southland
21. Okey-Doke
22. Characteristic Blues
23. Blackstick
24. Southern Sunset

Tracks:

1. Sweet Patootie
2. Trixie Blues
3. Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
4. Jungle Drums
5. Ja Da
6. Really The Blues
7. When You And I Were Young, Maggie
8. Weary Blues
9. Summertime
10. Pounding Heart Blues
11. Oh, Didn't He Ramble?
12. High Society
13. I Thought, I Heard Your Buddy Bolden Say
14. Winin' Boy Blues
15. Indian Summer
16. One O'Clock Jump
17. Preachin' Blues
18. Sidney's Blues
19. Four Or Five Times
20. Lazy River
21. China Boy
22. Perdido Street Blues
23. Shake It And Break It

Tracks:

1. Old Man Blues
2. Wild Man Blues
3. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel 'Dis Mornin'
4. Blues In Thirds
5. Save It, Pretty Mama
6. Stompy Jones
7. Egyptian Fantasy
8. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
9. The Sheik Of Araby
10. I Know That You Know
11. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
12. I'm Coming Virginia
13. Limehouse Blues
14. Georgia Cabin
15. Strange Fruit
16. Blues In The Air
17. The Mooche
18. Twelfth Street Rag
19. Mood Indigo
20. Rose Room
21. Oh, Lady Be Good
22. What Is This Thing Called Love?
23. After You've Gone
24. V-Disc Blues
25. St. Louis Blues

Tracks:

1. Jazz Me Blues
2. Blue Horizon
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. Jeepers Creepers
5. Jackass Blues
6. Milenberg Joys
7. Up In Sidney's Flat
8. House Party
9. Blood On The Moon
10. Ole Miss
11. Gone Away Blues
12. Out Of The Gallion
13. Blame It On The Blues
14. Old Stack O'Lee Blues
15. Love For Sale
16. Laura
17. Tommy's Blues
18. I'm Speaking My Mind
19. I Found A New Baby
20. Fidgety Feet
21. At A Georgia Camp Meeting

Album Description

Four CD box-set for one of the greatest improvisers in the history of jazz, an ifluence to many musicians from Johnny Hodges to John Coltrane. 93 tracks spanning over 27 years, the first being recorded in 1923. The booklet tells the story of this remarkable musician and includes rare photos and a discography. Four standard jewel cases housed in a box. 2001 release.

Album Details

4CD's, 93 tracks from the career of the great jazz improviser. Includes a 56 page booklet.

Customer Reviews:

An awesome artist.......2004-10-31

A short while ago I found a 4-disc collection of Louis Armstrong's hot fives and sevens. Seeing the gems that were in this collection, I was surprised at the low price. Shortly thereafter I came upon this collection. It has been said that if any New Orleans soloist could ever match Louis Armstrong, it was Sidney Bechet. His work on Blue Horizon alone would have been enough for me to justify getting this collection, but it is filled with dozens of wonderful selections from the career of this musical genius.

Missing Alot of Classics.......2004-03-13

Where is the incomprable All Of Me and others...Hardly a complete box set.

True jazz classics.......2002-11-27

I'm kind of surprised that no one else has reviewed this great collection so far. Sidney Bechet was one of the great figures in the history of jazz, and many of the songs included in this compilation are genuine classics. The sound quality is also excellent considering the dates that they were recorded. When Bechet performs old standards (Summertime, Limehouse Blues, St. Louis Blues, etc.), his versions are often among the best ever recorded. Duke Ellington himself said that Bechet's version of "The Mooche" was the best he'd heard, including the one by his own band (which was a classic in its own right). I'm sure that anyone who enjoys early jazz would love this great 4-CD set.

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Quadromania Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Membran/Quadromania Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Quadromania Quadromania Quadromania Wrappin' It Up Quadromania ASIN: B0007UAQO8 Release Date: 2006-05-08

Tracks:

1. Jazz Me Blues
2. Blues Horizon
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. You've Got Me Walkin' And Talkin' To Myself
5. Quite Please
6. Cliff's Boogie Blues
7. Jeepers Creepers
8. High Society
9. Salty Dog
10. Weary Blues
11. Jackass Blues
12. Milenberg Joys
13. Lord Let Me In The Lifeboard
14. Days Beyond Recall
15. Porto Rico
16. Up In Sidney's Flat
17. Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On The Blues)
18. Old Stack O'lee Blues
19. Royal Garden Blues
20. Slow Blues
21. Old Fashioned Love
22. Fast Blues
23. Bugle Blues
24. Spreading Joy
25. I Had It But It's All Gone
26. Polka Dot Stomp
27. Kansas City Man Blues
28. Buddy Bolden Stomp
29. Song Of Songs
30. My Woman's Blues
31. Song Of Songs
32. Just One Of This Things
33. Love For Sale
34. Laura
35. Shake 'Em Up
36. Sister Kate
37. Tiger Rag
38. Tin Roof Blues
39. I've Found A New Baby
40. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
41. When The Saints Go Marching In
42. I Got Rhythm
43. September Song
44. Who?
45. Song Of The Medina
46. Maryland, My Maryland
47. Careless Love
48. Eqyptian Fantasy
49. Basin Street Blues
50. Cake Walking Babies
51. Tailgate Ramble
52. At The Jazz Band Ball
53. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
54. Fidgety Feet
55. Honeysuckle Rose
56. Coquette
57. High Society
58. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
59. Sugar
60. Muskrat Ramble
61. St. Louis Blues
62. Sweet Georgia Brown
63. Summertime
64. I Found A New Baby
65. September Song
66. High Society
67. Dippermouth Blues
68. I Got Rhythm
69. Frankie And Johnny
70. Casey Jones
71. Society Blues
72. Petite Fleur

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Sidney Bechet 1941 1944 Manufacturer: Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007GXDU Release Date: 1998-07-28

Tracks:

1. Blues In The Air
2. The Mooche
3. Laughin' In Rythm
4. 12Th Street Rag
5. Mood Indigo
6. Rose Room
7. Oh! Lady Be Good!
8. What Is This Thing Called Love?
9. After You've Gone
10. V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss)
11. Bechet Parades The Blues (St. Louis Blues)
12. St. Louis Blues - Sidney Bechet & his Blue Note Jazzman
13. Jazz Me Blues - Sidney Bechet & his Blue Note Jazzman
14. Blue Horizon - Sidney Bechet & his Blue Note Jazzman
15. Muskrat Ramble - Sidney Bechet & his Blue Note Jazzman
16. You've Got Me Walkin' and Talkin' To Myself - Cliff Jackson's Village Cats
17. Quiet Please - Cliff Jackson's Village Cats
18. Cliff's Boogie Blues - Cliff Jackson's Village Cats
19. Jeepers Creepers - Cliff Jackson's Village Cats

Average customer rating: MILESTONE IN TRADITIONAL JAZZ surprising - a broad spectrum of "dixieland" styles

The Fabulous Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Legendary Sidney Bechet The Best of Sidney Bechet Runnin' Wild The Sidney Bechet Story Complete Blue Note 1939-1951 Master Takes ASIN: B00005614S Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

1. There'll Be Some Changes Made
2. Original Dixieland One-Step
3. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
4. That's A Plenty
5. Ballin' The Jack
6. Avalon
7. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Alt Tk)
8. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (Alt Tk)
9. Ballin' The Jack (Alt Tk)
10. Rose Of The Rio Grande
11. Black And Blue
12. Sweet Georgia Brown
13. All Of Me
14. I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
15. Shine
16. Rose Of The Rio Grande (Alt Tk)
17. Black And Blue (Alt Tk)

Amazon.com

Sidney Bechet settled permanently in France in 1949, making only occasional trips back to the United States to record and tour. This CD pairs two Blue Note sessions led by the pioneer soprano saxophonist during those visits, including his last American studio recordings. Though both bands feature Bechet in the classic frontline of New Orleans and Chicago jazz with trumpet and trombone, each group gets a distinct character from one of the great bassists of early jazz. The first nine tracks, from 1951, present Bechet in the midst of dedicated New Orleans traditionalists. Trumpeter Sidney de Paris provides sterling leads and Pops Foster's slap bass is literally popping, creating a mood that's both stately and joyous.

Trombonist Jimmy Archey, a veteran of the Kid Ory band, is the one holdover on eight tracks from a 1953 session, which is a relative update on the form. Trumpeter Jonah Jones adds fluid swing and pianist Buddy Weed some near-boppish harmonies, but it's Walter Page, creator of the "walking bass" style, who really drives the band with a different kind of force on tunes like "Sweet Georgia Brown." Whatever the setting, Bechet is a marvel, his broad sound at once sparkling and mellow. Whether he's exploring the deep blues of "Naughty Sweetie" and "Black and Blue," or playing with puckish wit and ebullient spirit on "Ballin' the Jack" and "Deep Dong Daddy," Bechet is one of the defining instrumental voices of jazz, delighting in musical surroundings that are at once congenial and inspiring. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

MILESTONE IN TRADITIONAL JAZZ.......2006-09-24

This recording is truly a milestone Traditional Jazz recording. No, this is a milestone Jazz recording ! I can't urge you enough to buy this recording !! This is really special. You will be in tears after hearing and think you might not have not made this purchase. DO IT !!!!!!!

surprising - a broad spectrum of "dixieland" styles.......2001-02-21

Although this disk could be referred to as "dixieland" it strikes me as having a wide spectrum of different approaches that musical style. Although I like dixieland music, I generally get bored after 2 of 3 cuts because I find that the music played by any one group is often stylistically repetitious. I was really surprised by this disk because there were so many different approaches to the music. Each time a new cut would start I found myself paying close attention to what they were doing. It never became boring background music.

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Best of Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Blues Forever ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Best of Big Maceo Best of King Oliver The Best of the Boogie Woogie Trio Goin' to Chicago: The Best of Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie and His Orchestra Best of Dinah Washington: The Queen of the Blues ASIN: B00080EVNY Release Date: 2005-04-05

Tracks:

1. Really the Blues
2. Freight Train Blues
3. Blues in Thirds
4. Trixie Blues
5. Revolutionary Blues
6. Old Stack O'Lee Blues
7. Out of the Gallion
8. Sidney's Blues
9. Wild Man Blues
10. Weary Blues
11. Careless Love
12. Blues in the Air
13. He May Be Your Man, But He Comes to See Me Sometimes
14. Milk Cow Blues
15. Lonesome Blues
16. Blues for Tommy
17. Blue for You, Johnny
18. Saturday Night Blues
19. Characteristic Blues
20. Basement Blues

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Sidney Bechet 1945-1946 Manufacturer: Classics French ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00007GXFS Release Date: 2002-10-04

Tracks:

1. High Society - Sidey Bechet's Blue Not Jazzmen
2. Salty Dog - Sidey Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen
3. Weary Blues - Sidey Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen
4. Jackass Blues - Sidey Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen
5. Milenberg Joys - Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra
6. Lord Let Me In The Lifeboat - Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra
7. Days Beyond Recall - Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra
8. Porto Rico - Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra
9. Up In Sidney's Flat - Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra
10. Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On The Blues) - Sidney Bechet/Nicholas Blue Five
11. Old Stack O'Lee Blues - Sidney Bechet/Nicholas Blue Five
12. Bechet's Fantasy - Sidney Bechet/Nicholas Blue Five
13. Weary Way Blues - Sidney Bechet/Nicholas Blue Five
14. As Long As I Live - Stella Brooks
15. I'm A LIttle Piece Of Leather - Stella Brooks
16. St. Louis Blues - Stella Brooks
17. Jazz Me Blues - Stella Brooks
18. Ballin' The Jack - Stella Brooks
19. I'll Never Be The Same - Stella Brooks

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Les Annes Bechet Sidney Bechet Manufacturer: Bmg/Vogue ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000089XH Release Date: 1997-05-06

Tracks:

1. Petite Fleur
2. Promenade Aux Champs- Lys Es
3. Premier Bal
4. Passport To Paradise
5. En Attendant Le Jour
6. Moulin Caf
7. Summertime
8. Lastic
9. Rose De Picardie
10. Les Oignons
11. Si Tu Vois Ma MRe
12. Mon Homme
13. Marchand De Poissons
14. September Song
15. Nuages
16. Stormy Weather
17. As-Tu Le Cafard
18. Dans Les Rues D'antibes

Jazz Music:

1. Big Band Greats
2. Big Band Legends
3. By Way of the World
4. Chet
5. City Skyline
6. Club Jazz
7. Cool Breeze
8. Corea/Hancock
9. Demon Chaser
10. Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band [Live]

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