Sidney Bechet - Blues in the Air [Fabulous/Acrobat]

Artist:

Bechet, Sidney

UPC:

824046014322

See Also:

Calloway, Cab Lunceford, Jimmie

Description:

Personnel: Sidney Bechet (clarinet, soprano saxophone); Charlie Howard, Teddy Bunn, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Everett Barksdale (electric guitar); Henry Goodwin, Henry "Red" Allen, Sidney DeParis, Tommy Ladnier, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Muggsy Spanier, Rex Stewart (cornet); Teddy Nixon, J.C. Higginbotham, Vic Dickenson (trombone); Hank Duncan, Jim Tolliver, Don Donaldson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Sonny White, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Earl Hines (piano); J.C. Heard, Morris Morand, Kenny Clarke, Manzie Johnson, Big Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds (drums). Recording information: 12/15/1932-12/20/1944. It`s too bad in a sense that Louis Armstrong gets all the attention for early-period jazz when fellow New Orleanian Sidney Bechet was just as vital, and in his time assuredly as influential. These 22 tracks display the immortal clarinetist/soprano saxophonist in his prime around the early `30s. While not an essential collection, there are many of his most well-played numbers here, including "Summertime," "China Boy," "The Sheikh of Araby," "Limehouse Blues," "Rose Room," "Jazz Me Blues," and "Muskrat Ramble." A good starter set for students or a compacted package of a much larger discography for mavens, this is a welcome piece of classic vintage jazz that can be easily recommended. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Summertime
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. One O`Clock Jump
4. Dear Old Southland
5. Saturday Night Blues
6. Bechet`s Steady Rider
7. China Boy
8. Blues in Thirds
9. Save It, Pretty Mama
10. Egyptian Fantasy
11. Baby Won`t You Please Come Home
12. Coal Black Shine
13. Sheikh of Araby, The
14. Blues of Bechet
15. Limehouse Blues
16. Mood Indigo
17. Blues in the Air
18. Rose Room
19. Twelfth Street Rag
20. Jazz Me Blues
21. Blue Horizon
22. Muskrat Ramble

Album Information

Release Date:

11/07/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Dixieland

Label:

Fabulous (USA)

Catalog Number:

143

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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