The Legendary Sidney Bechet

by Sidney Bechet

The Legendary Sidney Bechet cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 1988
  • Label: Bluebird
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:05:37
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Orrin Keepnews produced this reissue of twenty two tracks recorded between 1932 and 1941, opening with the New Orleans Feetwarmers' 'Maple Leaf Rag'. It also preserves 'Really the Blues', cut with Tommy Ladnier and Mezz Mezzrow, and Bechet's trio recording of 'Strange Fruit'.

Genres

Descriptors: virtuosic, traditional, saxophone, ensemble, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Maple Leaf Rag (2:56)
  2. I've Found a New Baby (3:14)
  3. Weary Blues (3:01)
  4. Really the Blues (3:40)
  5. High Society (2:47)
  6. Indian Summer (3:10)
  7. Sidney's Blues (3:03)
  8. Shake It and Break It (2:56)
  9. Wild Man Blues (3:19)
  10. Save It Pretty Mama (2:51)
  11. Stompy Jones (2:52)
  12. Muskrat Ramble (2:49)
  13. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (2:35)
  14. The Sheik of Araby (2:12)
  15. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (3:03)
  16. I'm Coming Virginia (2:40)
  17. Strange Fruit (2:33)
  18. Blues In the Air (2:46)
  19. The Mooche (3:11)
  20. Twelfth Street Rag (3:01)
  21. Mood Indigo (3:14)
  22. What Is This Thing Called Love ? (3:34)

Credits

  • Sidney Bechet - primary artist, clarinet, soprano saxophone, vocals, written-by, bass, drums, piano, tenor saxophone
  • Bob Hickson - artwork [cover illustration]
  • Mezz Mezzrow - clarinet, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Jelly Roll Morton - piano, written-by
  • Ria Lewerke - art direction
  • Steve Backer - executive-producer
  • Bob Wilber - liner notes
  • Orrin Keepnews - reissue producer
  • Scott Joplin - written-by
  • Jack Palmer - written-by
  • Spencer Williams - written-by
  • Artie Matthews - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Victor Herbert - written-by
  • H. Quail Clarke - written-by
  • Lou Friscoe Chiha - written-by
  • Louis Armstrong - written-by
  • Don Redman - written-by
  • Joe Davis - written-by
  • Paul Denniker - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Kid Ory - written-by
  • Charles Warfield - written-by
  • Clarence Williams - written-by
  • Francis Wheeler - written-by
  • Harry B. Smith - written-by
  • Ted Snyder - written-by
  • Clarence Muse - written-by
  • Leon Rene - written-by
  • Otis Rene - written-by
  • Donald Heywood - written-by
  • Will Marion Cook - written-by
  • Lewis Allan - written-by
  • Irving Mills - written-by
  • Euday L. Bowman - written-by
  • James S. Sumner - written-by
  • Barney Bigard - written-by
  • Cole Porter - written-by

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