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The Recordings of Sidney Bechet

by, Mal Collings

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Index:

  • Introduction

  • Instrumentation

  • The Recordings of Sidney Bechet

  • Early Recordings

  • The 1930's

  • The 1940's

  • The 1950's

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  • Index of Musicians

  • Index of Compositions

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    Introduction

    This is not a full discography in the

    >accepted= sense. It does not itemise every release of the recordings of Sidney Bechet. There are good reasons for this omission: the information is available elsewhere; the information - if present - would be immediately out-of-date with the next new release of Bechet recordings; for Bechet recordings, the copyright has expired on a large proportion of the material (*); to detail the original release is of less and less interest, since many of the original releases are no longer available, except as antiques. In short, to itemize ALL releases, or even to itemize original releases is a thankless task which serves less & less benefit with every year that passes.

    What this document does do is: to collect together all the recordings of Sidney Bechet into one volume; to clear up a number of anomalies and uncertainties (others will always remain); to identify all the occasions on which he plays soprano sax and/or clarinet; to fully index all sessions by title and performer; to give some further information on his compositions.

    In addition, this document contains a brief chronology of his (musical) life, which at this moment is at the draft stage, since clearly much more effort is required to fill out the many gaps and questions.

    (* = in the UK for example, the copyright in the recording is vested for 50 years from the date of original

    >publication= (release of a record, broadcast of a performance, for example) in the copyright owner - often the record company who made the original recording - regardless of where that recording was made. In other European territories, this time limit may be may be greater or smaller - in Italy, for example, it is only 25 years. This means that any Bechet recording >published= for 50 years can be freely used by any record company without having to acknowledge the rights of the original copyright owner; this is not illegal, and has a clear commercial benefit. So many of Bechet=s recordings can be used freely and legally; it would be a discographer=s worst nightmare to keep pace with all these releases, even for Bechet recordings which have not suffered the same degree of exploitation in this respect as other jazz legends: Armstrong, Parker, Holiday, for example)

     

     

    The proliferation of releases of the repertoire detailed below took many forms: 78 rpm black discs (shellac or vinyl) gave way to vinyl LP's, both 10" and 12" (30cm), and nearly every item below was (re-)issued in the latter format, which was the major form of exploitation for some 30 years or so from the 1950's. Some items were originally issued on 45 rpm (7"/18cm) discs and only subsequently on LP. By the 1960's (after Bechet

    =s last recordings), the 78 rpm disc had been discontinued, and later the musicassette arrived, almost entirely as a parallel carrier to the LP (i.e. recordings were rarely issued or packaged only on cassette, which remained an alternative to the [main] LP release). The LP remained the primary carrier until the late 1980's, when it was overtaken by the Compact Disc. In the 1990's the Digital Compact Cassette and the Mini-Disc arrived.

    A true discography should take account of all these issues; especially that of the different configurations (however, very few discographies ever contain details of musicassettes, the

    >parallel carrier= to the LP or now the CD).

    What follows is a catalogue of Sidney Bechet's known recordings, without release details for the most part. It is not therefore a discography in the sense accepted by many jazz collectors. Those recordings which have never been released are marked, because this is often important to identify what has been hitherto released or not. Certain release details are however included where they actually determine what exists and what does not.

    The first discography of Sidney Bechet was written by his friend John D. Reid in

    AJazz Information@ Volume 2, no. 9 (November 1940). Thereafter the mantle of Bechet discographer passed to the late David Mylne in 1948. For the publication of "Treat it Gentle" (1960), David prepared a new discography containing all known recordings up to the date of publication; since this was after Bechet's death, the vast majority of his Vogue recordings (both studio sessions and many of the concert recordings we know to exist) were included, up to his last studio session in 1958 (most of these were actually released during Bechet's lifetime). This discography was not updated by the publishers for new editions of the autobiography. A full discography by Hans J. Mauerer appeared as a separate publication in 1969. This was at the time and has remained an excellent guide, the source document for Bechet collectors since that time. Over the years following Mauerer, many 'unreleased' or dubious items have been cleared up, and of course a number of new (mostly 'live') items have surfaced. When "Treat it Gentle" was belatedly published in French in 1977 (as "La Musique, C'est Ma Vie"), it contained a new discography by Alain Tercinet. Finally, for the publication of his book on Bechet, Fabrice Zammarchi produced a new discography, probably the most complete single work to date in terms of defining extant material, although no matrix numbers were included. Bechet is of course also included in the general and amazing discographies of ALL jazz, by Brian Rust, Erik Raben et al.

    All the discographies up to Raben & Zammarchi lacked details of the very extensive Boston (Savoy CafŽ) recordings, which were not fully catalogued until they were released on LP in the USA by Fat Cat Jazz in the 1980's. In other respects they were quite complete, especially at the time of their publication, which is a tribute to their groundwork. There has never been a bad Bechet discography. Tribute should be paid to David Mylne: hardly anything new has really been added to his cataloguing of the Clarence Williams, Victor or Vogue sessions, except for alternate takes.

    Unissued recordings continue to surface. For example, the "Einbrecher" soundtrack from 1930, two versions of "I got Rhythm" with Jabbo Smith, extracts from the film: "Moon Over Harlem",

    APanama@ (Olympia concert 12/03/52), and the Swiss concert with Braslavsky have all appeared for the first time in the age of the Compact Disc (1992 or thereafter). One or two other items have only appeared in audiovisual form ("St. Louis Blues" & "Premier Bal" from 1958, "Buddy Bolden Stomp" from XXXX,......other soundtracks ........). Alternate takes have also surfaced through the years, adding spice to our appreciation of Bechet, and confusion even to those among us who keep chapter & verse on what we have or want. This document will be out of date when you read it.

     

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    Discographical Milestones

    It is pertinent to note some of the major releases over the years. For many years in the era of the LP, only a selection of his 1920's recordings were generally available in Europe on the Fontana label (same compilation later released on Rhapsody in the 1980's); in retrospect, this was a good compilation, including probably the best of his 1920's output, but also including titles with Buster Bailey (the first Bechet copyist) instead of Bechet. It was not until Fat Cat Jazz filled out the gaps in the 1980's that all his 1920's sides became available on LP. The FCJ albums were then pre-empted by 'chronological' series on CD on a variety of labels in the late 1980's and 1990's. Typically therefore, one can now buy all the Bechet titles from the 1920's and even 1930's in chronological sequence. Best in this category are the

    >Complete= CD editions on the French MŽdia 7 label. These are produced by Tomas & Zammarchi.

    The 'Victor' recordings ("New Orleans Feetwarmers") appeared in a variety of albums from various RCA (now BMG) companies in Europe, USA and Japan. These were definitively researched (including extant alternate takes, many issued for the first time) and chronologically compiled by RCA France in their "Jazz Tribune" series, originally issued as double LP

    =s (PM42409, 43282 & 45728), later as CD=s (ND 89760, ND 89759 & ) and as a CD Box (). Research by the originating company does not necessarily mean that they have found everything, but these French releases are the source for the entries below on the relevant recordings. With the exception of V-Disc material, I have considered their research to be definitive.

     

    The Blue Note recordings of Bechet were issued on LP by Mosaic in the 1980's (MR6-110); pressed on good quality vinyl, with extensive research and sensible/erudite sleeve notes; not only did Mosaic collate together all the BN recordings which Bechet made over a period of nearly 15 years, they also unearthed a number of alternate takes at the same time which had never previously been released anywhere (re-packaging of Blue Note recordings over the years was not common).

    The 'King Jazz' recordings with Mezzrow comprise a number of sessions over a 3-year period, including many alternate takes. A good number of alternates were actually issued on 78 rpm by King Jazz or their licencees, and the Storyville company of Denmark also issued all known takes on a variety of configurations (LP, EP, 7" single even!) during the 1960's. The Storyville version was not chronological, but it did have an added bonus in the inclusion of some spoken passages by Mezzrow, and his personal blessing. Storyville re-released all the product again on vinyl in the 1980's in double albums, again without regard for chronological sequence. Finally they released all the product on CD in the same (dis)order as the double LP's, again with Mezzrow talking. In fact the only chronological issues were made on LP by King Jazz (Italy) during the 1960's (KJIT duly noted in Mauerer), subsequently re-released in the 1990's on CD (KJ101 FS - KJ104 FS). These may be considered to be the ultimate King Jazz collection. (.....although still to be confirmed everything is AOK....)

    By the 1960's we thought we had heard all the best of Bechet. Rumours and scant details were in circulation regarding a series of recordings Bechet had made during a 1945 residency at the Savoy Cafe in Boston, but that was all. During the 1980's, a series of 12 LP's was lovingly put together by Fat Cat Jazz, issuing commercially for the first time all the extant recordings from that short period. Hardly any recordings seem to have been lost (only one broadcast is not accounted for at all, others have only occasional parts missing). This series of releases was not only a tribute to the dedication and abilities of the Fat Cat team, it is also a quite unique document of a (major jazz) artist's regular broadcast gigs over a short period of time (given extra spice by Bechet's use - for a variety of reasons - of three different trumpeters during the residency).

    Vogue Records made many recordings of Sidney Bechet both in the studio and at concerts during the period of his recording contract with them in the 1950's. Over the years since Bechet's death, they released many of the most popular or interesting sides in a wide variety of configurations and packages, including at one point a 10" 16 r.p.m. disc! One of the reasons for the catalogue which follows not to be a discography (in the accepted sense of the word) is that keeping track of these (re-)releases has proved impossible. In the early 1980's, Vogue began a 'complete edition' on LP - to include all the recordings made by Bechet during the period of his contract. It is likely that Vogue had an exclusive contract with Bechet for recordings made in France (although some 'live' or location recordings made in Switzerland were also released by them); USA recordings (e.g. for Blue Note) were therefore not included. This complete edition started well (although a few of the 1949 recordings with Braslavsky at the Paris Jazz Festival and in Geneva - which were known to exist - were not included), but was never completed for commercial reasons. COF-21 to COF-27 inclusive were all released. Subsequently Vogue issued a CD box comprising all Bechet

    =s studio recordings (*), but - in general - the >master takes= only. Other material issued by Vogue came from the collection of the late Charles Delaunay, including rare examples of Bechet backed by a full big band. Nevertheless, it is a difficult and thankless task to check every Vogue release to verify whether an unissued take or concert performance has been used.

    * = The box number is , and the individual CD numbers (although I do not think the individual elements have been officially released) are 1169512/522/532/542/552/572/582/592/602.

     

    Few documented studio recordings remain unissued, such as "Pleasure Mad" with Maureen Englin, the Bessie Smith test recording (if only!), 1 Noble Sissle, 1 Haitian Orchestra, alternates of the Louis Armstrong 1940 session. It must surely be questionable whether some of these truly exist or whether - for example in the case of the 1940 Armstrong session for American Decca -

    >alternate takes= are really different performances or dubbed versions of other takes which are known performances. Only one purported release (Jazz Society AA508) has never been traced.

     

    Eventually, in the 1990's, Vogue Records was bought by BMG (who had previously bought RCA/Victor), thus uniting the 'New Orleans Feetwarmers' sides with the vast quantity of material recorded by Bechet for Vogue in the 1950's. Only the few important 1920's recordings and the King Jazz recordings prevent BMG from owning the rights (however limited now, so many years after their original release) to the very best of Bechet.

     

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    Bechet did not make as many recordings in total through his life as his undoubted ability suggests; there are a number of good reasons for this. Below is a count of the studio recordings he made for each year from 1923, excluding alternate takes:

    1942         - (AF of M strike)

    (V-disc)

    1948         - (AF of M strike)

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                    548

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    The following works have been consulted in the preparation of this document:

    1. David Mylne

    =s discography for the original publication of "Treat it Gentle" (USA: Twayne, UK: Cassell, 1960)

    2. "A Discography of Sidney Bechet" by Hans J. Mauerer (Knudsen, Denmark 1969)

    3. "Clarence Williams" by Tom Lord (Storyville Publications 1976)

    4. Alain Tercinet

    =s discography for the French version of "Treat it Gentle" ("La Musique, C=est Ma Vie", Editions de la Table Ronde, Paris 1977)

    5. "Sidney Bechet" by Jean-Roland Hippenmeyer (Tribune Editions, Geneva 1980)

    6. "The Eddie Condon

    >Town Hall Broadcasts= 1944-45" by Bozy White (Shoestring Records c.1980)

    7. "Jazz Records " by Brian Rust (Storyville Publications, 5th edition, 1982/3)

    8. "This is Jazz Broadcasts" by Jack Litchfield (Litchfield, 1985)

    9. "Jazz Records " edited by Erik Raben (Stainless/Wintermoon Publications, undated) - note that although this pre-dates Ruppli (see below) in terms of publication date, its information is in some respects more up-to-date

    10. "Eddie Condon on Record " by Giorgio Lombardi (The Black Saint, 1987)

    11. "Sidney Bechet" by Fabrice Zammarchi (Editions Filipacchi, 1989)

    12. "Discographie Vogue Productions tome 1" by Michel Ruppli (avec le concours de Charles Delaunay) AFAS, 1992)

    13. "Sidney Bechet - his musical activities from 1907 to 1959" by Guy Demole (Demole 1996, revised 1998)

    ... also correspondence with the late David Mylne, and of course innumerable record sleeves & inserts, some less misleading than others.

     

    The above are acknowledged in the text with the following codes:

    D    = Guy Demole

    H    = Jean-Roland Hippenmeyer

    L    = Tom Lord

    Lf    = Jack Litchfield

    Li    = Giorgio Lombardi

    M    = Hans J. Mauerer

    My    = David Mylne

    R    = Brian Rust

    Rn    = Erik Raben

    Ri    = Michel Ruppli

    T    = Alain Tercinet

    W    = Bozy White

    Z    = Fabrice Zammarchi

     

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    important note: unreleased titles are marked '*'

     

    Instrumentation

    The following codes are used to identify instruments in the text:

    arr = arranger                                               alt = alto sax

    bar = baritone sax                                         bbs = brass bass

    bjo = banjo                                                     bs = string bass

    cnt = cornet                                                     cel = celeste

    clt = clarinet                                                     dms = drums

    gtr = guitar                                                       dr = leader

    pno = piano                                                     sop = soprano sax

    tbn = trombone                                             ten = tenor sax

    tpt = trumpet                                                     vcl = vocal

    vln = violin                                                     v-tbn = valve trombone

     

    The Recordings of Sidney Bechet

    Early Recordings

    BENNY PEYTON'S JAZZ KINGS 210100

    Sidney Bechet (clt), Fred Coxito (Manfred Coxcito)(alt), George Smith (vln), Pierre de Caillaux (pno), Henry Sapiro (bjo), Benny Peyton (dms). London, c.Jan/Feb 1921

    *High Society

    *Tiger Rag

    *6 other titles

    No trumpet on Bechet's first ever recording (not the last time either!). These recordings (made for English Columbia) were never issued, since - per "Treat it Gentle" - there was some technical mishap. R. gives a date of Jan/Feb 1920, and only the two named titles, but all the other discographers go for the later date and more unissued material. By the time of the later date, the group was operating under the name of 'Mitchell's Jazz Kings', and Bechet could well have played soprano as well (he began sometime during 1920). However, given the difficulties of recordings him on soprano even a few years later in New York, I opt for clarinet only here. M., Z. & D. also give 3 tracks on a session from February 1920 under the name of the Savoy Dance Orchestra (personnel probably similar to the above); this is based on research by Brian Rust published in the magazine Storyville (Issue 21); however, in later editions of his "Jazz Records ", Mr. Rust identifies the SDO as a white unit, names only 2 tracks and a catalogue number, so these may now be discounted from a Bechet discography. Similarly, The Mitchell's Jazz Kings session from September 1922 in Paris (for French PathŽ) can now be rejected: audible evidence suggests no Bechet, and that - without him - the MJK connection with jazz was tenuous indeed.

     

     

     

    GREENLEE & DRAYTON 230000

    Eddie Greenlee and Thaddeus Drayton (vcl duet) accompanied by Johnny Dunn (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop/clt), Clarence Williams (pno). New York, c.1923

    *Original Charleston Strut

    Originally recorded for OKeh and again unissued. L. thinks this recording may be from late rather than early in the year.

     

     

     

    BESSIE SMITH 230100

    Bessie Smith (vcl), accompanied by Bubber Miley (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/clt), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c. January 1923

    *I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

    Bessie Smith's test record for either Columbia (per Williams) or OKeh (per Bechet). Jazz History certainly regrets its disappearance!

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 230730

    Thomas Morris (cnt), John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, July 30 1923

    S-71-706-B Wild Cat Blues

    S-71-707-B Kansas City Man Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh. First extant recording of Sidney Bechet. The matrix numbers used are from L., and not the 'condensed' versions used previously. The date is from L. and R., and not from other discographers, who give 30 June. Note the spelling of the trombonist's name, as confirmed by L.

     

     

     

    SARAH MARTIN WITH CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 230801

    Sarah Martin (vcl), accompanied by Thomas Morris (cnt), John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c.August 1 1923

    S-71-711-B Blind Man Blues

    S-71-712-B Atlanta Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh.

     

     

     

    MAMIE SMITH ACCOMPANIED BY THE HARLEM TRIO 230805

    Mamie Smith (vcl), accompanied by Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo).

    New York, c.August 5 1923

    S-71-725-B Lady Luck Blues

    S-71-726-B Kansas City Man Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh.

     

     

     

    EVA TAYLOR & CLARENCE WILLIAMS WITH CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 230811

    Eva Taylor (vcl), Clarence Williams (pno,vcl on 71747), accompanied by Thomas Morris (cnt), John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (clt), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c.August 11 1923

    S-71-747-B Oh! Daddy Blues

    S-71-748-B I've Got the Yes! We Have No Banana Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh. L. & R. give "Banana", although Eva Taylor clearly sings the plural version.

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 230827

    Thomas Morris (cnt), John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (clt), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c. August 27 1923

     

    S-71-797-A Achin' Hearted Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh. Not everyone is convinced that this is Bechet - L. not, and Z. discounts it in his discography, but later re-instates it in the Compact Disc MŽdia 7 release produced by him. There is no doubt in my mind however.

     

     

    EVA TAYLOR ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' TRIO 230929

    Eva Taylor (vcl), accompanied by Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo).

    New York, c. September 29 1923

    S-71-910-A Irresistible Blues

    S-71-910-C Irresistible Blues

    S-71-911-B Jazzin' Babies Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh. Both takes of 71910 are said to have been used on copies of the first release: OK 8129, although two different versions have never been appeared on LP or CD. Per My., -C was at best a dub of -A. D. in his 1998 edition drops the existence of -C completely

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 231000

    Thomas Morris (cnt), John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c. October 1923

    S-71-928-B 'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do

    S-71-929-B New Orleans Hop Scop Blues

    S-71-930-B Oh Daddy!

    Originally recorded for OKeh.

     

     

     

    ROSETTA CRAWFORD ACCOMPANIED BY KING BECHET TRIO 231005

    Rosetta Crawford (vcl), accompanied by Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c.October 5 1923

    S-71-945-A Down On The Levee Blues

    S-71-946-B Lonesome Woman Blues

    Originally Recorded for OKeh. The Bechet name appears on a record label for the first time.

     

     

     

    SARAH MARTIN AND CLARENCE WILLIAMS' HARMONIZING FOUR 231011

    Sarah Martin (vcl), accompanied by Thomas Morris (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, October 11 1923

    S-71-961-B Graveyard Dream Blues

    S-71-962-B A Green Girl Can't Catch On (Blues)

    Originally recorded for OKeh.

     

     

    MARGARET JOHNSON ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 231019

    Margaret Johnson (vcl), accompanied by Thomas Morris (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, October 19 1923

    S-71-972-B If I Let You Get Away With It Once You'll Do It All Of The Time

    S-71-973-B E Flat Blues

    Originally recorded for Okeh. D. says Martin and Johnson could be the same person, but this is not so.

     

     

     

    EVA TAYLOR-LAWRENCE LOMAX 231110A

    Eva Taylor, Lawrence Lomax (vcl duet), accompanied by Thomas Morris (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno). New York, c.November 10 1923

    S-72-028-C Old Fashioned Love

    S-72-029-B Open Your Heart

    Originally recorded for OKeh.

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 231110B

    Thomas Morris (cnt), ?John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c November 10 1923

    S-72-040-B Shreveport Blues

    S-72-041-B Old Fashioned Love

    Originally recorded for OKeh. Some doubts linger about whether the trombonist is Irvis or Mayfield.

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 231114

    Thomas Morris (cnt), ?John Mayfield (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, c November 14 1923

    S-72-059-B House Rent Blues (The Stomp)

    S-72-060-B Mean Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh. Some doubts linger about whether the trombonist is Irvis or Mayfield. L. says Bechet on soprano & clarinet here, but it's only soprano.

     

    (note: the Virginia Liston session of 7 January 1924 ["I Don't Love Nobody"/"Tain't A Doggone Thing But The Blues"] is listed by M.[B16], T. and Z. as possible Bechet. However, R., L. & My. do not agree, and Z., having included it in his discography, later discounts it in the Compact Disc MŽdia 7 release produced by him. I think it's not Bechet)

     

     

     

    VIRGINIA LISTON 240110

    Virginia Liston (vcl) accompanied by unknown guitar. New York, c.January 10 1924

    72265-A,-B Jail House Blues

    Originally recorded for OKeh; the original release on OK 8122 gives: "Guitar accomp. by Sidney Bechet". This is mentioned by Bechet in "Treat it Gentle": he asked Clarence Williams to put his name on a record label - it was already on a Rosetta Crawford release (see above) - and Williams duly complied, but selected titles not containing Bechet (see also below re: another Virginia Liston session)! Pops Foster says that he Acould pick some guitar@. L. suggests Sylvester Weaver.

     

     

     

    MAUREEN ENGLIN 240500

    Maureen Englin (vcl), accompanied by Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Sorenson (pno). New York, May 1924

    105347 Foolin' Me

    *Pleasure Mad

    Originally recorded for PathŽ Actuelle (per My., for Perfect). Details of the unreleased track come originally from M., but no matrix number has been traced; it is of course a Bechet composition (aka AViper Mad@).

     

     

     

    DUKE ELLINGTON AND THE WASHINGTONIANS 240700

    Bubber Miley (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/clt), Otto Hardwick (alt), Duke Ellington (pno), Fred Guy (bjo), Sonny Greer (dms). New York, mid 1924

    *Twelfth Street Rag

    *Tiger Rag

    I have been unable to trace the source of this information; it may be based on unsubstantiated claims by Bechet that he recorded with Ellington, which have been given greater credence than they are worth. The received wisdom here is that the sides were originally recorded for Brunswick. It is however sure that Bechet played with the Washingtonians during the summer of 1924 (which appears a more likely date than 'late 1924'[per M.]), and he is ceratinly not on any other Ellington band sides from later in the year. If the recordings were indeed made, this is once again unissued material; time has deprived us of Miley & Bechet doing battle, as recounted by Duke.

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 241017A

    Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/clt), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, October 17 1924

    S-72-914-B Texas Moaner Blues

     

     

     

    VIRGINIA LISTON ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 241017B

    Virginia Liston (vcl), accompanied by Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, October 17 1924

    S-72-915-B Early In The Morning -2

    S-72-916-B You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole -1,-2

    Originally recorded for OKeh. Bechet's first Clarence Williams dates for 11 months represent also the first collaborations between Bechet & Armstrong on record.

    (note: Bechet is listed on the label of OK 8196 [Virginia Liston: "Night Latch Key Blues"/"Any Day The Sun Don't Shine"], but does not play on it. Probably a similar example to 240110 above)

    (note: The Clarence Williams session of November 6 1924 ["Of All The Wrongs You've Done To Me"/"Everybody Loves My Baby"] features the first Bechet copyist: Buster Bailey on soprano sax. These titles have been included in Bechet album releases in the past)

    (note: The Margaret Johnson session of November 25 1924 listed by M. [B20] and T. does not contain Bechet; in fact there is no reed at all!)

     

     

     

    SIPPIE WALLACE ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 241128

    Sippie Wallace (vcl), accompanied by Louis Armstrong (cnt), Aaron Thompson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, November 28 1924

    73007-B Baby, I Can't Use You No More

    73008-B Trouble Everywhere I Roam

    Originally recorded for Okeh, the session features in all the discographies, and L. is quite certain it's him. However, Z., having included it in his discography, later discounts it in the Compact Disc MŽdia 7 release produced by him. It's also rejected by D. (who suggests Buster Bailey). Whoever it is, he is struggling against a rogue soprano sax with a mind of its own. The intonation is not Bechet, who had by now mastered the difficulties of the soprano better than these performances suggest; however, the tone is more like him. Either it is someone imitating Bechet (and Buster Bailey would be a possibility here) or it's Bechet in bad form or on a poor quality instrument. I decided therefore to leave the entry in, even though it is rejected by other discographers, since it's not possible to say categorically that it's not him.

     

     

     

    SIPPIE WALLACE ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' TRIO 241202

    Sippie Wallace (vcl), accompanied by Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, December 2 1924

    73014-B I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin -1

    73015-B Off And On Blues -2

    Originally recorded for OKeh.

     

     

     

    CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 241217

    Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/sarrusaphone -2), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl). New York, December 17 1924

    S-73-026-B Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (ET vcl) -1, -2

    S-73-027-B I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird (ET vcl) -1

    Originally recorded for OKeh. The only known sarrusaphone outing in jazz. It is likely that Bechet had encountered this instrument while with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra in London, and unlikely that he saw it for the first time in a pawn shop on the way to the studio for this session (as he sometimes claimed).

     

     

     

    JOSEPHINE BEATTY WITH THE RED ONION JAZZ BABIES 241222A

    Alberta Hunter (Josephine Beatty) (vcl), accompanied by Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Lil Armstrong (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, December 22 1924

    9246 Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis' Mornin'

    9247A Early Every Mornin'

    Originally recorded for Gennett. Josephine Beatty was Miss Hunter's sister's name.

     

     

     

    RED ONION JAZZ BABIES 241222B

    Alberta Hunter & Clarence Todd (vcl duet), accompanied by Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Lil Armstrong (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, December 22 1924

    9248A Cake Walking Babies (From Home)

    Originally recorded for Gennett. These recordings retain the sound of the Williams sessions; in fact the only difference is Lil Armstrong for Williams.

     

     

     

    MARGARET JOHNSON ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 250108A

    Margaret Johnson (vcl), accompanied by Bubber Miley (cnt), Aaron Thompson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, January 8 1925

    S-73-081-A Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone)

    S-73-082-B Done Made A Fool Out Of Me

    Originally recorded for OKeh. "Suey" is one of only two Bechet compositions recorded by any Williams outfit (the other is "Ghost of the Blues", recorded May 16 1924 by Eva Taylor with a Williams group including Lorenzo Tio on clarinet), although the Clarence Williams Music Publishing Company owned other titles composed by Bechet, who held the position of 'Professional Manager' with the company.

     

     

     

    EVA TAYLOR ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 250108B

    Eva Taylor (vcl), accompanied by Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, January 8 1925

    S-73-083-A Cake Walking Babies From Home

    S-73-084-B Pickin' On Your Baby

    Originally recorded for OKeh. These two sessions were recorded either on the same or subsequent days; The cornet player definitely changes between the sessions, although it is less clear who the trombonist is.

     

     

     

    EVA TAYLOR ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE 250304

    Eva Taylor (vcl), accompanied by Louis Armstrong (cnt), Charlie Irvis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1), Buster Bailey (sop/clt-2), Don Redman (alt-3), Clarence Williams (pno), Buddy Christian (bjo). New York, March 4 1925

    S-73-204-A Cast Away -2, -3

    S-73-205-A Papa De-Da-Da -1, -2

    Originally recorded for OKeh. The identity of the trombone player is again open to conjecture. Some discographers list all three reedmen, although Z., having included Bechet in his discography, later discounts him entirely in the Compact Disc MŽdia 7 release produced by him. D. also rejects him entirely. After repeated listening to CD releases, I have opted for the above split.

     

     

     

    THE GET HAPPY BAND 250717

    ? Johnny Dunn (cnt), Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Bob Fuller (alt), Mike Jackson or Porter Grainger (pno), ? Sam Speed (bjo), u/k (bbs), u/k (dms). New York, July 17 1925

    Junk Bucket Blues

    Harlem's Araby

    Originally recorded for Columbia. The personnel listed is a compilation of various discographers' conjectures.

     

    (note: this is Bechet's last recording session before he began European travels. The Williams/Eva Taylor session of October 8 1925 ["Coal Cart Blues"/"Santa Claus Blues"], which was always thought to contain Bechet, must now be disregarded. This is all the more strange since Armstrong & Bechet were thought to have 're-created' "Coal Cart Blues" for the New Orleans Album on American Decca in 1940 [see 400527]. Nevertheless, there can be no doubt that [as pointed out by John Chilton] Bechet left the USA with the company of the "Revue Ngre" on board the liner 'Berengaria' in late September; he was already in France on 8 October).

     

    The 1930's

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW YORKERS 300600

    ? Gabriel (tpt), Jimmy Bell (tpt/clt/alt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), ?Friedrich Hollaender?(pno), ?Harald M. Kirchstein? (gtr), ?Mike McKendrick (bjo), ?Hans Holdt (bbs), Paul Delvi (dms), Louis Douglas (dance), Greta Keller, Jo Sargent & other members of cast (vcl). Berlin June-September 1930

    Ich Lass Mir Meinen Kšrper Schwarz Bepinseln -1, -2

    Kind, Dein Mund Ist Musik -1

    Originally recorded for the Franco-German Film: "Einbrecher" ("Flagrant DŽlit", or "Burglar"), and released in audio format for the first time on (French) MŽdia 7 CD MJCD 14. The entire film has been released on video (VHS PAL format: BMG (UFA) 4197). Details of personnel from MŽdia 7/H. & D. If the banjoist is indeed Mike Mckendrick (as identified by Delvi - see H.), this would be strange, since he and Bechet had been involved in a shooting incident in Paris less than 2 years previously, and both spent a considerable time in prison as a result. The recordings are very poor, and are mostly 'background music' to the actors in the film. Bechet does not play on two other titles from the film: "Lass Mich Einmal Deine Carmen Sein" and "Eine Liebelei, So Nebenblei". See "Storyville" magazine issue 72 re: this film, and Bechet's activity in Germany at the time.

     

     

     

    NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 310224

    Demas Dean, Tommy Ladnier (tpts), Billy Burns (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2/bar -3), Rudy Jackson, Ralph Duquesne (sop/alt/clt), Ramon Usera (clt/ten), Lloyd Pinckney (?Floyd Plackney?) (pno), Frank Ethridge (bjo), Edward Coles (bs), Jack Carter (dms), Noble Sissle (vcl).

    New York, February 24 1931

    E-36120 Got The Bench, Got The Park (NS vcl) -2, -3

    E-36121-AB In A CafŽ On The Road To Calais (NS vcl) -1, -2

    E-36122-A Loveless Love -1, -2, -3

    Originally recorded for Brunswick. All discographers agree on the date, except M. (24 January). Band is known as The Georgia Syncopators on Melotone label and Missouri Jazz Band on Supertone label (both 78 rpm releases). 36121 remained unreleased until the 1980's when it was released on LP by Fat Cat Jazz. M. and R. go for Pinckney, the French for Plackney. Bechet played a bass (even perhaps a contrabass?) sax in his early days with Sissle, who had arrangements in the 'book' which required it, but the sound here sounds a bit light for that, so I'll go for baritone. At times when the baritone can be heard, 3 other saxes can be heard too, so - although the baritone player achieves no prominence even in the ensemble, and is never heard in solo - I'll go for Bechet on baritone. There is little soprano to be heard except soloing, since Bechet's soprano intonation does not really fit ensemble work with other saxes.

     

     

     

    NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 310421

    Demas Dean, Tommy Ladnier (tpts), Billy Burns (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2/bar-3), Rudy Jackson, Ralph Duquesne (sop/alt/clt), Ramon Usera (clt/ten), Lloyd Pinckney (?Floyd Plackney?) (pno), Frank Ethridge (bjo), Edward Coles (bs), Jack Carter (dms), Noble Sissle (vcl). New York, April 21 1931

    E-36644 Basement Blues (NS vcl) -1, -3

    E-36645 Wha'd Ya Do To Me (NS vcl) -2

    E-36646 Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (NS vcl) -1, -2

    Originally recorded for Brunswick.

     

     

     

    THE NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 320915

    Tommy Ladnier (tpt), Teddy Nixon (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Hank Duncan (pno), Wilson Myers (bs/vcl), Morris Morand (dms), Billy Maxey (vcl). New York, September 15 1932

    OA73398-1 Sweetie Dear -2

    OA73399-1 I Want You Tonight (BM vcl) -1, -2

    OA73400-1 I've Found A New Baby (mt) -1

    OA73400-2 I've Found A New Baby (am) -1

    OA73501-1 Lay Your Racket (BM vcl) -1

    OA73502-1 Maple Leaf Rag -1

    OA73503-1 Shag (WM vcl) -1

    Originally recorded for Victor. The two takes of 73400 are mentioned by most discographers, although all microgroove and CD releases have the same performance of this title; specifically the RCA Tribune 'Complete' Bechet releases (both LP & CD) do not include a #2.

     

     

     

    NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA 340815

    Wendell Culley, Demas Dean, Clarence Brereton (tpts), Chester Burrill (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), James Tolliver, Harvey Boone (alt), Ramon Usera (ten), Oscar Madera (vln), Harry Brooks (pno), Howard Hill (gtr), Edward Coles (bs), Jack Carter (dms), Noble Sissle, Billy Banks, Lavaida Carter (vcls). New York, August 15 1934

    C-9295 Under The Creole Moon (NS vcl)

    C-9296-A The Old Ark Is Moverin' (BB + band vcl)

    C-9297-A Loveless Love (LC vcl) -1

    C-9298-A Polka Dot Rag -1, -2

    Originally recorded for American Decca. Bechet is inaudible on the first 2 titles; one wonders whether he is actually present.

     

     

     

    NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 360311

    Wendell Culley, Demas Dean, Clarence Brereton (tpts), Chester Burrill (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Chauncey Haughton (clt/alt), Gil White, Jerome Don Pasquall (tens), Oscar Madera (vln), Harry Brooks (pno), Jimmy Miller (gtr), Jimmy Jones (bs), Wilbert Kirk (dms), Noble Sissle, Billy Banks, Lena Horne (vcls). New York, March 11 1936

    60888-A That's What Love Did To Me (LH vcl)

    60889-A You Can't Live In Harlem (BB + band vcl) -1

    60890-A I Wonder Who Made Rhythm (BB vcl)

    60891-B Tain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast (NS vcl) -1

    60892-A I Take To You (LH vcl)

    60893-A Rhythm Of The Broadway Moon (NS vcl) -1, -2

    Originally recorded for American Decca. Bechet is inaudible on 60888, 60890 & 60892; one wonders whether he is actually present.

     

     

    NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 370414

    Wendell Culley, Demas Dean, Clarence Brereton (tpts), Chester Burrill (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Chauncey Haughton (clt/alt), Gil White, Jerome Don Pasquall (tens), Oscar Madera (vln), Erskine Butterfield (pno), Jimmy Miller (gtr), Jimmy Jones (bs), Wilbert Kirk (dms), Noble Sissle (ldr, vcl).

    New York, April 14 1937

    M-398-1 Bandana Days -1, -2

    M-398-2 Bandana Days -1, -2

    M-399-1 I'm Just Wild About Harry -2

    M-399-2 I'm Just Wild About Harry -2

    M-400-2 Dear Old Southland -1 (NS vcl)

    M-401- *St. Louis Blues

    Originally recorded for Varsity. Per D., the Sissle vocal is excluded from all LP & CD issues, and is known to exist on on D's Vocalion test pressing.

     

     

     

    NOBLE SISSLE'S SWINGSTERS 370416

    Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Jimmy Miller (gtr), Jimmy Jones (bs), Wilbert Kirk (dms), Billy Banks (vcl). New York, April 16 1937

    M-406-1 Okey Doke (mt) -1, -2

    M-406-2 Okey Doke (am) -1, -2

    M-407-1 Characteristic Blues (mt) (BB vcl) -2

    M-407-2 Characteristic Blues (am) (BB vcl) -2

    M-407-2 *Characteristic Blues

    Originally recorded for Varsity. The two takes of 406 are identical, but most discographers list both. Details of the unisssued take from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY 'POPS' BECHET WITH NOBLE SISSLE'S SWINGSTERS 380210

    Clarence Brereton (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Gil White (clt/ten), Harry Brooks (pno), Jimmy Miller (gtr), Jimmy Jones (bs), O'Neil Spencer (dms/vcl). New York, February 10 1938

    63263-B Viper Mad (OS vcl) -1

    63264-A Blackstick -1, -2

    63265-A When The Sun Sets Down South (Southern Sunset) -1, -2

    63266-A Sweet Patootie (OS vcl) -1, -2

    Originally recorded for American Decca. These wonderful recordings are really the first recordings under the leadership/control of Bechet, and a significant indication of his skill as a composer. "Sunset" has been voted all-time favourite Bechet recording by a selection of French musicians.

     

     

     

    TRIXIE SMITH 380526A

    Trixie Smith (vcl) accompanied by Charlie Shavers (tpt), Sidney Bechet (clt), Sammy Price (pno), Teddy Bunn (gtr), Richard Fullbright (bs), O'Neil Spencer (dms). New York May 26 1938

    63865 *Lady Be Good

    63866-A Freight Train Blues

    63867-A Trixie's Blues

    63868-A My Daddy Rocks Me Part I

    63869-A My Daddy Rocks Me Part II

    63870-A He May Be Your Man But He Comes To See Me Sometimes

    63871-A Jack I'm Mellow

    63872-A *No Good Man

    63877-A My Unusual Man

    Originally recorded for American Decca. 63865/72 have never been found (information in R. of a release is incorrect); since "No Good Man" was re-recorded by Smith a few weeks later, probably the original recording was never saved. D. gives "Lady Be Good" as 63872 and does not list "No Good Man"

     

     

     

    GRANT & WILSON 380526B

    Coot Grant (Leola B. Wilson) and Kid Wesley 'Sox' Wilson (vcl-duet), accompanied by Charlie Shavers (tpt), Sidney Bechet (clt), Sammy Price (pno), Teddy Bunn (gtr), Richard Fullbright (bs), O'Neil Spencer (dms). New York May 26 1938

    63873-A Uncle Joe

    63874-A I Am A Woman

    63875-A Toot It, Brother Armstrong

    63876-A Blue Monday On Sugar Hill

    Originally recorded for American Decca. 63874 remained unreleased for some 40 years, until it appeared on a Time-Life box set dedicated to Bechet. 63875 also remained unreleased for a similar length of time, except for a few pressings of the original Decca 78 rpm release where it erroneously replaced 63876. Note that Bechet plays clarinet only throught sessions 680526A and B.

     

     

     

    JAM SESSION FOR B.B.C. 381105

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Bushkin (pno), Carmen Mastren (gtr), Art Shapiro (bs), Zutty Singleton (dms). Radio broadcast, St Regis Hotel. New York, November 5 1938

    China Boy

    Marty Marsala (cnt), Pee Wee Russell, Joe Marsala (clts), Sidney Bechet (sop), Bud Freeman (ten), Jess Stacy (pno) Eddie Condon (gtr), Art Shapiro (bs), Zutty Singleton (dms). Same location & date.

    You took Advantage Of Me

    Bechet's first extant 'live' recording was a radio broadcast of a concert relayed to the BBC in London. He is heard only briefly on the second title.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ORCHESTRA 381106

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ernie Caceres (bar), Dave Bowman (pno), Leonard Ware (el-gtr), Henry Turner (bs), Zutty Singleton (dms), "Two Fishmongers" (vcl). New York, November 6 1938

    M-924-1 What A Dream -1

    M-924-2 What A Dream -1

    M-925-1 Hold Tight (TF vcl) -2

    M-925-2 Hold Tight (TF vcl) -2

    M-926-1 Jungle Drums -1

    M-927-1 Chant In The Night -1

    Originally recorded for Vocalion. Bechet's recordings around this time with Morton, Ladnier etc. place him firmly in a 'traditional' style, but this highly interesting session - only the second truly under his own leadership - is quite different and includes the innovative use of an amplified guitar, and no 'warhorses'.

     

     

     

    TOMMY LADNIER AND HIS ORCHESTRA 381128

    Tommy Ladnier (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Mezz Mezzrow (clt/ten-3), Cliff Jackson (pno), Teddy Bunn (gtr), Elmer James (bs), Manzie Johnson (dms). New York, November 28 1938

    Ja-Da -1, -2, -3

    Really The Blues -1, -2

    When You And I Were Young, Maggie -1, -2, -3

    Weary Blues -2

    Originally recorded for Bluebird (Victor, now BMG), and supervised by Hugues PanassiŽ.

     

     

     

    THE NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 381223

    Tommy Ladnier (tpt), Dan Minor (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), James P. Johnson (pno), Walter Page (bs), Jo Jones (dms). Concert, Carnegie Hall New York, December 23 1938

    Weary Blues -2

    I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate -1

    Panama -1

    Recordings from the "Spirituals to Swing" concert, originally released on John Hammond's Vanguard label, except "Panama" first released on French MŽdia 7 CD MJCD60.

     

     

     

    MOON OVER HARLEM 390000

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS CLARINET (per film credits)

    Sidney Bechet (sop -1, clt -2, speech) with Orchestra conducted by Donald Heywood.

    New York, early 1939

    *unknown -2

    *Liza -2

    Blues Request -1, -2 (SB speak)

    This (pretty awful) film (directed by Edward G. Ulmer) about gangsters, love and the variety of people living under the Harlem moon, includes Bechet and his wife Marieluise (sic) in acting roles. Bechet speaks 2 lines: "The lady made a request for it" and "The man said to play the blues". He is seen playing the above titles at a wedding, although this is not synchronized with the soundtrack which features him with (per the publicity information) a 60-piece orchestra. The music is rarely audible behind the dialogue. A small excerpt of the "Blues" was first released on French MŽdia 7 CD MJCD60.

     

    CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND HIS SWING CREW

    Sidney Bechet (sop) with unknown band, including Columbus (dms), and unknown male and female vocalists.

    *Teach Me To Sing Again (2 x vcl)

    Save Some Of Those Kisses For Me (male vcl)

    As part of the same film "Teach Me" is performed on-stage. Bechet is heard on the soundtrack, but does not form part of the on-screen band. The male vocalist seems to be white, the female light-skinned (but negro). "Save Some" is used behind dialogue, and was first released on French MŽdia 7 CD MJCD60.

     

     

     

    THE NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 390300

    Jabbo Smith (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Billy Bowen (alt), Walter Blount (ten), Clarence Kaiser (pno), Joe Brown (bs), Bill Casey (dms), Eva Sharpe (vcl). New York, Spring 1939

    I Got Rhythm #1

    I Got Rhythm #2

    Test for Baldwin records, first released on French MŽdia 7 CD MJCD60. Neither lyrics nor theme of "IGR" is sung/played.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET QUINTET 390608A

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Meade Lux Lewis (pno), Teddy Bunn (gtr), Johnny Williams (bs), Sid Catlett (dms).

    New York, June 8 1939

    GM533-13 Summertime

     

     

     

    PORT OF HARLEM SEVEN 390608B

    Frankie Newton (tpt), J.C. Higginbotham (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Meade Lux Lewis (pno), Teddy Bunn (gtr), Johnny Williams (bs), Sid Catlett (dms). New York, June 8 1939

    GM532-12 Blues For Tommy (Ladnier) -1

    GM536-11 Pounding Heart Blues -2

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. No additional takes were discovered for inclusion in the Mosaic box set. Most discographers give "Summertime" as #14, however the above is based on research published with the Mosaic box set. Only one performance is known.

     

     

     

    JELLY ROLL MORTON'S NEW ORLEANS JAZZMEN 390914

    Sidney De Paris (tpt), Claude Jones (tbn/speak), Albert Nicholas (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Happy Cauldwell (ten), Jelly Roll Morton (pno/vcl), Laurence Lucie (gtr), Wellman Braud (bs), Zutty Singleton (dms/speak). New York, September 14 1939

    Oh, Didn't He Ramble? (CJ speak) (mt)

    Oh, Didn't He Ramble? (ZS speak) (am)

    High Society

    I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say (JRM vcl)

    Winin' Boy Blues (JRM vcl) (am)

    Winin' Boy Blues (JRM vcl) (mt)

    Originally recorded for Bluebird (Victor, now BMG).

     

     

     

    THE HAITIAN ORCHESTRA 391122

    Kenneth Roane (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Willie 'the Lion' Smith (pno), Olin Alderhold (bs), Leo Warney (dms). New York, November 22 1939

    B 570-1 Magic Islands - Meringue -2

    B 571-1 Mayotte - Meringue -2

    B 572-1 Rosa Rhumba -1

    B-573-1 Sous Les Palmiers - Meringue -2

    B-574 *Danse Ensemble

    B-575-1 Colonel Bogey - March -1

    B-576-1 Diane (Tropical Mood - Rhumba) -2

    B-577-1 Nana (Baba - Rhumba) -1

    B-578 Original Haitian Music no. 1 -1

    B-579 Original Haitian Music no. 2 -1

    B-580 Original Haitian Music no. 3 -1

    B-581 Ti Ralph -2

    B 582 Meringue D'Amour -1

    B 583 Original Haitian Music no. 4 -1

    Originally recorded for Baldwin; the above information is based on correspondence from My., who had access to the original Baldwin 'contract sheet'. This is the most complex of Bechet's sessions to decipher. The titles and matrix numbers are those from the Baldwin documentation.

    Even the band style is open to conjecture: On Baldwin releases, it is just: "Original Haitian Music"; On the Varsity label (most of the above were first released on Varsity), it is "Willie (The Lion) Smith - Sidney Bechet Orchestra (Leo Warney at the drums)". On LP issue on Belfort, it is "Sidney Bechet, Willie The Lion Smith, Leo Warney & his Orchestre" (sic).

    In principle, there are 14 tracks, one of which seems never to have been released, although other matrices in the above have been released with the title "Danse Ensemble". There are a number of other names/titles applied to the above matrices, but only 13 different recordings have ever been released. Below (per My.) are the titles as listed on the Baldwin contract sheet:

    B 570-1 Meringue des Centraliers

    B 571-1 Mayotte

    B 572-1 Rose Rumba

    B-573-1 Sous Les Palmiers

    B-574 Danse Ensemble

    B-575-1 ‚a Pique ˆ Haiti

    B-576-1 Diane

    B-577-1 Nana

    B-578 ‚e Nous Mme

    B-579 Titte Chatte

    B-580 La Belle Germaine

    B-581 Ti Ralph

    B 582 Meringue D'Amour

    B 583 Danses De Chez Nous

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 391125

    Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2/vcl), Sonny White or Don Frye (pno), Stubby Sebastian (bs) or Wilson Myers (bs/vcl), Kenny Clarke (dms/vibes), u/k?(vcl). Fonda, New York, November 25 1939

    Dear Old Southland -1

    Blues (SB vcl) -1

    Fonda Blues (SB vcl) -1, -2

    Medley: What's New/To You (u/k vcl) -1

    Bugle Call Rag -1

    The Sheik Of Araby (KC vibes) -1, -2

    Bugle Call Rag -1

    Limehouse Blues -1

    Pop It (false start x 3)

    Pop It (KC vibes, u/k vcl) -1, -2

    The two Bechet vocals on the blues are known as "Sidney's Blues" on the Bluebird session of February 5 1940. Originally released on LP by French Vogue Nec Plus Ultra 502001. See 400121 re: pianist and 391230 re: bass/vocal.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 391230

    Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Sonny White (pno), Charlie Howard (elec-gtr), Stubby Sebastian (bs) or Wilson Myers (bs/vcl), Kenny Clarke (dms), u/k?(vcl). Fonda, New York, December 30 1939

    Blues -1, -2

    Mood Indigo -2

    Big Wig In The Wigwam (u/k vcl) -1

    At The Log Cabin (u/k vcl) -1

    *Stardust

    *South Of The Border

    These two entries were private recordings made by John D. Reid, and undoubtedly used to persuade Victor to bring Bechet under contract. Four titles originally released on LP by French Vogue Nec Plus Ultra 502001 ("Blues", "Indigo" and "Wigwam") and 502013 ("Cabin"). Z. (MŽdia 7 CD MJCD76) suggests Myers as possible vocalist (& therefore bassist) here and on 391125, although John Reid's notes say differently (and he would have known Myers). Information on the unreleased titles from My. & D.

     

    These last two entries in the 1930's section belong musically to the early recordings of the next decade.

     

    The 1940's

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 400121

    Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2/vcl), Don Frye or Sonny White (pno), Charlie Howard (elec-gtr), Wilson Myers (bs/vcl), Manzie Johnson (dms). Glovesville, New York, January 21 1940

    One O'Clock Jump (#1) -2

    One O'Clock Jump (#2) -2

    Preachin' Blues (WM vcl) -1

    St. Louis Blues -2

    Indian Summer -1

    Sidney's Blues (SB/WM vcl) -1

    Again, private recordings made by John D. Reid; this session - a 'rehearsal' for the Bluebird date two weeks later - originally released on LP by French Vogue Nec Plus Ultra 502013. Philippe Baudouin (MŽdia 7 CD MJCD76) suggests White here and Frye on 391125, although John Reid's notes say the opposite.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 400205

    Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2/vcl), Sonny White (pno), Charlie Howard (elec-gtr), Wilson Myers (bs/vcl), Kenny Clarke (dms). New York, February 5 1940

    Indian Summer -1

    *Indian Summer -1

    One O'Clock Jump -2

    *One O'Clock Jump -2

    Preachin' Blues (WM vcl) -1

    Preachin' Blues (WM vcl) -1

    Sidney's Blues (SB vcl) -2

    Sidney's Blues (SB vcl) -2

    Originally recorded for Bluebird (Victor, now BMG). M. & Z. list the unissued takes, but these did not figure in the RCA "Jazz Tribune" release of all Bechet's Bluebird/Victor recordings. My. listed unnumbered alternates as issued on French RCA LP 730.593, but this seems unlikely.

     

     

     

    JOSH WHITE TRIO 400307

    Josh White (gtr/vcl), accompanied by Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Wilson Myers (bs).

    New York, March 7 1940

    RS671A Careless Love (Blues) -2

    RS672 Milk Cow Blues -1, -2

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. No unreleased takes found for inclusion on the Mosaic box set.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET BLUE NOTE QUARTET 400327

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Teddy Bunn (gtr), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Sid Catlett (dms).

    New York, March 27 1940

    RS709B Lonesome Blues -2

    RS710A Dear Old Southland -1

    RS711A Bechet's Steady Rider -2

    RS712A Saturday Night Blues -2

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. No unreleased takes found for inclusion on the Mosaic box set. Bechet's second pianoless date (first = 370416 for Varsity), and there were more to follow......

     

     

     

    BECHET-SPANIER BIG FOUR 400328

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Carmen Mastren (gtr), Wellman Braud (bs). New York, March 28 1940

    R2773 Four Or Five Times -1, -2

    R2774 Sweet Lorraine -1, -2

    R2775 Lazy River -1, -2

    R2776-1 China Boy (mt) -2

    R2776-2 China Boy (am) -2

    Originally recorded for HRS (Hot Record Society).

     

     

     

    BECHET-SPANIER BIG FOUR 400406

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Carmen Mastren (gtr), Wellman Braud (bs). New York, April 6 1940

    R2801-1 If I Could Be With You -1, -2

    R2802-1 *That's A Plenty (am)

    R2802-2 That's A Plenty (mt) -1, -2

    R2802-3 That's A Plenty (am) -1, -2

    R2803-1 *Squeeze Me

    R2803-2 *Squeeze Me

    R2803-3 Squeeze Me -1

    R2804-1 *Sweet Sue Just You

    R2804-2 Sweet Sue Just You -1

    Originally recorded for HRS (Hot Record Society). M., T. & Z. all give the unissued 2802-1, and T. & Z. unissued 2803-1 and -2. Unissued 2804-1 from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND VOCALISTS 400517

    Sidney Bechet (sop), unknown male & female vocalists. Philadelphia May 17 1940

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    A track from the John D. Reid Archives from The University of Arkansas, first released on French MŽdia 7 CD MJCD 100. Nothing further is known about the vocalists, and the performance is rather 'amateur', with two false starts, one incomplete take, and a lot of laughing.

     

     

     

    LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA 400527

    Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl), Claude Jones (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Luis Russell (pno), Bernard Addison (gtr), Wellman Braud (bs), Zutty Singleton (dms). New York, May 27 1940

    67817-A Perdido Street Blues -1, -2

    67818-A 2.19 Blues (LA vcl) -1, -2

    67819-A Down In Honky Tonk Town (mt) -1

    67819-B Down In Honky Tonk Town (am) -1

    omit Jones, Russell & Singleton; same session.

    67820-A Coal Cart Blues (LA vcl) -1

    This (in)famous session was originally recorded for American Decca. Most discographers after M. list unissued alternates: 67817-B, 67818-B, and 67820-B -C and -D. However, the only alternate performance ever to come to light is on 67819. Note that "Coal Cart" is not - as was often thought - a re-creation of a 1925 recording of that title with Eva Taylor & Clarence Williams, since Bechet was not present on that session (October 8 1925).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 400604

    Sidney De Paris (tpt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2/vcl) Cliff Jackson (pno), Bernard Addison (gtr), Wellman Braud (bs), Sid Catlett (dms). New York, June 4 1940

    Shake It And Break It (mt) -1

    Shake It And Break It (am) -1

    Old Man Blues (mt) -1

    Old Man Blues (am) -1

    Wild Man Blues (mt) -2

    Wild Man Blues (am) -2

    Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin' -1, -2

    omit De Paris, Williams & Addison; same session

    Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (SB vcl) -1

    Originally recorded for Bluebird (Victor, now BMG).

     

     

     

    GEORGE BAQUET'S SWINGSTERS 400617

    George Baquet (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Billy Carter (pno), u/k (gtr), Harold Holmes (bs), Shorty Williams (dms). Philadelphia, June 17 1940

    Blues With Bechet

    Originally recorded privately by John D. Reid, and first released on CD on American Music AMCD-44. A very respectful (to his old mentor) Bechet is not present on other titles recorded on the same occasion: "Blues", "Back To Bak" and "Nighthawk Shuffle".

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 400699

    Sidney Bechet (clt/sop/pno) Philadelphia, June 1940

    Time On My Hands

    Also from the John D. Reid collection, and first released on French MŽdia 7 CD MJCD 100 (except 1 take as below). His first attempt at a multi-recording does not go well, but provides experience for the more successful 'official' Victor date. There are several breakdowns/false starts, 2 completed sop-pno 'takes' and a completed one with all 3 instruments(MJCD 127). Surprisingly, Bechet picks a title he never recorded otherwise, and there is no known 'live' performance of it either.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN STREET 400728

    Sidney Bechet (sop), accompanied by Henry 'Hot Lips' Levine (tpt), Jack Epstein (tbn), Alfred Evans (clt), Rudy Adler (ten), Mario Janarro (pno), Tony Collucci (gtr), Harry Patent (bs), Nat Levine (dms). Radio Broadcast. New York, July 28 1940

    Shake It And Break It

    St. Louis Blues

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS TRIO 400906A

    Sidney Bechet (clt), Earl Hines (pno), Warren 'Baby' Dodds (dms). Chicago, September 6 1940

    Blues in Thirds

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 400906B

    Rex Stewart (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Earl Hines (pno), John Lindsay (bs), Warren 'Baby' Dodds (dms), Herb Jeffries (vcl). Chicago, September 6 1940

    Blue For You Johnny (HJ vcl) (mt) -2

    Blue For You Johnny (am) -2

    Ain't Misbehavin' (am) -1, -2

    Ain't Misbehavin' (mt) -1, -2

    Save It Pretty Mama -1, -2

    Stompy Jones -1

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG). Note that 53432-2 is an instrumental, taken at an entirely different tempo from #1.

     

     

     

    PROFESSOR SIDNEY BECHET WITH DR. HENRY LEVINE AND HIS BAREFOOTED DIXIELAND PHILHARMONICS 401111

    Sidney Bechet (sop), accompanied by Henry 'Hot Lips' Levine (tpt), Jack Epstein (tbn), Alfred Evans (clt), Rudy Adler (ten), Mario Janarro (pno), Tony Collucci (gtr), Harry Patent (bs), Nat Levine (dms). New York, November 11 1940

    Muskrat Ramble

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 410108

    Henry 'Red' Allen (tpt), J.C. Higginbotham (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), James Tolliver (pno),Wellman Braud (bs), J.C. Heard (dms). New York, January 8 1941

    Coal Black Shine -2

    Egyptian Fantasy -2

    Baby, Won't You Please Come Home -1

    Slippin' And Slidin' -1

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN STREET 410317

    Sidney Bechet (sop), accompanied by Henry 'Hot Lips' Levine (tpt), Jack Epstein (tbn), Alfred Evans (clt), Rudy Adler (ten), Mario Janarro (pno), Tony Collucci (gtr), Harry Patent (bs), Nat Levine (dms). Radio Broadcast. New York, March 17 1941

    Shim-me-sha-wabble

    Blues

    *Kerry Dancers

    Sidney Bechet (pno). same location & date

    Blues

    Items from the John D. Reid collection; "Shim-me" is first released on LP by Vogue Nec Plus Ultra 502013, the two "Blues" on French CD MŽdia7 MJCD 127. "Kerry" is listed in the Reid collection at Arkansas University, but has not been located.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET'S ONE-MAN BAND 410418

    Sidney Bechet (sop/clt/ten/pno/bs/dms) (multi-track recording)

    New York, April 18 1941

    *The Sheik Of Araby

    *The Sheik Of Araby

    *The Sheik Of Araby

    The Sheik Of Araby

    063786-? Blues of Bechet (ten/pno only)

    Blues of Bechet (no bs/dms)

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG). All discographers after M. list the different takes of "Sheik", although RCA and MŽdia7 include only one in their 'Complete' releases. Per D., takes #1-#4 all have the 6 instruments, and takes 3 & 4 are "similar". The ? take of "Blues" was first released on French CD MŽdia7 MJCD 127 and contains the first two instruments to be recorded, so the first dubbed take. Studio time ran out, leaving no time to include bass & drums on the "Blues".

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 410428

    Gus Aiken (tpt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Lem Johnson (ten), Cliff Jackson (pno), Wilson Myers (bs), Arthur Herbert (dms). New York, April 28 1941

    Swing Parade (mt)

    Swing Parade (am)

    I Know That You Know (mt)

    I Know That You Know (am)

    I Know That You Know (am)

    When It's Sleepy Time Down South

    I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll (mt)

    I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll (am)

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG). M., followed by T. allocates 823 to "I Know..." and 824 to "Swing Parade". In addition, M., followed by T. & Z., gives a , but RCA on their 'Complete' Jazz Tribune release confirm that this is identical to -2.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 410913A

    Charlie Shavers (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Willie 'The Lion' Smith (pno), Everett Barksdale (elec-gtr), Wellman Braud (bs), Manzie Johnson (dms). New York, September 13 1941

    I'm Coming Virginia (am) -1

    I'm Coming Virginia (mt) -1

    Limehouse Blues -1

    Georgia Cabin (mt) -1

    Georgia Cabin (am) -1

    Texas Moaner Blues (mt) -1, -2

    Texas Moaner Blues (am) -1, -2

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET TRIO 410913B

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Willie 'The Lion' Smith (pno), Everett Barksdale (elec-gtr).

    New York, September 13 1941

    Strange Fruit

    You're The Limit (mt)

    You're The Limit (am)

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 411014

    Henry Goodwin (tpt/vcl), Vic Dickenson (tbn/vcl), Sidney Bechet (sop), Don Donaldson (pno), Ernest Williamson (bs), Manzie Johnson (dms). New York, October 14 1941

    Rip Up The Joint (VD + band vcl)

    Suey (VD vcl)

    Suey (VD vcl)

    Blues In The Air (mt)

    Blues In The Air (am)

    The Mooche (am)

    The Mooche (mt)

    Laughin' In Rhythm (VD, HG + band vcls)

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG). Goodwin's vocal contribution is to laugh.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 411024

    Henry Goodwin (tpt), Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Don Donaldson (pno), Wellman Braud (bs), Sid Catlett (dms). New York, October 24 1941

    Twelfth Street Rag (mt) -2

    Twelfth Street Rag (am) -2

    Mood Indigo (am) -2

    Mood Indigo (mt) -2

    Rose Room -1

    Lady Be Good (mt) -1

    Lady Be Good (am) -1

    What Is This Thing Called Love (mt) -1

    What Is This Thing Called Love (am) -1

    Originally recorded for Victor (now BMG).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & ORCHESTRA 420824A

    Henry Goodwin (tpt), Sandy Williams (tbn),Sidney Bechet (sop), Don Donaldson (pno), Ernest Williamson (bs), Gerard Hobson (dms).Dance, Allaben Acres @ Camp Unity. New York August

    Embraceable You

    Medley:Georgia Cabin/I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Bugle Call Rag

    Royal Garden Blues

    That's A Plenty

    *Summertime

    *St. Louis Blues

    Details of the band style from a printed hand-out from Allaben Acres (note spelling not Allobon as per some details). These recordings come from the John Reid collection @ Arkansas University, originally released on LP by Vogue Nec Plus Ultra 502013. Information re: unreleased items from Z. (but not confirmed in correspondence from My., who had visited Arkansas).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 420824B

    Sidney Bechet (sop/speech). Camp Unity, New York, August

     

    Bechet's spoken message to Bunk

    Maple Leaf Rag (unaccompanied soprano sax solo)

    Baby I'd Love To Steal You (unaccompanied soprano sax solo)

    Weary Blues

    These items were recorded on a portable machine by Mary E. Karoley, and are also from the John Reid collection @ Arkansas University, released on CD by American Music (AMCD-44). The message to Bunk is in reply to the one to Bechet & Armstrong recorded by Bunk on February 2 1942. "Weary Blues" has Bechet playing along with a recording of Bunk's unaccompanied trumpet solo from that date.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 420827

    Sidney Bechet (pno/vcl). Allaben Acres @ Camp Unity. New York August 27 1942

    *The Negro Rhapsody (The Voice of the Slaves)

    *Diggin' From The Bottom

    *This Is That Tomorrow That I Dreaded Yesterday

    More John Reid recordings; Bechet had written & published his Negro Rhapsody in Germany in 1928; some of its themes are recorded here, as he worked on the same thematic material. The same material was later used to create the ballet "La Colline du Delta" as recorded by Claude Luter after Bechet's death.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 431113

    Sidney Bechet (whistling), unknown (pno), unknown (dms). Private Party @ Mrs. Gertrude Englander's house. Mount Healthy, Ohio, November 13 1943

    *Haydn's Toy Symphony

    *Haydn's Toy Symphony

    These & the following Ohio recordings made by John Reid; information from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 431115

    Sidney Bechet (pno). Mount Healthy, Ohio, November 15 1943

    *The Blues

    Recorded at the home of Mary E. Karoley, as are all the other Ohio recordings from this week; information from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 431117

    Sidney Bechet (clt-1, pno-2). Mount Healthy, Ohio, November 15 1943

    *Clarinet Blues -1 (incomplete)

    *Piano Blues -2 (incomplete)

    *Piano Blues -2 (incomplete)

    *Boogie -2 (incomplete)

    *Clarinet Blues -1 (incomplete)

    Information from D., who identifies the blues items as "My Woman's Blues" (see 470731)

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 431119A

    Sidney Bechet (pno-1, speaking-2), John D. Reid (speaking-3). Mount Healthy, Ohio, November 15 1943

    *Conversation about New Orleans bands & men -2, -3

    *Voodoo Dance -1, -2

    *To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa -1, -2

    *I Don't Know Where I'm Going -1, -2

    *I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down -1, -2

    *When A Fellow Needs A Friend -1

    *New Ballet (Negro Rhapsody) -1

    *Inside The Windmill -1

    Information from D., who identifies the last three themes above by better-known titles: "Without A Home" ("When a Fellow..."), "Delta Mood" ("New Ballet") and "The Broken Windmill" ("Inside the Windmill")

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 431119B

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2/ten-3/pno-4/bs-5/dms-6). Mount Healthy, Ohio, November 19 1943

    *The Sheik Of Araby -3

    *The Sheik Of Araby -3

    *The Sheik Of Araby -3, -5

    *The Sheik Of Araby -3, -4, -5

    *The Sheik Of Araby -3, -5, -6

    *The Sheik Of Araby -1, -3, -4, -5, -6

    *The Sheik Of Araby -1, -3, -4, -5, -6

    *The Blues -1, -4

    *The Blues -3

    *The Blues -2, -4

    Multitrack recordings; all information from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 431120

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2/pno-3) Mount Healthy, Ohio, November 20 1943

    *Boogie Clarinet -2, -3

    *Boogie Soprano -1, -3

    *Humoresque (?)

    Also multitrack recordings ; it is not known which instrument(s) Bechet plays on "Humoresque". All information from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 431209

    Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/speech), Don Donaldson (pno), Wilson Myers (bs), Wilbert Kirk (dms). New York December 9 1943

    VP536 After You've Gone

    VP537 V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss)

    JP332 Bechet Parades The Blues (St. Louis Blues) (SB speak)

    *Medley of Parodies: Dear Mom/Tangerine/Nagasaki

    These were V-Disc recordings, since the AFM ban on all commercial recordings was still in effect (from August 1 1942); all the Victor re-issues include JP332 without a spoken introduction by SB, which however has been released.

     

     

     

    TALKING RECORDS 440600

    Discussions with John D. Reid, Bechet, Manuel Perez, 'Big Eye' Louis Nelson, Alphonse Picou & Willie Santiago. New Orleans, June 1944. Originally released on compact disc on American Music AMCD-44. This session was organized by John D. Reid; the recordings are from the John Reid collection @ Arkansas University.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 440614

    Sidney Bechet (pno). New Orleans, June 14 1944

    *Blues (incomplete)

    *I Keep Calling Your Name (incomplete)

    Further John D. Reid recordings; information from D. "Name", originally credited to Bechet and Paul Barbarin, will turn up later in the 1950's as "En Attendant le Jour" (credited to Bechet only).

     

     

     

    NEW ORLEANS PIONEERS 440624

    Peter Bocage (tpt), 'Big Eye' Louis Nelson, Alphonse Picou (clts), Sidney Bechet (pno), Louis Keppard (gtr), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Paul Barbarin (dms). New Orleans, June 24 1944

    Blues

    Egyptian Fantasy #1

    Egyptian Fantasy #2

    Bechet's first New Orleans recordings are on piano! Originally released on American Music CD AMCD-44, the session was organized by John D. Reid; recordings are from the John Reid collection @ Arkansas University. Bechet replaces Walter Decou (who plays on other titles from this informal session: "Panama", "Bucket Got A Hole In", "Olympia Rag", "Sister Kate" and "High Society").

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 441000

    Siney Bechet (sop), unknown (pno), unknown (dms), unknown (vcl). Private party ? @ home of Paul Eduard Miller. Chicago, October 1944

    *Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

    *Embraceable You

    *I Cried For You

    Information from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS TRIO 441008

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Max Miller (pno), Ken Smith (dms). Private party @ home of Paul Eduard Miller. Chicago October 8 1944

    *Blues at Sunrise -2

    *Blues at Moonrise -1

    *Liberty Street Stomp

    *Carmen Avenue Special No. 1

    *Besame Mucho

    "Liberty" is identified as "Perdido Street Stomp" by D., who also indicates the 'private' location.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 441099

    Sidney Bechet (pno/vcl). Mrs. Alma Molsby's house. Chicago c. October 1944

    *To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa

    John D. Reid recording; info from D.

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 441216

    Max Kaminsky, Billy Butterfield, Bobby Hackett (tpts), Jack Teagarden (tbn) Pee Wee Russell (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Gene Schroeder (pno), Sid Weiss (bs), Johnny Blowers (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York December 16 1944

    Impromptu Ensemble (Christmas at Carnegie)

     

    Bechet with Schroeder, Weiss & Blowers only. Same location & date.

    China Boy

    Bechet does not play on other items from this broadcast: "Ballin' The Jack", "The Sheik Of Araby", "There's A Small Hotel", "Royal Garden Blues" and "Wherever There's Love".

    Bechet's first appearance on Eddie Condon's radio shows, normally referred to as the 'Town Hall Concerts' although many of the later ones were broadcast from the Ritz Theatre. "China Boy" is dedicated to Rod Cless, who died 8 days earlier. Condon says "it's good to have Sidney back", but , as far as is known, this is his first appearance! These were not 'AFRS broadcasts', although many of the broadcasts were transcribed by the American Forces Radio Service and the resulting discs distributed through their network. Following Bozy White's method, the 'jam session' number which normally closed the broadcast is referred to always as "Impromptu Ensemble", although some items have been released with alternative titles, as above.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 441220

    Sidney de Paris (tpt), Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt -2), Art Hodes (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Manzie Johnson (dms). New York December 20 1944

    BN206-1 St Louis Blues -2

    BN207-0 Jazz Me Blues (am) -2

    BN207-3 Jazz Me Blues (mt) -2

    BN208-0 Blue Horizon -2

    BN209-0 Muskrat Ramble -1

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 207-0 was discovered for release on the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic. No reference to BN205 in discographies.

     

     

     

    CLIFF JACKSON'S VILLAGE CATS 441221

    Sidney de Paris (tpt), Wilber de Paris (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Gene Sedric (clt/ten), Cliff Jackson (pno), Everett Barksdale (elec-gtr), Wellman Braud (bs), Eddie Dougherty (dms), unknown (vcl). New York December 21 1944

    BW43 Walking And Talking To Myself (u/k vcl) -1, -2

    BW44 Quiet Please -1

    BW45 Cliff's Boogie Woogie -1

    BW46 Jeepers Creepers -2

    Originally recorded for Black & White. Often re-issued under Bechet's name, and once used to promote petrol! Bechet is definitely not the vocalist, despite Mauerer's assertion; D. suggests Sedric.

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 441230

    Max Kaminsky (tpt), Benny Morton (tbn), Pee Wee Russell (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Jess Stacy (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre.

    New York December 30 1944

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Impromptu Ensemble (Saturday Afternoon @ Carnegie)

    Bechet with Stacy, Lesberg & Wettling only. Same location & date.

    Interview with Bechet by Condon

    I Know That You Know

    Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast: "Walkin' The Dog", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Strut Miss Lizzie", "When Your Lover Has Gone". "I Know" is dedicated to Jimmie Noone (who died that year), and is preceded by Bechet's reminiscence of being introduced by Freddie Keppard to Noone the guitarist!

     

     

     

    LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS JAZZ FOUNDATION SIX 450117

    Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl), J.C.Higginbotham (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), James P. Johnson (pno), Richard Alexis (bs), Paul Barbarin (dms). Concert, Municipal Auditorium. New Orleans January 17 1945

    Back O'Town Blues (LA vcl) -2

    Confessin' (LA vcl) -1

    Dear Old Southland -1

    *Egyptian Fantasy

    *New Orleans Blues

    Add Bunk Johnson (tpt). Same location & date.

    Basin Street Blues (incomplete) -1

    One of only two Bechet recordings in New Orleans (see also 440624), this concert was recorded off the air as part of the "Second Esquire Jazz Concert" and relayed nationally; other parts of the concert were performed in New York and Los Angeles. "Southland" is a feature for J.C. Higginbotham, not for Bechet. "Basin Street" is incomplete on all releases, since the New Orleans part of the concert was faded out during this number. Details of the unreleased items from D.

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 450120

    Max Kaminsky (tpt), Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Pee Wee Russell (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Earl Hines (pno), Eddie Condon (gtr), Sid Weiss (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York January 20 1945

    Impromptu Ensemble (Carnegie Leap)

    Bechet with Jess Stacy (pno), Weiss & Wettling only; same location & date

    Dear Old Southland

    L. refers to this as the

    >Downbeat Award Show=. Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast: "Jazz Me Blues", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "At Sundown", "Rosetta" and "Don't Blame Me". Also, although listed in several discographies, he is not audible on "The Sheik of Araby" from this date.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET'S BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 450121

    Max Kaminsky (tpt), George Lugg (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2/speech), Art Hodes (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Fred Moore (dms/vcl). New York January 21 1945

    BN215-1 High Society -2

    BN216-2 Salty Dog (FM vcl/SB speak) -2

    BN217-1 Weary Blues -1

    BN218-1 Jackass Blues (am) -1

    BN218-2 Jackass Blues (mt) -1

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 218-2 was discovered for release on the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic.

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 450203

    Max Kaminsky (tpt), Lou McGarity (tbn), Ed Hall (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Jess Stacy (pno), Eddie Condon (gtr), Sid Weiss (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York February 3 1945

    My Blue Heaven

    Add Billy Butterfield (tpt); same location & date

    Impromptu Ensemble (Carnegie Leap)

    Bechet with Stacy, Weiss & Wettling only; same location & date

    Don't Get Around Much Any More

    Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast:"It's Been So Long", "Sweet Lorraine", "Sunday", "Alice Blue Gown" and "How Long Has This Been Going On". T. gives Jack Lesberg for Weiss.

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 450210

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Jess Stacy (pno), Bob Casey (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York February 10 1945

    Sister Kate

    Add Yank Lawson (tpt), Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Lou McGarity (tbn), Hank D'Amico (clt). Same location & date.

    Impromptu Ensemble (Carnegie Leap)

    Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast: "Should I", "Song of the Wanderer", "Indiana", "Relaxin' At The Touro" and "I Can't Get Started".

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 450217

    Max Kaminsky, Billy Butterfield. Dick Cary (tpts), Lou McGarity (tbn), Pee Wee Russell (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Jess Stacy (pno), Eddie Condon (gtr), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York February 17 1945

    At The Jazz Band Ball

    Impromptu Ensemble (Carnegie Leap)

    Bechet with Stacy, Lesberg & Wettling only; same location & date

    There'll Be Some Changes Made

    Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast: "Strut Miss Lizzie" , "Time On My Hands", "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Someone To Watch Over Me".

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 450224

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Jess Stacy (pno), Sid Weiss (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York February 24 1945

    China Boy

    Add Billy Butterfield, Max Kaminsky (tpts), Tommy Dorsey (tbn), Jimmy Dorsey (clt), Ernie Caceres (bar); same location & date.

    Impromptu Ensemble

    Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast: "Honeysuckle Rose", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home", "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me", "Royal Garden Blues" and "Any Old Time".

     

     

     

    EDDIE CONDON BLUE NETWORK SHOW 450303

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Lou McGarity (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (clt/bar), Jess Stacy (pno), Sid Weiss (bs), Johnny Blowers (dms). Radio broadcast, Ritz Theatre. New York March 3 1945

    Someday Sweetheart

    I Found A New Baby

     

    Max Kaminsky (tpt) for Spanier. Same location & date.

    That's A Plenty

    Spanier added; same location & date

    Impromptu Ensemble

    Bechet with Stacy, Weiss & Blowers only; same location & date

    High Society

    Bechet does not play on other titles from this broadcast: "Just Friends" and "The Man I Love".

     

     

    BUNK JOHNSON AND SIDNEY BECHET 450310

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Sidney Bechet (clt), Cliff Jackson (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Manzie Johnson (dms). New York March 10 1945

    BN223-1 Milenberg Joys

    BN224 *Basin Street Blues

    BN225-0 Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat

    BN226-0 Days Beyond Recall

    BN227-0 Porto Rico

    BN228-1 Up In Sidney's Flat

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 227-0 was discovered for inclusion in the the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic. BN224 was not found for this release, and is thought no longer to exist (it was Blue Note policy to destroy unissuable material). Note that Bechet plays clarinet only on all the issued titles.

     

     

     

    JAM SESSION AT RYAN'S 450311

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Sidney Bechet (clt/sop), Hank Duncan (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Kaiser Marshall or Freddie Moore (dms). Jimmy Ryan's. New York, March 11 1945

    *Careless Love

    *St. Louis Blues

    *High Society

    *Weary Blues

    *I'm Confessin'

    This was a Milt Gabler jam session, held just before Bunk & Bechet left for Boston; this should have been the Boston band (minus Williams), but Ryan's would not release Duncan & Moore. Info from D. It is not known whether these recordings exist.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450325

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WMEX broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. March 25 1945

    Introduction/Sobbin' Blues -2

    Royal Garden Blues -2

    Confessin' (incomplete) -1

    Careless Love -1

    Summertime (incomplete) -1

    I Know That You Know -1

    This is the first recording from Bechet's stint at the Savoy CafŽ; all the known recordings (*) made in Boston were released on the American Fat Cat label in the 1980's; the fact that some titles are incomplete is no criticism of the diligent work undertaken by Jack Towers and the Fat Cat company to restore complete tracks from damaged or broken discs, often from a variety of sources.

    * = Rn. notes a 22 March broadcast,

    Apossibly not recorded@; well the residency started on 12 March, and there may have been a broadcast on 22, but this doesn=t seem grounds for making an entry in a discography.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450327

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. March 27 1945

    Sweet Georgia Brown (incomplete) -1

    Sleepy Time Down South -1

    Sobbin' Blues -2

    Pistol Packin' Mama -1

    Dear Old Southland -1 (Johnson out)

    Boogie Woogie (incomplete) -1

    Muskrat Ramble/Theme Out -1

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450329

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. March 29 1945

    Introduction/Oh! Didn't He Ramble/Theme Out

    The Fat Cat release of this date (FCJ 001) conjectures that the shortage of recordings surviving from this date may have been caused by a power failure at the Savoy CafŽ.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450403A

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). Private 'rehearsal' recording; made on portable equipment by John D. Reid at The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 3 1945

    Sister Kate -2

    Sobbin' Blues (false start) -2

    Clarinet Marmalade -2

    High Society -2

    Royal Garden Blues (false start) -2

    Royal Garden Blues -2

    Willie The Weeper (false start) -2

    Willie The Weeper -2

    Sobbin' Blues -2

    Blue Bells Goodbye (take 1) -2

    Blue Bells Goodbye (take 2) -2

    Perdido Street Blues -1

    This is not actually a broadcast, but a 'rehearsal' set up by John Reid.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450403B

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 3 1945

    Introduction/Theme In/St. Louis Blues -1

    Ain't Misbehavin'-1

    I Never Knew -1

    Never No Lament -1

    Darktown Strutters' Ball -1

    Basin Street Blues -1, -2

    Wang Wang Blues/Theme Out -2

    Having played clarinet all the afternoon for the long rehearsal session, Bechet switches to soprano for most of the evening broadcast! John Reid preferred Bechet's clarinet, and it was certainly less intimidating for Bunk Johnson (ergo, soprano was more so!).

     

     

     

    INTERVIEW 450404

    Sidney Bechet interviewed by Wynne Paris on radio (WCOP Boston) broadcast April 4 1945; subjects discussed: his career & time in Europe, and the 'One-Man Band' (duration 12 minutes).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450405

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 5 1945

    Introduction/Theme In/Willie The Weeper -1, -2

    I Found a New Baby -1

    Twelfth Street Rag -1, -2

    Embraceable You -1

    The World is Waiting For The Sunrise -1, -2

    Memphis Blues -1

    I Ain't Got Nobody/Theme Out -1

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450407

    Bunk Johnson (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms).WMEX broadcast from the WBZ studios. Boston Mass. April 7 1945

    Introduction/When It's Sleepy Time Down South

    I Know That You Know

    This was Bunk Johnson's last date with the band.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450410

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt-3), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 10 1945

    Introduction/Theme In/Three Little Words -1

    I'm Sorry I Made You Cry -1

    Blues -1, -2

    Kern Medley: Can't Help Lovin' That Man/Why Do I Love You Only Make-Believe -1

    Muskrat Ramble -1, -3

    Indiana -1, -3

    Blue Lou/Theme Out -1

    Johnny Windhurst replaced Bunk temporarily until a permanent replacement (Peter Bocage) could arrive from New Orleans. There was no broadcast on 12 April, this being pre-empted by the death of President Roosevelt.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450417

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 17 1945

    Introduction/Theme In/Blue Skies -1

    Jelly Roll -2

    That's A Plenty -2

    Squeeze Me -2

    High Society -2

    Blues -2

    I Found A New Baby/Theme Out -1

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450419

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 19 1945

    Introduction/Theme In/Jazz Me Blues -1, -2

    Medley:My Ideal/Confessin' -1

    I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me -1

    Sweet Lorraine -1

    Ugly Child -1

    Berlin Medley:Always/All Alone/Stumblin' -1

    China Boy/Theme Out -1

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450424

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from the Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 24 1945

    Theme In/Baby,Won't You Please Come Home -1

    I Never Knew -1

    Sidney and Johnny's Blues -1

    Clarinet Marmalade -2

    I'm Coming Virginia -1

    Mandy, Make Up Your Mind -1

    Limehouse Blues/Theme Out -1

    The one item missing from the Fat Cat release of all the Boston material - but released elsewhere - is a spoken introduction to "Sidney & Johnny's Blues", which is included on 'limited edition of 100' LP: Transark 1000 (issued c.1979). This issue also included "Willie the Weeper" and "Memphis Blues (both 5 April), "Basin Street Blues" and "Wang Wang Blues" (both 3 April), and "Easy Rider (3 May).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450426

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. April 26 1945

    Theme In/Alexander's Ragtime Band

    My Blue Heaven

    Basin Street Blues

    Indian Love Call/Song of The Islands

    Dear Old Southland

    Sunday

    China Boy/Theme Out

    The first of the Boston sessions on which Bechet plays only soprano.

     

    (note: M. gives an entry [F15] for an Eddie Condon broadcast on 28 April, featuring 2 Bechet items: "Ensemble Blues" and "Walkin' The Dog". This is an error, based on the AFRS release of what was in fact a 'dub show': items from earlier Condon broadcasts were assembled for the AFRS as if they were from one integral session. "Ensemble Blues" is from 450224, and "Walkin' the Dog" from 441230, but in fact Bechet does not play on the latter anyway).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450501

    Peter Bocage (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 1 1945

    Theme In/Exactly Like You

    Tea For Two

    Sobbin' Blues

    Panama

    Sweet Lorraine

    Boogie Woogie

    Sweet Georgia Brown/Theme Out

    Bocage - the replacement for Bunk Johnson - comes in for the temporary Windhurst (a slight age difference!), but would be gone before the month was out. Soprano only on this date.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450503

    Peter Bocage (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 3 1945

    Theme In/Caravan

    Easy Rider

    After You've Gone

    Don't Fence Me In

    Lady Be Good

    You'll Never Know

    Some Of These Days/Theme Out

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450508

    Peter Bocage (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 8 1945

    Theme In/The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

    I Ain't Got Nobody

    Blue Skies

    Never No Lament

    Together

    Blues

    Avalon/Theme Out

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450510

    Peter Bocage (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 10 1945

    Theme In/Loveless Love

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    That's A Plenty

    Wang Wang Blues

    Chinatown

    Changes Made

    Panama Rag/Theme Out

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450515

    Peter Bocage (tpt), Brad Gowans (v-tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 15 1945

    St. Louis Blues

    Marie

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    I'm Coming Virginia

    High Society

    Someday Sweetheart

    I Got Rhythm/Theme Out

    Gowans replaces Foster for this one broadcast only; no explanation available.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450517

    Peter Bocage (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 17 1945

    Theme In/At Sundown

    Sheik Of Araby

    Memphis Blues

    Berlin Medley:Always/All Alone/Stumblin'

    Dear Old Southland

    Ugly Child

    After You've Gone

    Sister Kate/Theme Out

    Bocage's last date with the band; he was not happy in Boston, and had only come as a favour to Sidney & Leonard Bechet.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450522

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 22 1945

    Theme In/St. Louis Blues

    Paper Moon

    Twelfth Street Rag

    Jazz Me Blues

    Changes Made

    Sister Kate

    Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss/Theme Out (incomplete)

    Windhurst is back as the permanent replacement until the end of the booking.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450524

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 24 1945

    Theme In

    I Never Knew

    Lazy River

    Sweet Sue

    I Can't Get Started

    Struttin' With Some Barbecue

    Blues In The Air

    Sheik Of Araby

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Theme Out

     

    Fat Cat Records were unable to find any trace of a broadcast on 29 May.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450531

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop -1/clt -2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. May 31 1945

    Theme In/Alexander's Ragtime Band -1

    Black and Blue -1

    Royal Garden Blues -2

    Medley:Indian Love Call/Song Of The Islands -1

    Mandy -1

    Darktown Strutters' Ball -1

    Baby Won't You Please Come Home -1

    Theme Out -1

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450605

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. June 5 1945

    Theme In/Clarinet Marmalade

    Four Or Five Times

    Indiana

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

    Ol' Man River

    Alice Blue Gown

    I Got Rhythm

    Struttin' With Some Barbecue/Theme Out

     

     

     

    INTERVIEW 450606

    Sidney Bechet interviewed by Wynne Paris on radio (WCOP) broadcast June 6 1945; subjects discussed: Clarence Williams, Johnny Dodds, and the 'One-Man Band' (duration 7 minutes).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450607

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. June 7 1945

    Theme In

    Muskrat Ramble

    Medley:My Ideal/Confessin'

    Marie

    Dear Old Southland

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    My Blue Heaven

    Chinatown/Theme Out

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450612

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. June 12 1945

    Theme In/Some Of These Days

    I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

    Basin Street Blues

    Begin The Beguine (Windhurst out)

    Dinah

    Paper Moon

    That's A Plenty/Theme Out

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450614

    Johnny Windhurst (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop/speak), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), George Thompson (dms). WCOP broadcast from The Savoy CafŽ. Boston Mass. June 14 1945

    Theme In/Old Fashioned Love

    Blues in The Air

    Nobody's Sweetheart Now

    Summertime (no tpt)

    Struttin' With Some Barbecue

    I Can't Get Started

    Tiger Rag (no tpt)

    Farewell Message by Bechet (SB speak)/Theme Out

     

    This was the last broadcast from the Savoy CafŽ; however, there was one more Boston session to come.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS 450616

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Ray Parker (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs). Kasper-Gordon studios.

    Boston Mass. June 16 1945

    Trouble In Mind -2

    Perdido Street Stomp -1

    This was a special recording made privately by Sidney as a personal gift to Wynne Paris. It is worth noting that "Perdido Street Stomp" was actually the band's opening & closing theme for regular performances at the Savoy. The blues theme often mentioned above was used specifically for the broadcasts.

     

    (note: Rn. mentions 2 titles (

    AOry=s Creole Trombone@ and one unknown) as released on Transark 1000 (see 450424), which he >relates to= the Boston sessions. These are not on the Transark LP; there is no trace of Bechet ever recording AOry=s Creole Trombone@)

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET SEPTET 450730

    Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt/vcl), Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett (dms). W.O.R. studios, New York July 30 1945

    KJ12-1 House Party

    KJ12-2 House Party

    KJ13-1 Perdido Street Stomp

    KJ13-2 Perdido Street Stomp

    KJ14-1 Revolutionary Blues, Part 1

    KJ15-1 Revolutionary Blues, Part 2

    KJ16-1 Blood On The Moon (HLP vcl)

    Originally recorded for King Jazz, and the first of the King Jazz sessions to feature Bechet (matrices KJ 1 to KJ 11 are from the first King Jazz session of 27 March 1945 which consisted of Sammy Price piano solos, plus 2 Pleasant Joe titles - "Broken Man Blues" and "New Jailhouse Blues" - which sometimes appear on compilations erroneously as 'Pleasant Joe with Mezzrow-Bechet').

    I have opted for the matrix style KJ12-1, and not KJ-12-1 (per M.) or KJ 12-1 (per T.).

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET SEPTET 450731

    Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt/vcl), Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett (dms), Pleasant Joe (vcl). W.O.R. studios, New York July 31 1945

    KJ17-1 Levee Blues (PJ vcl)

    KJ18-1 Layin' My Rules In Blues (PJ vcl)

    KJ19-1 Bad Bad Baby Blues (PJ vcl)

    KJ19-2 Bad Bad Baby Blues (PJ vcl)

    KJ20-1 Saw Mill Man Blues (PJ vcl)

    KJ21-1 Minor Swoon

    KJ21-2 Minor Swoon

    KJ21-3 Minor Swoon

    KJ22-1 The Sheik Of Araby

    KJ22-2 The Sheik Of Araby

    Originally recorded for King Jazz. KJ23-1 from the same date is a piano-drums duet: "Boogin' with Big Sid". KJ19-2 is also known as "Kickin' Like A Kangaroo". Page recorded as 'Papa Snow White' for contractual reasons.

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET 450829

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Fitz Weston (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Kaiser Marshall (dms), Douglas Daniels (vcl). W.O.R. studios, New York August 29 1945

    KJ24-1 Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out (DD vcl)

    KJ24-2 Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out (DD vcl)

    KJ24-3 Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out (DD vcl)

    KJ25-1 Ole Miss

    KJ25-2 Ole Miss

    KJ26-1 Bowin' The Blues

    KJ26-2 Bowin' The Blues

    KJ27-1 Jelly Roll

    KJ27-2 Jelly Roll

    KJ27-3 Jelly Roll

    KJ27-4 Jelly Roll

    KJ28-1 Perdido Street Stomp

    KJ28-2 Perdido Street Stomp

    Originally recorded for King Jazz.

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET 450830

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Fitz Weston (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Kaiser Marshall (dms). W.O.R. studios, New York August 30 1945

    KJ29-1 Old School

    KJ29-2 Old School

    KJ29-3 Old School

    KJ30-1 Gone Away Blues

    KJ31-1 De Luxe Stomp

    KJ32-1 Out Of The Gallion

    KJ32-2 Out Of The Gallion

    KJ32-3 Out Of The Gallion

    Originally recorded for King Jazz. KJ29-1 is also known as "32 Bars of Blues", 29-2 as "Forgotten Harmony" and 29-3 as "Revolutionary Blues".

     

     

     

    ART HODES HOT FIVE 451012

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Art Hodes (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Fred Moore (dms/vcl). New York October 12 1945

    BN262-1 Save It Pretty Mama -2

    BN263-1 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans -2

    BN264-1 Memphis Blues -1

    BN265-0 Shine -1

    BN266-1 St. James Infirmary (FM vcl) -1

    BN267-0 Darktown Strutters' Ball (mt) -1

    BN267-2 Darktown Strutters' Ball (am) -2

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 267-2 was first discovered for release on the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic. Note that Bechet plays clarinet on one take of 267, soprano on the other - a highly unusual occurrence.

     

     

     

    JOE SULLIVAN JAZZ QUARTET 451209

    Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Joe Sullivan (pno), George'Pops' Foster (bs), George Wettling (dms).

    New York December 9 1945

    F129-1 Sister Kate (mt) -1

    F129-2 Michigan Square (am) -1

    F130 Panama -1

    F134-1 Got It And Gone (mt) -2

    F134-2 Chicago Blues (am) -2

    F134-3 Got It And Gone (am) -2

    Originally recorded for Disc, and sometimes issued under Bechet's name. The alternates were not issued by Disc, but by Folkways and Blue Star (now Barclay).

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT TOWN HALL 451215

    Sidney de Paris (tpt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Hodes (pno), Jimmy Shirley (elec-gtr), Wellman Braud (bs), Danny Alvin (dms).Concert, New York Town Hall. December 15 1945

    *St. Louis Blues

    *Shine

    *Call of The Blues

    add Albert Nicholas (clt); same location & date

    *Royal Garden Blues

    *Everybody Loves My Baby

    This concert was organised by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff of Blue Note. Info from D.

     

     

     

    BECHET-NICHOLAS BLUE FIVE 460212

    Albert Nicholas (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Art Hodes (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Danny Alvin (dms). New York February 12 1946

    BN276-0 Blame It On The Blues (am) -1

    BN276-1 Blame It On The Blues (mt) -1

    BN277-1 Old Stack O'Lee Blues -2

    BN278-3 Bechet's Fantasy -1

    BN279-0 Weary Way Blues -2

    BN279-2 Weary Way Blues -2

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 276-0 was first discovered for release on the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic. 279-0 was the original 78 rpm release, but subsequent LP's used 279-2. "Blame it" is also known as "Quincy Street Stomp" (named after Bechet's current address) and "Blame It On My Last Affair".

     

     

     

    STELLA BROOKS 460507

    Stella Brools (vcl) accompanied by Frank Newton (tpt), George Brunies (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Joe Sullivan (pno) Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms). New York May 7 1946

    D280 As Long As I Live -1

    D281 I'm A Little Piece Of Leather -2

    D282 St' Louis Blues -2

    D283 Jazz Me Blues -2

    D284 Ballin' The Jack -1, -2

    D286 I'll Never Be The Same -1

    Originally recorded for Disc. No trace of D285. Ms. Brooks appeared in a number of Town Hall concerts around this time. Frankie Newton's last recordings.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 460700

    Sidney Bechet (pno/speech). New York, Summer/autumn 1946

    *La Colline du Delta (Negro Rhapsody)

    *Bechet talks

    Bechet talks about his girl-friend Laura & her family, and talks with friends at a post-wedding party. Taped recording made summer/autumn 1946 at Bechet's home: 160 Quincy Street, NYC made by Bob Wilber. Details from D.

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET 460918

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Wesley 'Sox' Wilson (pno/vcl), Wellman Braud (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms), 'Coot' Grant (Leola B. [Mrs] Wilson) (vcl). Majestic Recording Studios. New York September 18 1946

    KJ33-1 Breathless Blues -2

    KJ34-1 Really the Blues Part I -2

    KJ34-2 Really the Blues Part I -2

    KJ35-1 Really the Blues Part II -1

    KJ35-2 Really the Blues Part II -1

    KJ36-1 Evil Gal Blues (CG vcl) -2

    KJ37-1 Fat Mama Blues (CG/WSW vcl) -2

    KJ38-1 You Got To Give It To Me (CG vcl) -2

    KJ39-1 Hey Daddy Blues (CG vcl) -2

    KJ40-1 Whoop This Wolf Away From My Door (CG vcl) -1

    KJ40-2 Whoop This Wolf Away From My Door (CG vcl) -1

    KJ40-3 Whoop This Wolf Away From My Door (CG vcl) -1

    KJ41-1 You Can't Do That To Me (CG/WSW vcl) -1

    KJ42-1 Groovin' The Minor -1

    KJ42-2 Groovin' The Minor -1

    KJ42-3 *Groovin' The Minor -1

    Originally recorded for King Jazz. This session is dated September 1947 by M., T.& Z., and there is some confusion, but I go with the dates used by Storyville, who had access to more information than others regarding the King Jazz sessions.

    KJ42-3 is mentioned by M., T. & D., but is not mentioned on the releases of King Jazz material by the Danish Storyville company or the Italian King Jazz Company. The former clearly had access to the files of the (US) King Jazz company, and to Mezzrow himself, so the existence of the third take as an original master must be in doubt.

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT TOWN HALL 460921

    Sidney Bechet (sop), James P. Johnson (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Concert, Town Hall. New York September 21 1946

    China Boy

    Dear Old Southland

    "Pops" Foster's bass solo is edited out of some releases.

     

     

    HEAR THAT TRUMPET 461000

    Bobby Sherwood (tpt), Skippy Layton (tbn), Sidney Bechet (clt), Ray Mayer (pno), Bart Edwards (bs), u/k (dms). New York c. October 1946

    Riffin'

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    *Hear That Trumpet

    *Three Blues from the play

    Private recordings from the John D. Reid collection at Arkansas University, made by the band which appeared in the stage play "Hear That Trumpet". The first two titles were originally released on LP by French Vogue Nec Plus Ultra 502013. Details of the unreleased titles from Z. & D.

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT TOWN HALL 461026

    Sidney deParis (tpt), Wilbur deParis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (clt), Art Hodes (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Concert, Town Hall. New York October 26 1946

    *Dippermouth Blues (incomplete)

    Marty Marsala (cnt), u/k (tbn), Jim Moynihan (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Hodes (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Tony Spargo (dms). Same location & date

    *Ballin' The Jack (incomplete)

     

    Sidney deParis (tpt), Marty Marsala (cnt), Wilbur deParis + u/k (tbn), Albert Nicholas, Tony Parenti (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Harry Carney (bar), Art Hodes, Joe Sullivan (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms), Monette Moore (vcl). Same location & date

    *Blues

    Marty Marsala (cnt), Wilbur deParis, Eddie Edwards (tbn), Albert Nicholas, Tony Parenti, Jim Moynihan (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Sullivan (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms), Tony Spargo (kazoo), Freddie Moore (vcl). Same location & date

    *After You've Gone

    Although these titles have been known to exist for many years, they have never been commercially released.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET-MEZZ MEZZROW 461201

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop/clt), Jimmy Dudley (alt), Ray Dixon (pno), Joe Romano (gtr), Micky Simms (bs), Ken Smith (dms). Concert, Kimball Hall.

    Otterburn, Flint, Michigan (Chicago) December 1 1946

    *Blues At Moonrise (sop/dms only)

    *The Sheik Of Araby

    *Black And Blue

    *Bugle Call Rag

    *Plain Old Blues

    *More Plain Old Blues

    *Summertime

    *I Know That You Know

    *Just Blues

    *De Luxe Stomp

    *I Got Rhythm

    *Laura (sop/dms only)

    The spelling of the guitarist's name is variously given as Romano, Romero, Rumoro etc. etc.

     

     

    BECHET TALKS 470000

    Bechet talks with friends in Chicago about his future gigs in Chicago & New York. Taped recording made at 6226 South Park, Chicago during 1947 by Bob Wilber. Details from D.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET-MEZZ MEZZROW 470101

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Sandy Williams (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), Wellman Braud (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Concert, Town Hall. New York January 1 1947

    Darktown Strutters' Ball

    The Blues

    Muskrat Ramble

    Add Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt). Same location & date

    There'll Be Some Changes Made

    Friar's Point Shuffle

    Really The Blues

    Really The Blues (extension)

    Add Bob Wilber (clt) & his band (personnel unknown); same location & date

    High Society

    This concert was organised to co-incide with the publication of Mezzrow's book: "Really The Blues", and took place on the evening of 1 January, not overnight on the advent of the new year. D. gives Art Hodes on piano for all but the first 3 titles. First issued on US LP Jazz Archives JA 39.

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT KIMBALL HALL 470128

    Bill Harris (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Otis Finch (ten), Fletcher Henderson (pno), Joe Romano (gtr), Mickey Simms (bs), Ken Smith (dms). Concert, Kimball Hall.

    Otterburn, Flint, Michigan (Chicago) January 28 1947

    Memphis Blues (incomplete)

    Medley: Embraceable You/Laura

    Blues in B flat

    Royal Garden Blues

    Dear Old Southland (+)

    Sweet Georgia Brown (incomplete)

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Jammin' In C

    E Flat Blues (incomplete) (Harris out)

    + = Bechet with pno/bs/dms only

    Originally released on LP on the US Big Chief Jerollomo label (catalogue number SBBH 1947!!). Bechet does not play on the Bill Harris features:

    AMean To Me@ and AI Surrender Dear@ from this date. T. gives "Embraceable You/Laura" as unreleased, presumably because it is not mentioned on the LP label or sleeve (the back of the sleeve - where one might expect to find some notes - is entirely blank!); similarly Rn. says ABlues in B flat@ is possibly not on the LP; both titles are definitely present.

     

     

     

    BECHET-MEZZROW FEETWARMERS 470215

    Vernon Brown (tbn), Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), James P Johnson (pno), Bernard Addison (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs). New York February 15 1947

    Royal Garden Blues

    Slow Blues

    Old Fashioned Love

    Fast Blues

    Bugle Blues

    Originally released on the Wax Shop label, not on 78 r.p.m., but on an early LP.

     

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 470301

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), George Brunies (tbn/vcl), Albert Nicholas (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), James P. Johnson (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Broadcast. New York March 1 1947

    Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (theme in)

    Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (GB vcl) -1

    Charleston -1

    That's A Plenty -2

    I Know That You Know -1

    Spanier & Brunis out. Same location & date.

    Slow Blues (The Blues, The Blues) -2

    Full ensemble again. Same location and date.

    Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (theme out)

    First appearance of Bechet on Rudi Blesh's "This is Jazz" radio broadcasts. "Charleston" as issued on the US Riverside label (RLP 149) and subsequently by other US labels includes an ad lib introduction by its composer (JPJ); European releases (including on the Fontana label) do not have the introduction; on the other hand they have a 32-bar solo by Foster (with JPJ) which is not on some US releases! Bechet does not play on "Caprice Rag" from this broadcast.

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 470324

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), George Brunies (tbn/vcl), Albert Nicholas (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Hodes (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Broadcast

    New York March 24 1947

    Theme In

    Black & Blue

    Sensation (Rag)

    Ugly Chile (GB vcl)

    Bechet with rhythm only; same location & date.

    Summertime

    Full band again; same location & date.

    Farewell Blues

    Theme Out

    Bechet does not play on "Twelfth Street Rag" and "Buddy Bolden Blues" from this session. The theme in/out is "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans". Note the date, a Monday: all the "This is Jazz" broadcasts were made on Saturday afternoons, except this one and the March 31 one. Previous discographies give 22nd. Rudi Blesh announces "You're Some Pretty Doll", but Brunis' vocal is his 'satirical' version.

     

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 470419

    Bob Wilber (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), James P. Johnson (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Broadcast New York April 19 1947

    Kansas City Man Blues

    Polka Dot Rag (Stomp)

    Bechet and Wilber appeared as 'guests' on this broadcast; neither plays on all the other items from the broadcast: "Theme in", "Maple Leaf Rag", "Basin Street Blues", "Jazz Me Blues", "Carolina Shout", "Panama" and "Theme out". Both M. & T. list a third Bechet-Wilber title: "Spreadin' Joy", which T. gives as released on the After Hours label; however, this track is audibly "Polka Dot", and other surviving recordings from the same broadcast would seem to indicate no time for a further title (although this would not rule out a recording of this title from elsewhere, and of course Bechet and Wilber recorded all three titles for Columbia later in the year [see 470714]). Oddly, "Kansas City" is played here in the key of C (concert), whereas for the Columbia studio version the key shifts to E

    = (concert).

     

     

    JAZZ AT TOWN HALL 470426

    Muggsy Spanier (cnt), George Brunies (tbn/vcl), Sidney Bechet (sop), Hank Duncan (pno), Cyrus St. Clair (bbs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Concert, New York City Hall. New York April 26 1947

    Fidgety Feet

    My Sweet Lovin' Man (GB vcl)

    Muskrat Ramble

    Ugly Chile (GB vcl)

    Panama

    Bechet with rhythm only; same location & date.

    Original Jelly Roll Blues

    I Found A New Baby

    First released on CD on US Jazzology JCD 302.On eof the very few instances of Bechet playing with a brass bass - the legendary Cyrus St. Clair.

     

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 470524

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), George Brunies (tbn), Albert Nicholas (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), James P. Johnson (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Freddie Moore (dms). Broadcast New York May 24 1947

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Blue Turning Grey Over You

    Bechet, Johnson, Foster & Moore; same location & date.

    Wild Cat Blues

    Bechet does not play on "Crazy 'Bout My Baby", "Squeeze Me", "Chocolate Bar" or "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling from this broadcast, dedicated to the compositions of Fats Waller (who of course wrote "Wild Cat"). Both M. & T. give George Brunis vocal on "Blue Turning Grey", but this is not so (he does sing on "Crazy 'Bout My Baby"). Both also gave 19 April as the date for "Wild Cat", but the above is correct.

     

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 470712

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Jimmy Archey (tbn), Albert Nicholas (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Sullivan (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Broadcast

    New York July 12 1947

    Dear Old Southland

    Sugar

    Bechet does not play on all other titles from this broadcast: "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Changes Made", "Margie", "Albert's Blues" and "Clarinet Marmalade", nor on the opening & closing themes.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH BOB WILBER'S WILDCATS 470714

    Johnny Glasel (cnt), Bob Mielke (tbn), Bob Wilber (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2/speak), Dick Wellstood (pno), Charlie Traeger (bs), Danny Strong (dms). New York July 14 1947

    CO 37999-1 Spreadin' Joy -2

    CO 38015-1 I Had It But It's All Gone Now (SB speak) -1

    CO 38016-1 Polka Dot Stomp -1

    CO 38016-3 *Polka Dot Stomp -1

    CO 38017-1 Kansas City Man Blues -2

    Originally recorded for Columbia (CBS, now Sony). Information on the unreleased track from Rn & D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET QUARTET 470723

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Lloyd Philips (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Freddie Moore (dms).

    New York July 23 1947

    CO 38022-1 Buddy Bolden Stomp (mt)

    CO 38022-2 Buddy Bolden Stomp (am)

    CO 38023-0 *My Woman's Blues

    CO 38024-1 Song Of Songs (am)

    CO 38024-2 Song Of Songs (am)

    Originally recorded for Columbia (CBS, now Sony). "Blues" and "Song of Songs" would be re-recorded the following week. Z. makes an interesting distinction: 38023-0 is simply unreleased, but 38024 is a 'private recording' (this seems unlikely in view of the major record company for whom it was recorded). Rn. gives 38023-0 as

    >rejected=, and M. as released on French CBS, but the >normal=version used on album & CD releases comes from is however released on the Time Life box dedicated to Bechet, and on US LP Merritt 10 (see also 470731); it differs from the 'master take' because it has bass & drums. 38022-2 & 38024-2 are released on Merritt 25.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET QUARTET 470731

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Lloyd Philips (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs),Arthur Herbert (dms).

    New York July 31 1947

    CO 38023-3 My Woman's Blues (mt)

    CO 38024-2 Song of Songs (mt) (no bs/dms)

    CO 38040-1 Just One Of Those Things (am)

    CO 38040-2 Just One Of Those Things (mt)

    CO 38041-1 Love For Sale (mt)

    CO 38041-2 Love For Sale (am)

    CO 38041-3 Love For Sale (am)

    CO 38042-1 Laura

    CO 38043-1 Shake 'Em Up

    Originally recorded for Columbia (CBS, now Sony). Detailed information regarding the split-up of takes for this and the previous session from D. 38040-2 is the original US issue on Columbia 38318; subsequent album releases use # is the original US issue on Columbia 38321; subsequent album releases use # is released only on U.S. LP Merritt 10: "The Reed Album".

     

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 470802

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Ralph Sutton (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Broadcast New York August 2 1947

    Love For Sale

    Bechet does not play on any other titles from this broadcast: "Dardanella", "I Never Knew", "China Boy", "Dear Old Girl", "Wolverine Blues" and "California, Here I Come", nor on the opening & closing themes. "Love For Sale" is usually listed as from the 9 August broadcast, but this is not so, Bechet is not present on that date.

     

     

     

    THIS IS JAZZ 471004

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Jimmy Archey (tbn), Edmond Hall (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ralph Sutton (pno), Danny Barker (gtr), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Warren "Baby" Dodds (dms). Broadcast

    New York October 4 1947

    St. Louis Blues

    Sweet Lorraine

    Bechet, Sullivan & Dodds only; same location & date

    Laura

    Bechet is not present on other titles from this, the last "This is Jazz" broadcast: "Dear Old Southland", "Sensation", "Ja-Da", "Big Butter & Egg Man" and "Farewell Blues" nor on the opening and closing themes.

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT TOWN HALL 471011

    Wingy Manone (tpt), Vernon Brown (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Hodes (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), George Wettling (dms). Concert, Town Hall New York October 11 1947

    At The Jazz Band Ball

    Add Bud Freeman (ten); same location & date

    St.Louis Blues

    Add Jimmmy Archey (tbn), Ed Hall (clt), Peanuts Hucko (ten); same location & date

    *Jam Session (Bugle Call Rag)

    Released titles on US LP Jazz Archives JA 29. Details of the unreleased item from Rn. & D.

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET 471218

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt/speak) Sidney Bechet (sop/speak), Sammy Price (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Kaiser Marshall (dms). United Studios, Chicago December 18 1947

    KJ43-1 Where Am I

    KJ43-2 Where Am I

    KJ43-3 Where Am I

    KJ44-1 Tommy's Blues (MM/SB speak)

    KJ44-2 Tommy's Blues (MM/SB speak)

    KJ45-1 Chicago Function I

    KJ45-2 Revolutionary Blues I

    KJ46-1 Chicago Function II

    KJ46-2 Revolutionary Blues II

    Originally recorded for King Jazz. KJ45-1 and 46-1 are also released as "Revolutionary Blues".

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET 471219

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt/speak) Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Kaiser Marshall (dms). United Studios, Chicago December 19 1947

    KJ47-1 I Want Some

    KJ47-2 I Want Some

    KJ48-1 I'm Speaking My Mind

    KJ48-2 I'm Speaking My Mind

    KJ48-3 I'm Speaking My Mind

    KJ49-1 Never Will I Forget The Blues

    KJ49-2 Never Will I Forget The Blues

    KJ50-1 The Blues And Freud I

    KJ51-1 The Blues And Freud II

    KJ52-1 Kaiser's Last Break

    KJ52-2 Kaiser's Last Break

    KJ52 also known as "I'm Up".

     

     

     

    MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET 471220

    Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow (clt/speak) Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Kaiser Marshall (dms). United Studios, Chicago December 20 1947

    KJ53-1 I'm Goin' Away From Here

    KJ53-2 I'm Goin' Away From Here

    KJ54-1 I Got You Some (MM speak)

    KJ54-2 I Must Have My Boogie (MM speak)

    KJ54-3 Funky Butt (MM speak)

    KJ54-4 Funky Butt (MM speak)

    KJ55-1 Delta Mood

    KJ55-2 Delta Mood

    KJ56-1 Blues Of The Roaring Twenties

    KJ56-2 Blues Of The Roaring Twenties

    Bechet's last recording session before the AFM recording ban (1 January to 15 December 1948). Also the last recordings on the King Jazz label set up by Mezzrow as - in retrospect - a 'showcase' for the talents of Bechet (not forgetting Mezz himself!).

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 481019

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Bushkin (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Cozy Cole (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York October 19 1948

    *Love For Sale

    add: Bobby Hackett (cnt), Max Kaminsky (tpt), Brad Gowans (v-tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), u/k (ten), Eddie Condon (gtr/ldr), Tony Pastor (vcl); same location & date

    *Jam Session Blues

    Details from D. This is the earliest known/surviving (?) appearance of Bechet on Condon's TV show (the series began 7 September 1948). Most of the recordings featuring him which have been issued appeared collected together on an Italian LP: Queendisc 029.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 481026

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Bushkin (pno), others unknown. TV Broadcast New York October 26 1948

    *Blues

    *Tin Roof Blues

    Summertime

    This show is not listed in Li., however there was a show on the above date, where the guests included Maxine Sullivan and Ray McKinley. Z., Rn. & D. give the "Summertime" as released on the Italian FDC label (FDC 1012); however, T. says this release contains a version of the same title from 16 April 1949 (see 490416), in which case it would be identical to the Queendisc Q029 release (not confirmed).

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 481109

    Sidney Bechet (sop), u/k (pno), Eddie Condon (gtr), Jack Lesberg (bs), u/k (dms). TV Broadcast.

    New York November 9 1948

    *Kern Medley

    Details from D. The medley consists of: "Yesterdays", "All the Things You Are", and "The Way You Look Tonight".

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 481116

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Dick Cary (pno), Eddie Condon (gtr/ldr), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms). TV Broadcast. New York November 16 1948

    *Just One Of Those Things

    add: Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Brad Gowans (v-tbn), Pee Wee Russell (clt); same location & date

    *Confessin'

    *Jam Session Blues

    Details from D. "Confessin'" is a Davison feature.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET'S BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 490121

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Hodes (pno), Walter Page (bs), Freddie Moore (dms). New York January 21 1949

    BN348-2 Sister Kate

    BN349-2 Tiger Rag

    BN350-0 Tin Roof Blues

    BN351-0 I've Found a New Baby

    BN352-1 Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out

    BN353-1 When The Saints Go Marching In

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. No alternate takes were discovered for the release of the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic. T. lists an additional take: 352-2, but this is not borne out by the Mosaic release.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490124

    Sidney Bechet (sop), u/k (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Jimmy Crawford (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York January 24 1949

    *Black & Blue

    Add Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt/vcl), Max Kaminsky (tpt), u/k (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt). Same location & date.

    *The Blues

    This show is listed by other discographers, but not by Li., according to whom there was no show on 24th if the show appeared in its regular slot that week: the date should be either 22 or 29 January when the guests included Teddy Wilson (both shows), Gene Krupa (22), Lee Wiley (29). Per Li., Jimmy Crawford never appeared on the ECFS, and lists no broadcast with both Page and Kaminsky. However, D. has an acetate of "Black & Blue" and lists the 24th.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS CIRCLE SEVEN 490131

    Albert Snaer (tpt), Wilbur deParis (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Buster Bailey (clt), James P. Johnson (pno), Walter Page (bs), George Wettling (dms). New York January 31 1949

    NY83D I Got Rhythm

    NY84C September Song

    NY85B Who

    James Toliver (pno) for Johnson; same location & date.

    NY86B Casbah (Song Of The Medina)

    Originally recorded for Rudi Blesh's Circle Records. A rare recording by New Orleanian Snaer (pronounced 'sni-a') who played with Andy Kirk and Claude Hopkins, and recorded with the latter and with Dewey Jackson on one 1926 date in St. Louis (Willie Humphrey and 'Pops' Foster were also there).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET'S JAZZ LIMITED ORCHESTRA 490212

    Munn Ware (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Bill Reinhardt (clt), Don Ewell (pno), Sid Thall (bs), Wally Gordon (dms). Chicago 12 February 1949

    UB9101 Maryland My Maryland

    UB9102 Careless Love

    UB9103 Egyptian Fantasy

    Originally recorded for Jazz Limited's (Chicago club run by Bill and Ruth Reinhardt) own label. Bechet had played there in 1947 and 3 times in 1948. He was not resident however at the time of this session.

     

     

     

    METRONOME AWARD SHOW 490221

    Shorty Sherock (tpt), Benny Morton (tbn), Sol Yaged (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Charlie Parker (alt), Ralph Sutton (pno), Chubby Jackson (bs), George Wettling (dms). WPIX TV Broadcast

    New York February 21 1949

    I Can't Get Started

    Blues Jam Session

    First released on US CD Stash 21.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490305A

    Jonah Jones (tpt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Bushkin (pno), unknown (bs) & (dms), Rosemary Clooney & The Kingdon Choir (vcl). TV Broadcast

    New York March 5 1949

    *Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

    *When The Saints Go Marching In/Medley (KC vcl) (+)

    *But Not For Me (+)

    *Baby Won't You Please Come Home

    Medley:Muskrat Ramble

    Birth Of The Blues

    Louisiana

    New Orleans

    High Society (RC vcl)

    *Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (+)

    *I Found A New Baby (+)

    *Jam Session Blues (+)

    Bechet might not be present on all unissued titles. The medley is released on Italian LP Queendisc Q 031; Bechet actually performs on "Muskrat" and "High Society". The (+) titles are not listed by Li., for whom this is the first show featuring Bechet. However, Li. does include a "But Not For Me" later (see 490416).

    D. gives as Bechet present on:"Way Down Yonder", "Jam Session" and the medley - for which latter title he gives Bechet with the Bob Wilber band, not the above Condon outfit. "New Baby" is only listed by Rn.

     

     

     

    HERALD TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND CONCERT 490305B

    Wilber de Paris (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Buster Bailey (clt), Ralph Sutton (pno), Charlie Traeger (bs), George Wettling (dms). Radio Broadcast from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. New York March 5 1949

    *Ad Lib Blues

    *Dear Old Southland

    *I Know That You Know

    M. lists these recordings under references F22, F30 & F31, duplicating the blues title. There is no indication that Bechet plays together with Charlie Parker or Milt Jackson (who were in the bop band in a 'jazz battle' of styles on the same bill) on the above titles. Most discographers give Sidney de Paris on trumpet, instead of his brother, and Walter Page instead of Traeger; however the above details are from D., who has acetates of these performances.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490312

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Dick Cary, Teddy Wilson, Ralph Sutton (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Buddy Rich (dms). Rosemary Clooney, The Kingdon Choir (vcls). TV Broadcast March 12 1949

    *Blues

    Just One Of Those Things (Hucko out)

    *St. Louis Blues

    *Dardanella

    *Call Of The Wild

    *Ol

    = Man River (KC vcl)

    *There

    =ll Be Some Changes Made (RC vcl)

    *I Know That You Know

    *Jam Session

    A

    Things@ is a Bechet feature; he may not be present on any other titles (D. only lists "Things", "Changes" and "Jam Session"); certainly he is not present on "Runnin= Wild" or "As Time Goes By" from this date. The last 4 titles are only listed by Rn. (note that "Ol= Man River" and "I Know" are also on 490319 per other discographers).

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490319

    >

    Hot Lips= Page (tpt/vcl), Bobby Hackett (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Gene Schroeder, Ralph Sutton (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Buddy Rich (dms), Helen Ward (vcl). TV Broaadcast New York March 19 1949

    *Swing That Music (HLP vcl)

    *Why Was I Born

    I Know That You Know (SB & rhythm only)

    *Ol

    = Man River

    *The Gentleman Is A Dope

    Blues/Ole Miss (HLP vcl)

    A

    I Know@ is a Bechet feature; he may not be present on all other titles (D.lists only "Ja-Da" - where he is definitely not present - "River", "I Know" and the "Jam Session"); certainly he is not present on ALover@ from this date. Rn. lists an AOl Man River@ and AI Know@ on 490312. According to D., "I Know That You Know" as released on Jazum 77 ('VOA Transcription no. 85') is from the above date and not 'c.1950/51' per the Jazum sleeve.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & HIS BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 490323

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Ray Diehl (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Art Hodes (pno), Walter Page (bs), Wilmore "Slick" Jones (dms). New York March 23 1949

    BN354-0 Basin Street Blues

    BN355-1 Cake Walking Babies From Home

    BN356-1 Tailgate Ramble

    BN357-2 At The Jazz Band Ball

    BN358-0 Joshua Fit De Battle O' Jericho

    BN359-0 Fidgety Feet

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. No alternate takes were discovered for the release of the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on Mosaic. Mauerer gives "Joshua" as matrix 356 and "Tailgate Ramble" as 358; T. lists a 355-0 in addition, but this is not borne out by the Mosaic set.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490326

    Jimmy McPartland, Muggsy Spanier (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Dick Cary, Cliff Jackson (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Buddy Rich (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York March 26 1949

    September Song (SB + rhythm only)

    Argonne Stomp/Ole Miss

    * Jam Session

    A

    September@ is a Bechet feature (with Cary on piano); he may not be present on other titles, certainly he is not present on ARelaxin= At The Touro@ AThou Swell@, ASqueeze Me@, AJust You, Just Me@, AMy Funny Valentine@ and ADixieland Band@ from this broadcast. M. & Rn. list a release: Manor M502; this is actually two Condon Floor Show recordings: "September Song" as above and "Black & Blue" from 490521.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490409

    Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt/vcl), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), others unknown. TV Broadcast New York April 9 1949

    *High Society

    *Blues (I'm Tired of Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes)

    *Bechet Medley

    *Jam Session

    This item is not listed by Li., but is by other discographers.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490416

    Sidney Bechet (sop), probably Dick Cary (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), J.C.Heard (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York April 16 1949

    Summertime

    add: Bobby Hackett (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Ernie Caceres (clt/bar), Joe Bushkin (pno), Helen Ward (vcl); same location & date

    *Jam Session

    A

    Summertime@ is a Bechet feature; according to T., FDC 1012 contains the above version of this title, however D. links that release with the October 1948 version (see 481026). Bechet is not present on other titles: ABut Not For Me@, AGershwin Medley@, ASweet & Lowdown@ and ALady Be Good@ from this broadcast. Li. does not list a AJam@.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490423

    Billy Butterfield, Jonah Jones (tpts), Will Bradley (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Joe Bushkin (pno), Ray Brown (bs), Buddy Rich (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York April 23 1949

    *Our Monday Date

    *Front Page Ball

    *The Blues

    This broadcast is not listed by Li., although there was a show on that date, including guests: Ella Fitzgerald & Kirk Douglas. Bechet may not be present on these titles (D. lists "Ball" and "Jam Session"), certainly he is not present on

    ADing Dong Daddy@, AEaster Parade@ and AMy Romance@ from this date.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE PIERRE BRASLAVSKY 490508

    Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pierre Braslavsky (sop), RenŽ Franc (clt), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roger Karakosian (gtr), Alf Masselier (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Concert, Salle Pleyel

    Paris May 8 1949

    *American Rhythm

    Muskrat Ramble

    *Summertime

    *High Society

    *Royal Garden Blues

    *Blues In The Air

    *Sweet Georgia Brown

    *Careless Love

    Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll +

    *St. Louis Blues (inc)

    Southern Sunset +

    These May 1949 concerts are very difficult to sort out! The Vogue 'Integrale' edition (3LP set COF-21) admits that it does not include all the recordings available from Bechet's dates at the Paris Jazz Festival (these are recorded off radio broadcasts rather than live at the concerts). All released titles from 8-15 May and 2 titles from October with Braslavsky were however included on COF-21, with the exception of those marked +, which appeared only on Swedish LP Phontastic NOST 7602 (which also included some titles as in COF-21). Details of the unreleased titles from Rn., Z. and/or D.(also the specification of the dates and splitting up of tracks between 8, 10,12, 13 & 15 May as used here).

    The same performance of

    AJelly Roll@ is included twice on COF-21! The first time is as one of the titles from the Paris Jazz Festival as here, where it is missing the first 20-odd bars, and fades out during the last 16; the second is described as from October 1949 (see 491002), and is more complete, including more of the first chorus (behind the radio announcer) and the complete ending. The Phontastic release of this title is the same as this >second version=.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SES LORIENTAIS 490510A

    Pierre Merlin, Claude Rabanit (cnts), Mowgli Jospin (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert, Salle Pleyel Paris May 8 1949

    When The Saints Go Marching In +

    *Tin Roof Blues

    *Sister Kate

    *Black Bottom

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE PIERRE BRASLAVSKY 490510B

    Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pierre Braslavsky (sop), RenŽ Franc (clt), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roger Karakosian (gtr), Alf Masselier (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Concert, Salle Pleyel

    Paris May 10 1949

    *American Rhythm

    Tin Roof Blues

    Blues In The Air

    Southern Sunset

    Careless Love

    Wild Cat Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    *Weary Blues (incomplete)

    *High Society (incomplete)

    Originally released on Vogue. Details of the unreleased tracks from Z. and/or D. Z. claims "Blues in the Air" to be incomplete, but this is not so: there is only one released version of "Blues in The Air" from Paris (another from Geneva - see 490514), but it has been edited differently on the COF-21 and Phontastic releases: COF-21 has a complete beginning, but the final Bechet chorus has been edited, and replaced by the last chorus from the same number at Geneva (below)! This might have been done to include a rather theatrical

    >long-note= from Bechet. The Phontastic release contains the original final chorus, but unfortunately is missing the first 12-bar theme, and begins part-way through the second (minor key) theme. So actually there is no release which contains the entire performance.

    As for

    ASt Louis Blues@, the beginning of this (the Habanera rhythm) is mostly lost behind the radio announcer on both the COF-01 and Phontastic issues. On German LP After Hours AH 1201, the same performance is included, but seems to have been recorded from a different radio broadcast, or from a different radio station, because the announcement (in both French and English) blots out more of the opening theme.

     

     

     

    JAM SESSION 490513

    Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt/vcl), "Big Chief" Russell Moore (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Bernard Peiffer (pno), Jean Bouchety (bs), Roger Paraboschi (dms). Concert, Salle Pleyel Paris May 13 1949

    I Know That You Know

    Medley:On The Sunny Side Of The Street/Laura (HLP vcl)

    *Confessin' (incomplete)

    *I Know That You Know (incomplete)

    *Laura

    See notes for 490508: The medley track is on Phontastic NOST 7602. Details of the unreleased item from D., Rn. & Ri.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE PIERRE BRASLAVSKY 490514

    Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pierre Braslavsky (sop), RenŽ Franc (clt), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roger Karakosian (gtr), Alf Masselier (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Concert, Victoria Hall

    Geneva May 14 1949

    Introduction by Lois Choquard

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Summertime

    Weary Blues

    Tin Roof Blues

    High Society

    Muskrat Ramble

    Blues In The Air

    Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll

    Careless Love

    Wild Cat Blues

    *Southern Sunset (incomplete)

    The details for all the recordings with Braslavsky are taken from their release on Vogue COF 21 (The "Integrale" release, first 3-LP set). M. gives other details, but this could well have arisen from duplication, since none of the titles he mentions is not listed as coming from either Salle Pleyel or Victoria Hall. There seem to be fewer question marks about this particular date.......

     

     

    JAM SESSION 490515

    AimŽ Barelli, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpts), "Big Chief" Russell Moore (tbn), Pierre Braslavsky, Sidney Bechet (sop), Charlie Parker (alt) James Moody, Don Byas (ten), Hubert Rostaing (clt), Bernard Peiffer (pno), Toots Thielemans (gtr), Tommy Potter (bs), Max Roach (dms), Hazy Osterwald (vibes). Concert, Salle Pleyel Paris May 15 1949

    Blues Final

    For sure Bechet & Parker appear together here, in glorious lo-fi, for a brief time only.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ORCHESTRA 490516

    GŽrard Bayol (tpt), Benny Vasseur (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Jean-Pierre Sasson (gtr), Guy De Fatto (bs), AndrŽ Jourdan (dms). Paris May 16 1949

    ST2711-3 Honeysuckle Rose

    ST2712-2 Coquette

    ST2713 High Society

    ST2714-3 On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    ST2715-1 Sugar

    ST2716-1 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

    ST2717-1 Indiana

    ST2718-1 Festival Blues

    This recording session was shared between two record companies. Four titles (2712, 2715,2717 & 2718) were released on Charles Delaunay's "Swing" label, and the other four on Eddie Barclay's "Blue Star" label. For the four Swing-owned recordings,subsidiary matrix numbers were issued:

    OSW592 Festival Blues

    OSW593 Sugar

    OSW594 Indiana

    OSW595 Coquette

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490521

    Bobby Hackett (cnt), Dick Cary (tpt/alto horn), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Ernie Caceres (bar), Joe Bushkin (pno), Eddie Condon (gtr), Jack Lesberg (bs), Buddy Rich (dms). TV Broadcast New York May 21 1949

    *I

    =m Crazy >Bout My Baby

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Black & Blue

    *Jam Session

    Hot foot from Paris, Bechet is back on Condon

    =s TV show; he is not present on a AFats Waller Medley@ and AAin=t Misbehavin=@ from this broadcast. Note: "Black & Blue" (see also 490326) is May 21 and not March 21 as per Queendisc Q-029. Details of AJam@ from T. & Z., but not listed by Li or Rn. D. does not include "Crazy".

     

    (note: Li. lists Bechet on an ECFS from 23 or 28 May, however this cannot be confirmed, and is not listed by D.)

     

     

     

    CONDON

    =S FLOOR SHOW 490604

    >

    Hot Lips= Page (tpt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Dick Cary (alto horn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Joe Bushkin, Ralph Sutton, Bobby Tucker (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Sidney Catlett (dms). TV Broadcast New York June 4 1949

    High Society

    *Happy Feet

    *Gone With The Wind

    *Mop Mop

    *The Joint (is Jumpin

    =?)

    *Alligator Crawl

    *Hobson Street Blues

    *The Blues

    Bechet might not be present on all the unreleased titles (D. lists only "High Society" and the "Blues"), details of which from Li. Bushkin is the pianist on

    AHigh Society@.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH BOB WILBER & HIS BAND 490608

    Henry Goodwin (tpt), Jimmy Archey (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2/vcl), Bob Wilber (sop-3/clt-4), Dick Wellstood (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Tommy Benford (dms), "Dukes of Iron" (vcl).

    New York June 8 1949

    NY93C I'm Through, Goodbye -1, -4

    NY94B Love Me With A Feeling (SB vcl) -1, -3, -4

    NY95B Waste No Tears -2, -4

    NY96E Box Car Shorty (DOI vcl) -2, -4

    NY97F The Broken Windmill -1, -4

    NY98A Without A Home -1, -3

    Originally produced by Rudi Blesh for Circle Records. The same Wilber band had already cut 6 sides under Blesh's direction for Circle a few weeks earlier. This was the band Wilber took to the Savoy CafŽ in Boston, where they had been resident since the previous autumn.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490625

    Bobby Hackett (cnt), Dick Cary (tpt/alto horn), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Ernie Caceres (bar), Joe Bushkin (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Sidney Catlett (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York June 25 1949

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    *Jam Session (?Ole Miss?)

    Bechet is definitely on

    ASGB@, but might not be present on the AJam@; certainly he is not present on ASeems Like Old Times@, AIn The Groove@ (not the Bechet composition) and AI=m Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter@ from this broadcast.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490709

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Gene Schroeder (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), Sidney Catlett (dms). TV Broadcast

    New York July 9 1949

    Blues In My Heart

    add: Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Ernie Caceres (bar). Same location & date

    Blues

    Hotter Than That

    Blues

    Ole Miss

    Bechet might not present on all titles (D. only lists "Heart" and a "Jam Session Blues"); certainly he is not present on

    AAll Of Me@, AAlone With The Blues@, Riverboat Shuffle" and AWhy Can=t You Behave@ from this broadcast. Rn. gives Count Basie on piano for ABlues In My Heart@.

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    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490723

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Peanuts Hucko (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ernie Caceres (bar), Joe Bushkin (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms), Pearl Bailey (vcl). TV Broadcast New York July 23 1949

    *Makin

    = Eyes

    *Ain

    =t She Sweet

    *The Hucklebuck

    *The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

    *Jam Session Blues

    Bechet might not be present on all titles (D. lists only the "Jam Session"), certainly he is not present on

    AStars Fell On Alabama@, AAt The Jazz Band Ball@ and ALimehouse Blues@ from this broadcast.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490806

    >

    Hot Lips= Page (tpt), Cutty Cutshall, "Big Chief" Russell Moore (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/speech), Joe Bushkin, Sammy Price (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling, Kansas Fields (dms). TV Broadcast New York August 6 1949

    *Sheik Of Araby

    *Narration by Bechet (SB speak)

    Buddy Bolden Stomp

    *Homeward Bound

    *Blues

    *Sister Kate

    *Ole Miss

    A

    Bolden@ is a Bechet feature with Moore, Price, Lesberg & Fields. Both Moore & Fields were with Bechet during his residency at Jimmy Ryan's during August. Bechet might not be present on all other titles (D. lists only "Bolden" and a "Jam Session Blues"), certainly he is not present on AStompin= at the Savoy@ and ABody & Soul@ from this date.

     

     

     

    CONDON'S FLOOR SHOW 490827

    Bobby Hackett (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pee Wee Russell (clt), Joe Bushkin (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms). TV Broadcast New York August 27 1949

    I Know That You Know

    This was part of an Eddie Condon show to celebrate its first anniversary. Guests were invited back to perform titles from previous shows, hence Bechet plays the above, as he had done on 19 March. He is not present on all other titles from this broadcast:

    AOne Hour@, AMandy@, AI Love A Piano@, ASoft Lights & Sweet Music@, AI Want A Little Girl@, AThe Man I Love@, AI Got Rhythm@, AKepps On A-Rainin=@, ALover Man@, AWe Called It Music@, ASomeday@, AThe Three Bears@, AChinatown@ and on either commercially released version of AJam Session@ (Saga 6916 & FDC 1014), both of which are incomplete and fade out. Hence Bechet probably does not play with Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong or Jack Teagarden, who were all on the same show.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE PIERRE BRASLAVSKY 491002

    Christian ViŽnot (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pierre Braslavsky (sop), RenŽ Franc (clt), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roger Karakosian (gtr), Alf Masselier (bs), Roger Paraboschi (dms). Concert, ThŽ‰tre Edouard VII Paris October 2, 4 or 6 1949

    Weary Blues

    Southern Sunset

    *Struttin' With Some Barbecue

    *Muskrat Ramble (incomplete)

    *Weary Blues (incomplete)

    *I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll (inc)

    *High Society (incomplete)

    *Panther Dance (incomplete)

    *Blues In Paris (incomplete)

    *Tin Roof Blues (incomplete)

    *Sweet Georgia Brown (incomplete)

    *Summertime (incomplete)

    *September Song

    Details of the unreleased tracks from T., Z., but mostly from D. A "Jelly Roll" and a "St. Louis Blues" identified on Vogue COF-01 and an obscure German LP (After Hours AH 1201) as from this concert are actually from Bechet's May visit to Paris. This mistake is spotted by all later discographers, except Ri.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 491003

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Claude Philippe (tpt/bjo), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert(s) Paris October 3 or 5 1949

    V3071 Travellin' Blues

    V3072 Willie The Weeper

    V3073 Maple Leaf Rag

    V3074 Panama Rag

    V3083 Ni Queue Ni Tte

    *Blues In Paris

    *Struttin' With Some Barbecue

    D. gives the most precise date of all the discographers; the first 4 titles are clear, and were released on early Vogue 78 r.p.m. discs. "Ni Queue" appears in more than one form, and is released in error for other known recordings (appearing 3 different times on the Integrale edition, on COF-21, 22 and 24!). According to D., the original recording was entitled "Blues in the Cave", however the recording is incomplete (missing a beginning and end, of course, hence its title!). Details of the unreleased items from D., who also gives a possible "Apple Blues" from this date (but see 491115).

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH THE PIERRE BRASLAVSKY ORCHESTRA 491008

    Christian ViŽnot (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pierre Braslavsky (sop), RenŽ Franc (clt), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roger Karakosian (gtr), Alf Masselier (bs), Roger Paraboschi (dms). Concert broadcast by Radio Suisse-Romande Lausanne, Switzerland 8 October 1949

    Royal Garden Blues

    Summertime

    Lady Be Good

    Blues In The Air

    St. Louis Blues

    Muskrat Ramble

    September Song

    When The Sun Sets Down South

    First issued on CD on Landscape LS2-901 with other Swiss recordings (see 540322). Correct date from D. (LSS2-901 says 1951).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 491014

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo -1), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Paris October 14 1949

    V.3021-1 Blues in Paris (am) -1

    V.3021-2 Blues in Paris (mt) (Philippe out)

    The above 2 recordings exist, no question. However, another recording has been issued under this title on Vogue (F) CLVLX 672, Scepter SPM 537 and Vogue (F) DP 11; this is none other than our old friend

    ANi Queue, Ni Tte@ (matrix V3083: see 491003)! Double LP CLVLX is even titled ABlues In Paris@, but it=s a pity they couldn=t have used the correct recording!

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 491015

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Claude Philippe (tpt/bjo), Mowgli Jospin (tbn), Claude Luter (clt/speak), Sidney Bechet (sop/speak), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Paris October 14 and/or 15 1949

    V3015-1 Ce Mossieu Qui Parle

    V3016-1 Buddy Bolden Story (SB & CL speak)

    V3017-1 Bechet's Creole Blues

    V3018-1 Anita's Birthday

    V3019-1 Les Oignons (mt)

    V3019-2 Les Oignons (am)

    V3020-1 Ridin' Easy Blues

    V3022-1 Panther Dance (am)

    V3022-2 Panther Dance (mt)

    Bechet's first official French sessions for Vogue, to whom he would be under contract for the rest of his life; the session contains his biggest hit. The matrix numbering used for Vogue releases is taken from Ri., since his discography is specific to the Vogue label. Original date of 14 October for all titles now revised by Vogue to 14 & 15 as above on CD release 600026, but not consistently so elsewhere! And Ri. lists everything as 14th.

    A

    Ridin Easy Blues@ (ASee See Rider@) is definitely released, but probably only on its first issue - Vogue V r.p.m.) - and some early LP=s. At some point, matrix number V3083 (see 491003) seems to have been confused with the title ARidin= Easy Blues@, so that all versions of ARidin Easy Blues@ on 12" 33 r.p.m. LP=s, including the Integrale Box (COF-22), and even the on CD, notably the CD set AIntegrale Studio@, all use matrix 3083! It is not possible to confirm any release of matrix V3020 on any album since the 1950's.

    "Panther Dance" is none other than "Tiger Rag". However, Rn. & Ri. disagree over which take is which, juxtaposing all release information. Since Vogue themselves indicate that the master - and most used - take is #2, in agreement with Ruppli, I

    =ve gone for that.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ALL-STAR BAND 491020

    Bill Coleman (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Frank "Big Boy" Goodie (ten), Charlie Lewis (pno), Pierre Michelot (bs), Kenny Clarke (dms). Paris October 20 1949

    V3023 Orphan Annie's Blues

    V3024 Happy Go Lucky Blues

    V3025 Klook's Blues

    V3026 American Rhythm

    V3027 Out of Nowhere (SB & rhythm only)

    V3028 Mon Homme (SB & rhythm only)

    Originally recorded for Vogue with a number of visiting US musicians, including the vibes payer from the 391125 session.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE PIERRE BRASLAVSKY 491024

    Christian ViŽnot (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Pierre Braslavsky (sop), RenŽ Franc (clt), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roger Karakosian (gtr), Alf Masselier (bs), Roger Paraboschi (dms). Concert, CinŽma Rex Marseilles October 24 1949

    *Summertime

    *St. Louis Blues

    *Lady Be Good

    Details from Z. & D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS FEETWARMERS 491105

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Pierre Michelot (bs), Kenny Clarke (dms).

    Paris November 5 1949

    7807-1 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

    7808 It Had To Be You

    7809 Baby Won't You Please Come Home

    7810 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

    7812 Ooh! Boogie

    7813 After You've Gone

    7815 Going Way Down Home

    7816-1 Margie

    Originally recorded for Blue Star (now Barclay). Disagreement over matrix numbers abounds here. For the record, here 4 variants:

    Barclay Mauerer Tercinet Raben

    Wrap Your Troubles

    It Had To Be You

    Baby, Won

    =t You

    Please Don

    =t Talk

    Ooh! Boogie

    After You

    =ve Gone

    I

    =m Going Way Down

    Margie

    (the Barclay release used above is LP 920400)

    At least everyone is agreed that there is no 7811 matrix (although no-one mentions why).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH HUMPHREY LYTTLETON'S BAND 491113

    Humphrey Lyttleton (tpt), Keith Christie (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Ian Christie (clt, on 417 only), Wally Fawkes (clt), George Webb (pno), Buddy Vallis (bjo), John Wright (bs), Bernard Saward (dms).

    London November 13 1949

    417 Some Of These Days

    418 Black & Blue

    419 Who's Sorry Now

    420-? When It's Sleepy Time Down South (mt)

    420-? *When It's Sleepy Time Down South (am)

    420-? *When It's Sleepy Time Down South (am)

    421-? I Told You Once, I Told You Twice (mt)

    421-? *I Told You Once, I Told You Twice (am)

    422-? Georgia On My Mind (mt)

    422-? *Georgia On My Mind (am)

    422-? *Georgia On My Mind (am)

    Originally recorded for Melodisc. Details of alternate takes from H. & others.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 491115

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms).

    Paris November 15 1949

    V3029-1 Temptation Rag (mt)

    V3029-2 Temptation Rag (am)

    V3030-1 Riverboat Shuffle

    V3031-1 Sobbin' And Cryin' (tpt & tbn out) (mt)

    V3031-2 Sobbin' And Cryin' (tpt & tbn out) (am)

    V3032 Everybody Loves My Baby

    V3033-1 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (mt)

    V3033-2 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (am)

    V3034-2 Sawmill Blues

    V4390 Apple Blues

    Originally recorded for Vogue.

    ARiverboat@ is sometimes released as ALe Bateau Fluvial@. In D's opinion, V4390 must date either from here or a 1949 concert date, since it was released on V5168 much earlier than the 1952 date often allocated to it (I think the recording quality is too good for an early concert); also "Apple" could be an 'alternative take' of "Sawmill Blues", because Bechet's solos are quite similar.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 491199

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Claude Philippe (tpt/bjo), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert(s) Paris late 1949 or early 1950

    Ole Miss

    *Wild Man Blues

    *Mon Homme

    *Willie The Weeper

    *Squeeze Me

    *When You & I Were Young, Maggie

    *Panama

    Titles may come from more than one original date, given by Rn. & Ri. as (c.) October 1949 and D. as possibly November 6. Ri. & Rn. both give Mowgli Jospin for Zacharias, and also Philippe

    =s banjo, although I can=t hear that.

     

    The 1950's

     

    SIDNEY BECHET IN PHILADELPHIA 500218

    Max Kaminsky (tpt), Wilbur de Paris (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Bob Feugeeze (pno), Charlie Traeger (bs), Arthur Trappier (dms).Concert of the Philadelphia Jazz Club, Philadelphia Academy of Music Philadelphia February 18 1950

    I Found A New Baby

    Squeeze Me

    Tin Roof Blues

    Muskrat Ramble

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Dear Old Southland (tpt & tbn out)

    Summertime (tpt & tbn out)

    Jazz Me Blues

    High Society

    Royal Garden Blues

    Originally released on US LP Jazz Archives JA 29 (tracks 1-4) and JA 37 (rest).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET STOMPERS 500305

    Max Kaminsky (tpt), Munn Ware (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), James P. Johnson (pno), Art Trappier (dms). Concert, Vernon Hall New York March 5 1950

    *Someday Sweetheart

    *Muskrat Ramble

    *Tin Roof Blues

    *Jazz Me Blues

    *I Found A New Baby

    *High Society

    *Summertime (tpt & tbn out)

    *Dear Old Southland (tpt & tbn out)

    Details from D.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET IN PHILADELPHIA 500311

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Cutty Cutshall (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), others unknown. Concert of the Philadelphia Jazz Club, Philadelphia Academy of Music Philadelphia March 11 1950

    I Found A New Baby

    After You've Gone

    Originally released on US LP Jazz Archives JA 37.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ALL-STARS 500401

    Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/speech), Ken Kersey (pno), Herb Ward (bs), Cliff Leeman (dms). "Bands for Bonds" Mutual Network Radio Broadcast from Jimmy Ryan's.

    New York April 1 1950

    Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Theme)

    Muskrat Ramble

    Just One of Those Things

    *Bechet talks

    Laura

    Boogie Woogie Cocktail

    Baby Won't You Please Come Home

    High Society

    Royal Garden Blues

    *Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Theme)

    Originally released on US LP Transark 1000 (limited edition), which - despite its sleeve note - does not include the closing theme.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET'S BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 500419

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Jimmy Archey (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Joe Sullivan (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Wilmore "Slick" Jones (dms). New York April 19 1950

    BN376-4 Copenhagen

    BN377-1 China Boy

    BN378-0 Runnin' Wild (am)

    BN378-1 Runnin' Wild (mt)

    BN379-0 Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll (am)

    BN379-2 Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll (mt)

    BN380-2 Mandy, Make Up Your Mind

    BN381-2 Shim-me-sha-wabble

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 378-0 and 379-0 were first released on the Mosaic box set.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FEETWARMERS 500427

    Wild Bill Davison (cnt), Wilbur de Paris (tbn/vcl on A 4986), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2),Ralph Sutton (pno), Jack Lesberg (bs), George Wettling (dms). New York April 27 1950

    A4948 Jelly Roll Blues -2

    A4949 At A Georgia Camp Meeting -1

    A4950 National Emblem March (band vcl) -2

    A4951 Hindustan -1

    A4986 I'll Take That New Orleans Music (WdP vcl) -1

    Originally recorded for Commodore and produced by Milt Gabler. A4986 was not issued until the 1970's by London records.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AT CLUB RENDEZ-VOUS 500524

    Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Kenny Kersey (pno), Cliff Leeman (dms). "Rendez-vous Club" Philadelphia May 24 1950

    September Song +

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Stardust

    High Society (1)

    China Boy

    Darktown Strutter's Ball

    Squeeze Me

    When The Saints Go Marchin' In +

    Bugle Call Rag (1)

    That's A Plenty

    Confessin'

    Royal Garden Blues +

    Just One Of Those Things

    Lady Be Good

    Tin Roof Blues (1)

    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    'C' Jam Blues

    Struttin' With Some Barbecue (1)

    High Society (2) +

    Muskrat Ramble +

    Basin Street Blues

    Blue Lou

    St. Louis Blues (1)

    Georgia On My Mind

    Ad Lib Blues # +

    Bugle Call Rag (2) +

    Summertime +

    Tin Roof Blues (2) +

    Panama

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

    The Mooche +

    *Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2)

    *Cherry

    *One O'Clock Jump

    *St. Louis Blues (2)

    *Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? (inc)

    *Black & Blue

    *Jazz Me Blues

    *Honeysuckle Rose

    (note: "Ad Lib Blues" = the main [blues] theme of "Blues in the Air", and on LDM 30188 [see below] this performance was issued as "Society Blues")

    All these tracks - aside from surely not all being recorded on one night as is always claimed - present several problems. All were released by Vogue on their "Integrale" edition of LP boxes (COF 22,23 & 24), except for "The Mooche", which was released by Jazz Archives (JA-37). Before Vogue issued their "Integrale" edition, they released all the tracks except those marked + on three LP's (CLD 740, CLD 776 and LDM 30188). For these, they dubbed extra instruments: Yannick Singery (pno) and Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs) over the sound of Kenny Kersey's 'barely audible' piano on the original tape. Details of the unissued items from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 501006

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Paris October 6 1950

    V3095 Moulin ˆ CafŽ (mt) -2

    V3095-2 Moulin ˆ CafŽ (am) -2

    V3096 Maryland My Maryland -1

    V3097 Careless Love Blues -1

    V3098 Moustache Gauloise -1, -2

    V3099-? Francis Blues (mt) -1

    V3099-? Francis Blues (am) -1

    V3100-1 Casey Jones (mt) -1

    V3100-2 Casey Jones (am) -1

    V3100-? *Casey Jones -1

    V3100-? *Casey Jones -1

    V3101 Blues In My Heart -1

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 501009

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn/vcl), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop/vcl), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl). Paris October 9 1950

    V3102-1 Lastic (SB vcl)

    V3103-1 Madame BŽcassine (BZ/MG vcl)

    V3104-1 Down Home Rag (am)

    V3104-2 Down Home Rag (mt)

    V3105 Society Blues

    V3106 Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home

    V3107 Royal Garden Blues

    Originally recorded for Vogue; these 2 sessions are given as 9 October by M. and either 6 or 9 October by Vogue (depending which release you

    =re looking at!); Rn. & Ri. also split the titles between the two dates. Bechet's last studio date on clarinet. There are 2 released takes of "Francis", but inexplicably only one (the alternate) was included on the "Integrale" edition (COF-24), without a take number. Details of the 2 unreleased takes of 3100 from Vogue themselves in the notes to their "Integrale" Edition, without explanation as to why these takes were not included. Rn. says no trombone on ALastic@ but I can hear him.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 501104

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Guy Longnon (v-tbn), Claude Luter (clt/vcl), Sidney Bechet (sop-1/clt-2/vcl), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl). Concert

    La Chaux-de-Fonds November 4 1950

    Royal Garden Blues -1

    Les Oignons -1

    Blues In My Heart -1

    I Got Rhythm -1, -2

    Muskrat Ramble -1

    Sidney's Blues -1

    Maryland My Maryland -1

    Struttin' With Some Barbecue -1 (incomplete)

    Careless Love Blues -1

    Buddy Bolden Stomp -1

    Lastic (SB,CL,MG vcl) (no tpt) -1

    St. Louis Blues -1

    Egyptian Fantasy -1, -2

    High Society -1

    Sweet Georgia Brown -1

    *Summertime

    *Sidney's Blues

    Originally released by Vogue. This is Bechet's last recorded (and released) performance on clarinet. Details of unreleased titles from D. and Rn., who lists

    ALastic@ as by Bechet, Luter & Moustache only, but this is not so: the entire band except Derveaux is present; Ri. does the same, except for ARhythm@ & AFantasy@! D. gives an unreleased "Sidney's Blues", but no "Summertime".

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 501200

    Sidney Bechet (sop), with probably Claude Bolling Orchestra, including Gerard Badini (clt), Bolling (pno), others unknown. Concert, 1er Salon du Jazz, Centre Marcellin-Berthelot Paris December 1950

    Southern Sunset

    Taped recording in the possession of Fabrice Zammarchi. Details from D.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 501202

    probably: Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Guy Longnon (v-tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl). Concert (1er Salon de Jazz), Salle Marcellin-Berthelot Paris 2 December 1950

    *Casey Jones (incomplete)

    Details from D., who does not however list another concert from the same venue: 510099 (see below).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE BOLLING 510099

    GŽrard Badini (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Claude Bolling (pno), plus other musicians unknown. Concert, Centre Marcellin-Berthelot Paris 1951

    *When The Sun Sets Down South

    Details from Z. Not included by D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH THE JUMP COLLEGE 510401

    Herman Sandy (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Jacky June (alt/ten), Roger Asselberghs (bar), Johnny Hot (pno), Paul Karthy (gtr), Paul Dubois (bs), Jean Delange (dms). Concert, Palais des Beaux-Arts

    Brussels April 1 1951

    *St. Louis Blues

    Not commercially released (Air Hot private recording).

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 510428

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Guy Longnon (v-tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl). Concert, Victoria Hall

    Geneva April 28 1951

    *American Rhythm

    *When The Saints Go Marching In

    *Riverboat Shuffle

    *St. Louis Blues

    *Summertime

    *Casey Jones

    *Blues In G (Francis Blues)

    *Sweet Georgia Brown

    *Basin Street Blues

    *Royal Garden Blues

    *Love For Sale

    *Les Oignons

    *Society Blues

    *I Got Rhythm

    SIDNEY BECHET

    Swiss Radio interview same day, recorded in Lausanne, Switzerland

    All details from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 510504

    Pierre Dervaux (tpt), Guy Longnon (v-tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop,pno/vcl on 4052), Christian Azzi (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl).

    Paris May 4 1951

    51V4047-1 In The Groove (mt)

    51V4047-2 In The Groove (am)

    51V4048-1 Promenade Aux Champs-ElysŽes (mt)

    51V4048-2 Promenade Aux Champs-ElysŽes (am)

    51V4049-1 An Attendant Le Jour (mt)

    51V4049-2 An Attendant Le Jour (am)

    51V4049-3 An Attendant Le Jour (am)

    51V4049-4 An Attendant Le Jour (am)

    51V4050 Wolverine Blues

    51V4051 Egyptian Fantasy

    51V4052 Blues In The Cave (SB sop,vcl & pno + band)

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Note the different style of matrix number used by Vogue from 1951, per Rn. & Ri.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH THE DUTCH SWING COLLEGE 510508

    Kees van Dorsser (tpt), Wim Kolstee (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Peter Schilperoort, Dim Kesber (clts), Joop Schrier (pno), Joop van Leeuwen (bjo), Bob van Oven (bs), Arie Merkt (dms).

    Hilversum, the Netherlands May 8 1951

    AA15371-1H King Porter Stomp

    AA15371-2H Dutch Swing College Blues

    Originally recorded for Decca (Netherlands), now Mercury.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ET CLAUDE LUTER AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON MIMOSA JAZZ BAND 510907

    Marcel Bornstein (cnt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), Claude Luter, AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clts), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick Singery (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms).

    Paris September 7 1951

    51V4087 Kansas City Man Blues

    51V4088 Together

    51V4089 Apex Blues

    51V4090 Sleepy Time Gal

    Wallace Bishop (dms) replaces Pacout; same location & date.

    51V4091 Of All The Wrongs You've Done To Me

    51V4092 Darling Nelly Gray

    51V4093 Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

    51V4094 Sidney's Wedding Day (omit cnt/tbn)

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Some issues just as

    Aet son Orchestre@ rather than the above more evocative band style. Bechet & Luter appear as >featured artists= with RŽweliotty; Luter & RŽweliotty would also make some titles together (May 1952), and Luter=s star was on the rise: he recorded with Mezzrow in October 1951. Albert Nicholas & Luter recorded with RŽweliotty & his band in November 1953. Sidney's wedding day was 3 weeks earlier (17 August) in Antibes.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & GERALD LASCELLES 510910

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Gerald Lascelles (pno). Private party at the Blick's house.

    London, England September 10 1951

    *Laura (incomplete)

    *Laura (incomplete)

    *Ballin The Jack

    *When It's Sleepy Time Down South

    *When It's Sleepy Time Down South (incomplete)

    *Georgia On My Mind (incomplete)

    *September Song (incomplete)

    Details from D.

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT STORYVILLE 511015

    "Big Chief" Russell Moore (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Red Richards (pno), Arthur Trappier (dms). Storyville Club Boston October 15 1951

    Royal Garden Blues

    Storyville Blues

    Casey Jones

    Muskrat Ramble

    I Found A New Baby

    Same personnel & location, 16 October 1951.

    Bugle Call Rag

    Careless Love

    Panama

    Same personnel & location, 19 October 1951.

    Tin Roof Blues

    September Song

    I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

    First released on US LP Pumpkin 102.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS HOT SIX 511105

    Sidney De Paris (tpt), Jimmy Archey (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Don Kirkpatrick (pno), George "Pops" Foster (bs), Manzie Johnson (dms). New York November 5 1951

    BN416-3 Original Dixieland One-Step

    BN417-0 Avalon

    BN418-1 That's A Plenty

    BN419-0 Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (mt)

    BN419-1 Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (am)

    BN420-0 Ballin' The Jack (am)

    BN420-1 Ballin' The Jack (mt)

    BN421-0 There'll Be Some Changes Made (am)

    BN421-1 There'll Be Some Changes Made (mt)

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 419-1, 420-0 and 421-0 discovered for release on the Mosaic box set, although per Michael Cuscuna's sleeve notes to this release, the alternates ('am' above) were the ones originally selected for issue by Bechet/Alfred Lion; subsequently 419-0, 420-1 and 421-1 were issued instead.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 520000

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl).

    Paris 1952

    *Buddy Bolden Stomp

    This is from the soundtrack of the film "La Route du Bonheur", and has not been released on any audio-only format, although the entire film has been released on (SECAM) VHS in the retrospective French cinema series RenŽ Ch‰teau, and a small extract was used in a BBC documentary "Le Jazz Hot".

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ORCHESTRA 520100

    Sidney Bechet (sop), rest unknown. Date/location unknown

    Dirty Dragon Blues

    Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble

    This is entry E25 in M., purportedly issued on the Jazz Society label AA508. Other discographers follow him, but release of this record has never been confirmed. Note that

    AJazz Society@ was a French label (?? now a Vogue trademark ??), not to be confused with a Swedish label of the same name; and to confuse matters totally, there is an album release AA508 on the Swedish label, featuring Benny Goodman! The French Jazz Society label, especially in the AA500 range of numbers seems to have been used for 78 rpm re-issues of US recordings; Bechet only made one studio recording of "Shim-me-sha-wabble" - for Blue Note (see 500419), but it is going too far to suggest that the above might actually be that recording.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC L'ORCHESTRE DE CLAUDE LUTER 520118

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms/vcl).

    Paris January 18 1952

    52V4200-1 Ghost Of The Blues

    52V4201-1 Strike Up The Band

    52V4202-1 Si Tu Vois Ma Mre

    52V4203-1 Wabash Blues

    52V4204-1 Pattes De Mouche (am)

    52V4204-? Pattes De Mouche (mt)

    52V4205-1 Marchand De Poissons (am)

    52V4205-? Marchand De Poissons (mt)

    52V4206-1 As-Tu Le Cafard

    52V4207-1 Dans Les Rues d'Antibes

    Originally recorded for Vogue, the tracks from this session are among the most popular from his French period, and have been re-released many times. Inexplicably, only one take each of 4204 & 4205 - the alternates - were included in the Vogue "Integrale" edition (COF-25). Neither Rn. nor Ri. gives these alternates, nor any take numbers. "Pattes De Mouche" is also known as "Mouche ˆ Miel" & "The Count of Monte Bechet" (!!). "Cafard" is usually edited without the trumpet introduction (present on very early releases).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET ALL-STARS 520121

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias or Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Charlie Lewis (pno), Alf Masselier (bs), Armand Molinetti (dms), James Campbell (vcl). Paris January 21 1952

    52V4174-1 That Old Black Magic (JC vcl)

    52V4175-1 Because Of You (mt)

    52V4175-2 Because Of You (am)

    52V4176 Petite Fleur

    52V4177 I Get A Kick Out Of You

    52V4178 Blues (extrait du ballet:"La Nuit Est Une Sorcire")

    52V4179 Girl's Dance (extrait du ballet:"La Nuit Est Une Sorcire")

    52V4180-1 (It's No) Sin (Est-Ce Un PŽchŽ) (mt)

    52V4180-2 (It's No) Sin (Est-Ce Un PŽchŽ) (am)

    52V4181-1 You're Lucky To Me (mt)

    52V4181-2 You're Lucky To Me (am)

    Originally recorded for Vogue. According to their "Integrale" edition, 4178 is an extract from the ballet "La Nuit porte Conseil", which must have been an early title for what would eventually become "La Nuit est Une Sorcire". Above take numbers are from the Integrale box sets (COF 25 & 26); Ri. gives some conflicting information: original release of 4175 has no take number, alternate is take -?. Original releases of 4180 & 4181 have no take number, alternates are -1.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 520131

    Guy Longnon (tpt) Claude Rabanit (cnt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Christian Azzi (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert, Salle Pleyel Paris January 31 1952

    Presentation by Charles Delaunay

    American Rhythm (theme in)

    Les Oignons

    St. Louis Blues

    52V4384 South

    52V4214 September Song

    Muskrat Ramble

    52V4423 Frankie & Johnny

    Maryland

    Petite Fleur

    52V4382 Sweet Georgia Brown #1

    52V4383 Sweet Georgia Brown #2

    High Society

    Dans Les Rues D'Antibes

    Royal Garden Blues #1

    Royal Garden Blues #2

    *Pattes De Mouche

    *Marchand De Poissons

    *Si Tu Vois Ma Mre

    *Wabash Blues

    *Mon Homme

    Originally recorded for Vogue. The titles sequence is from the Integrale edition, as duplicated on the CD re-issue of the 'complete' concert. M. lists "High Society" as belonging to March 12 concert; however the "Integrale" edition and subsequent CD issues list this as a January 31 track. Details of the unissued material from Rn. & Ri.; however, the Vogue CD release of this concert (Vogue ), states that it includes all the material recorded at the concert.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 520312

    Guy Longnon, Claude Rabanit (tpts, or Rabanit cnt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert, Salle Pleyel Paris March 12 1952

    Presentation by Charles Delaunay

    American Rhythm (theme in)

    Muskrat Ramble +

    Panama Rag (incomplete)

    52V4386/7 I Found A New Baby

    52V4388/9 I Got Rhythm (Pleyel Rhythm)

    St. Louis Blues

    Casey Jones

    Petite Fleur

    52V4385 Dippermouth Blues

    Frankie & Johnny

    Royal Garden Blues #1

    Royal Garden Blues #2

    As-Tu Le Cafard +

    52V4401/2 Struttin' With Some Barbecue

    September Song +

    Les Oignons +

    Society Blues

    52V4215 Summertime

    Marchand De Poissons +

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Dans Les Rues D

    =Antibes

    Originally recorded for Vogue. The sequence is that of the original concert, according to the insert of this concert's release on Vogue CD , which for the first time includes the incomplete "Panama". M. lists "High Society" as belonging to this concert, however the "Integrale" edition and subsequent CD issues list this as a January 31 track. Those items marked + are listed in the "Integrale" edition as 'first take/version', but no explanation is offered. "Baby", "Rhythm" and "Barbecue" were issued as singles by Vogue, with the performance split into two tracks (i.e. two sides of the original release).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 520318

    Guy Longnon, Claude Rabanit (tpts, or Rabanit cnt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert, Palais des Ftes Strasbourg March 18 1952

    *Frankie & Johnny

    Details from D. Scheduled for release - but never actually released - by Clifford Records.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 520530

    Guy Longnon, Claude Rabanit (tpts), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms).Concert La Chaux-de-Fonds May 30 1952

    Introduction by Roger Quenet

    American Rhythm (theme in)

    Panama

    St. Louis Blues

    Wabash Blues

    Muskrat Ramble

    Summertime

    High Society

    Chinatown My Chinatown

    Royal Garden Blues

    As-Tu Le Cafard

    Les Oignons

    Strike Up The Band

    *Frankie & Johnny (+)

    *Petite Fleur (+)

    *Dippermouth Blues (+)

    *I Found A New Baby (+)

    *Struttin

    = With Some Barbecue

    When The Saints Go Marching In (+)

    Originally released by Vogue. See also next session. Info on unreleased items from Z. etc.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 520531

    Guy Longnon, Claude Rabanit (tpts), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Concert

    La Chaux-de-Fonds May 31 1952

    *American Rhythm

    *Twelfth Street Rag

    *Casey Jones

    *September Song

    *Pattes De Mouche

    *Royal Garden Blues

    Si Tu Vois Ma Mre

    Chinatown My Chinatown

    Frankie & Johnny

    Darling Nelly Gray

    Wabash Blues

    *St. Louis Blues

    *Les Oignons

    *As-Tu Le Cafard

    *Dippermouth Blues

    *Muskrat Ramble

    *Marchand De Poissons

    *I Got Rhythm

    *Dans Les Rues D

    =Antibes

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay. The May 30th titles marked +, and all the May 31st titles (except

    ARhythm@ and AAntibes@) were due for release on Vogue COF-28 in the "Integrale" edition (COF 28 and COF 29 were scheduled but never released), as was take A of "Milenberg Joys" from the Trio session of October 7.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET TRIO 521007

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Lil Armstrong (pno/vcl), Zutty Singleton (dms). Paris October 7 1952

    52V4326 Limehouse Blues

    52V4327-A *Milenberg Joys #1 (am)

    52V4327-B Milenberg Joys #2 (mt)

    Rockin' Chair #1 (am)

    Rockin' Chair #2 (mt)

    Big Butter & Egg Man (LH vcl)

    My Melancholy Baby #1 (am)

    My Melancholy Baby #2 (mt)

    Black Bottom (Stomp)

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

    Blue Room #1 (am)

    Blue Room #2 (mt)

    52V4605? Stars Fell On Alabama/Lazy River (LH vcl)

    Lazy River (LH vcl)

    Baby's Prayer #1 (am)

    Baby's Prayer #2 (mt)

    Originally recorded by Vogue. 4327-A was due to be released on Vogue's "Integrale" edition COF-28, but this was never released. All the other alternate takes have been released in some format or another. Per M., matrix 4605 is "Lazy River" and "Baby's Prayer" combined; per Vogue release 500093, which includes the entire session except the unreleased 4327-A, 4605 = "Stars Fell On Alabama" and "Lazy River" combined. Per Raben, 4604 is the combined "Alabama"/"Lazy River", and 4605 is the master take of "Baby

    =s Prayer". Per Ri., 4604 is "Alabama", but 4605 is both "Prayer" and "Lazy River"............. etc. etc. Note that there is indeed a 'medley' consisting of "Alabama" & "Lazy River" which contains a different performance from the "Lazy River" title itself.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 521099

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). ORTF Radio Broadcast of "Jazz VariŽtŽs" concert, CinŽma Rex Paris Autumn 1952

    Pattes De Mouche

    As-Tu Le Cafard?

    Casey Jones

    Ol' Man River

    St. Louis Blues

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay. Rn. lists Fol as also playing celeste, but I can

    =t hear one.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC AIME BARELLI ET SON ORCHESTRE 521100

    Sidney Bechet (sop), AimŽ Barelli, Alex Caturegli, Jean Mauclaire, Georges Gay, Marcel Simino (tpts), Benny Vasseur, Nat Peck (tbns), Paul Jean-Jean, Jean Aldegon (alts), Jean Fourmanoir, Louis Soen (tens), Armand Migiani (bar), Pierre Foucault (pno), LŽo Petit (gtr), Antoine Giaccardo (bs), AndrŽ Jourdan (dms). ORTF Radio Broadcast of "Jazz VariŽtŽs" concert, CinŽma Rex Paris, Autumn 1952

    Confessin'

    I Can't Give You Anything But Love

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 521105

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno/cel), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Paris November 5 1952

    52V4334 Twelfth Street Rag

    52V4335-1 *Au Clair De La Lune (am)

    52V4335-2 Au Clair De La Lune (mt)

    52V4336 Porter's Love Song

    52V4337 Embraceable You

    52V4338 Ol' Man River

    52V4339 Showboat Medley

    52V4340-1 *You Rascal You (am)

    52V4340-2 You Rascal You (mt)

    52V4341-1 *Le Loup, La Biche Et Le Chevalier (am)

    52V4341-2 Le Loup, La Biche Et Le Chevalier (mt)

    Originally recorded for Vogue. The alternate takes of 4335, 4340 and 4341 were scheduled for release by Vogue in their "Integrale" edition on COF-29, but this was never released.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 521199

    Sidney Bechet (sop), with the bands of AimŽ Barelli and Claude Luter (personnels as 521099 & 521100) plus Bernard Peiffer & Lil Armstrong (pno). ORTF Radio Broadcast of "Jazz VariŽtŽs" concert, CinŽma Rex. Paris Autumn 1952

    Jam Session

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 521200

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). ORTF Radio Broadcast of "Jazz VariŽtŽs" concert, CinŽma Rex Paris Winter 1952

    I Found A New Baby

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 530000

    Sidney Bechet (pno & talk) with AndrŽ Coffrant (talk). Paris 1953

    Themes from "La Nuit est une Sorcire"

    Both English- (from the Delaunay archives) and French-speaking versions of this short exposŽ of ballet themes by SB in conversation with Coffrant exist. Dates of both unknown, but surely not May 18 1953 (same day as the orchestral recording), as given by Vogue and most discographers, since Bechet gives a demonstration of the themes to Coffrant, apparently before James Tolliver has made the arrangements.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 530100

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Raymond Fol (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Franois "Moustache" GalŽpids (dms). Radio broadcast of Concert "Jazz Parade", Alhambra Theatre Paris Early 1953

    Petite Fleur

    Strike Up The Band

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC TONY PROTEAU ET SON ORCHESTRE 530200

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Bernard Hulin, Jean Liesse, Roger GuŽrin, Fernand Verstraete (tpts), Nat Peck, Guy et AndrŽ Paquinet (tbns), Jacques Ary, Robert Cuinet (alts), Daniel Dallolmo, AndrŽ Ross (tens), Henri Aspar (bar), AndrŽ Persiany (pno), Charlie Blareau (bs), GŽrard Pochonnet (dms), Tony Proteau (ldr). Radio broadcast of Concert "Jazz Parade", Alhambra Theatre. Paris Early 1953

    Blues In The Night

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 530299

    Sidney Bechet (sop) with the bands of Tony Proteau and Claude Luter (personnels as 530200 & 530100) plus George Johnson (ten), Christian Bellest and Philippe Brun (tpts). Radio broadcast of Concert "Jazz Parade", Alhambra Theatre Paris Early 1953

    Jam Finale

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE 530518

    (La Nuit Est Une Sorcire)

    Sidney Bechet (sop) soloist, accompanied by orchestra conducted by Jacques Bazire. Arrangements by James Tolliver. Paris May 18 1953

    Overture; EntrŽe De La Pre,De La Mre Et De La FiancŽe

    ArrivŽe Du Somnambule Et Du Noir

    La Mre Par Autre Moyen Veut RŽussir Lˆ O Le Pre a EchouŽ

    Danse Du Noir

    La FiancŽe Embellit Le Grenier

    Le Somnambule Danse Avec La FiancŽe Morte

    Final

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Tolliver was Bechet

    =s old friend from the Noble Sissle band.

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH THE CLAYTON-SEDRIC SEXTET 530526

    Buck Clayton (tpt), Mezz Mezzrow (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Red Richards (pno), Georges Hafjo (bs), Kansas Fields (dms). Paris May 26 1953

    53V4585 Sunday

    This recording is not noted in Ri., who gives the matrix as unknown, however it is now listed by D. in his second edition (1998).

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 530528

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Marcel Bornstein (cnt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno/celeste), Georges 'Zozo' D'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms).

    Paris May 28 1953

    53V4591 Nuages

    53V4592 Big Chief

    53V4593 La Complainte Des Infidles

    53V4594 Jacqueline

    53V4595 Pleure Pas Nelly

    53V4596 Elisabeth

    53V4599 La Cane de Jeanne/Le Fossoyeur

    53V4600 Brave Margot

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Matrices 4597/8 are allocated to a Dizzy Gillespie session (9 Feb 1953).

    AJacqueline@ is also known as ANous Deux@. Some discographers suggest that Longnon plays valve-trombone, replacing Durand, but I go for the above personnel.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 530600

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Marcel Bornstein (cnt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges 'Zozo' D'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Radio broadcast of Concert "Jazz Parade", Alhambra Theatre Paris June 1953

    La Complainte des Infidles

    Big Chief

    Originally released by Vogue, these recordings are from the archives of the late Charles Delaunay.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 530616

    Marcel Bornstein (cnt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges 'Zozo' D'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Concert: "Festival International des Arnes de Lutce". Paris June 16 1953

    *Royal Garden Blues

    *St. Louis Blues

    Although these titles do not ever appear to have been released in an audio-only format, they were certainly filmed (see H. pp 131/2 and 160), and have been released on Canadian VHS (SBCHV 122091) in the Jazz Pioneer series; "St Louis Blues" was also released on a US VHS compilation

    AReed Royalty@ (number unknown).

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 530825

    Jonah Jones(tpt), Jimmy Archey (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Buddy Weed (pno), Walter Page (bs), Johnny Blowers (dms). New York August 25 1953

    BN517-3 All of Me

    BN518-1 Ding Dong Daddy

    BN519-0 Black & Blue (am)

    BN519-1 Black & Blue (mt)

    BN520-4 Shine

    BN521-2 Rose Of The Rio Grande (am)

    BN521-4 Rose Of The Rio Grande (mt)

    BN522-0 Sweet Georgia Brown

    Originally recorded for Blue Note. 519-0 and 521-2 were discovered for release on the complete Bechet/Blue Note recordings on the Mosaic box set, although per Michael Cuscuna's sleeve notes to this release, the alternates were the ones originally selected for issue by Bechet/Alfred Lion; subsequently 519-1 and 521-4 were issued instead. Matrix numbers in Rn. are rejected in favour of the above, from the Mosaic box.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET IN SAN FRANCISCO 530902

    Marty Marsala (tpt), Skip Morr (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Larry Venucci or Johnny Wittwer (pno), Bob Bates (bs), Cuz Cousineau (dms), Down Beat Club San Francisco September 2 1953

    Royal Garden Blues

    Memphis Blues

    High Society

    Muskrat Ramble

    Summertime

    Originally released on US LP Jazz Archives JA 44.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH BOB SCOBEY'S JAZZBAND 531003

    Bob Scobey (tpt), Jack Buck (tbn). Ellis Horne (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Wally Rose (pno), Clancy Hayes (bjo), Dick Lammi (bs), Fred Higuera (dms). Concert "Dixieland Jubilee"

    Los Angeles October 3 1953

    Gene Norman & Bechet talk

    Summertime

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    EXP257 Muskrat Ramble

    EXP258 St. Louis Blues

    Originally recorded for Gene Norman's GNP label.

     

     

     

     

    JAZZ AT STORYVILLE 531025

    Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), George Wein (pno), Jimmy Woode (bs), Buzzy Drootin (dms). Storyville Club Boston October 25 1953

    Basin Street Blues

    Crazy Rhythm

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Lady Be Good

    Bugle Blues/Ole Miss

    Jazz Me Blues

    C Jam Blues

    Indiana

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    Originally released on George Wein's 'Storyville' label. Wein deputises for regular pianist on this residency: Claude Hopkins (who was ?sick).

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC MICHEL ATTENOUX ET SON ORCHESTRE 540307

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Raymond Fonsque (tbn), GŽrard Badini (clt), Sidney Bechet, Michel Attenoux (sops), AndrŽ Persiany (pno), Buddy Banks (bs), Jacques David (dms). Radio Broadcast

    Brussels March 7 1954

    Society Blues

    Les Oignons

    Summertime

    That's A Plenty

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    St. Louis Blues

    Petite Fleur

    Panama

    Jazz Me Blues

    Originally released on LP by Fat Cat Jazz in the U.S.A. (FCJ 016) and by Vogue in Europe in their Nec Plus Ultra series (502012). The US release includes an interview with Bechet (not known whether this is the one conducted [in French] on this particular evening, and reproduced in Jean-Roland Hippenmeyer

    =s book on Bechet, or an American interview; there is none on the Vogue release).

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH THE DIXIE STOMPERS FROM MONS 540308

    Albert Langue (tpt), Ralph Matthieu (tbn), Marcel Boucher (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Marcel van Snick (pno), Hector Leclerc (bjo), Ernie Williams (sbs), Geo Stern (dms). Concert, Palais des Beaux-Arts

    Brussels 8,9 or 10 March 1954

    Big Chief

    *I Found A New Baby

    *Mon Homme

    *El Doudou (Si C'Žtait ˆ Refaire)

    *Muskrat Ramble

    The issued title appears on the same releases as the 7 March concert, erroneously attributed to Bechet with the Attenoux band. The correction and the details of unissued tracks come from D.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 540311

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Marcel Bornstein (cnt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms).

    Paris March 11 1954

    54V4796-1 Chante, Chante (mt)

    54V4796-2 Chante, Chante (am)

    54V4797-1 Temperamental (mt)

    54V4797-2 Temperamental (am)

    54V4798 La Complainte De Mackie

    54V4799 Le Chant Des Canons

    54V4800 Leilie

    54V4801-1 When I Grow Too Old To Dream (mt)

    54V4801-2 When I Grow Too Old To Dream (am)

    54V4802 Some Sweet Day

    54V4803 Rose De Picardie

    Originally recorded for Vogue. There is no "Apple Blues" recorded at this session, although when the master takes of this session were issued (French Vogue LD 219), there was apparently such a track present; for an explanation of this title, see 491115.

    AMackie@ is of course also known as AMack The Knife@.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE AUBERT & SON ORCHESTRE 540319

    Raymond Droz (tbn), Wally Fawkes (clt), Sidney Bechet, Claude Aubert (sops), Henri Chaix (pno), RenŽ Marthaler (dms). Private party at the home of Jean-Louis Binet Geneva March 19 1954

    *Bechet talks with Bernard Wagnire

    *Muskrat Ramble

    *Summertime

    *Honeysuckle Rose

    *La Complainte des Infidles

    *Basin Street Blues

    *Royal Garden Blues

    Details from Z. & D.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 540322

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Henri Chaix (pno), Raymond Benz (bs), Mike ThŽvenoz (dms). Concert Grand Casino Geneva March 22 1954

    Honeysuckle Rose

    St. Louis Blues

    "Honeysuckle" is released only on Swiss CD Landscape LS2-901. As far as I can ascertain, "St. Louis Blues" is commercially released only on a UK cassette: JCC 96. The Landscape release gives a "Sunny Side Of The Street" from here, but this is from 550118 (q.v.).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS VOGUE JAZZMEN 540922

    Jonah Jones (tpt), Sidney Bechet (sop), AndrŽ Persiany (pno), Bnoit Quersin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Paris September 22 1954

    MS363-1 Crazy Rhythm

    MS363-2 Lonesome Road

    MS363-3 Somebody Stole My Gal

    MS364-1A When You Wore A Tulip (mt)

    MS364-1B When You Wore A Tulip (am)

    MS364-2 Squeeze Me

    MS364-3A Chinatown My Chinatown (mt)

    MS364-3B Chinatown My Chinatown (am)

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Matrix numbers are from M. & T., but are not listed in Rn. or Ri.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC MICHEL ATTENOUX ET SON ORCHESTRE 541100

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Bernard Zacharias (tbn), GŽrard Badini (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Michel Attenoux (sop), AndrŽ Persiany (pno), Buddy Banks (bs), Jacques David (dms). Concert

    SaarbrŸcken November 1954

    Summertime

    St. Louis Blues

    Originally released by Vogue. The date may not be correct, since Bechet was on tour in North Africa until at least November 22.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC CLAUDE LUTER ET SON ORCHESTRE 541208

    Pierre Dervaux, Gilles Thibaud (tpts), Benny Vasseur (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Claude Philippe (bjo), Roland Bianchini (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Concert, Olympia Hall Paris December 8 1954

    American Rhythm

    Buddy Bolden Stomp

    (V9164) Montmartre Boogie Woogie

    As-Tu Le Cafard

    Riverboat Shuffle

    (V7888) When The Saints Go Marching In

    Sobbin' & Cryin' (Blues)

    (V9163) Halle Hallelujah

    (V7889) Muskrat Ramble

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    Temperamental (Mood)

    Petite Fleur

    I've Found A New Baby

    St. Louis Blues

    *Dans Les Rues d'Antibes

    *Royal Garden Blues

    *Les Oignons

    *Pleure Pas Nelly

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Rn. & Ri. say no Bechet on

    AAmerican Rhythm@, but this is crazy, since this is the theme he habitually used to enter (theatrically) on to the stage. Information about the unreleased tracks from T & Rn. The matrix numbers above are expressed thus (in parentheses) by Ri., but without explanation. Z. & D. give "Les Oignons" as released on Vogue LP SB 4, but this is the version from the March 8 1955 concert. Rn. gives a version of AA Moi d' Payer@ from this date, but most discographers list it as March 8 1955, which seems much more likely (see 550308). Note the spelling of trumpeter Thibaud, who made recordings (also as a vocalist) under his own name, and also wrote the iriginal French lyrics to the song known in English as "My Way".

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET & ALBERT NICHOLAS WITH CLAUDE AUBERT'S BAND 541219

    Albert Nicholas, Saade Helmy (clts), Sidney Bechet, Claude Aubert (sops), Henri Chaix (pno), Georges Furrer (bs), Pierre Bourru (dms). Jam finale of concert Palladium (Rue du Stand)

    Geneva December 19 1954

    *When The Saints Go Marching In

    *High Society

    Details from D.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 550000

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms), Monique van Vooren (vcl).

    Paris January-March 1955

    *Montmartre Boogie Woogie

    *Trottoirs de Paris

    *A Moi d'Payer

    *A Moi d'Payer (A Toi d'Payer)(MvV vcl)

    *Blues dans le Blues

    These are the soundtrack recordings for the film "SŽrie Noire, not released in any audio-only format, but only on VHS as part of the (SECAM) video of the film (although some extracts of 3 titles [excluding "Montmartre"] have been issued on a Canadian VHS) on the retrospective French cinema label 'RenŽ Ch‰teau'. Bechet plays 'Sidney' (i.e. himself), but only appears on screen - resplendant in his white jacket - in the night club scene which includes the vocal version of "A Moi d'Payer". Ms. van Vooren actually sings "A Toi" ('your turn to pay [the penalty, the price, not a round of drinks!]') in F minor (concert), and this is the title which appears in the credits (lyrics by AndrŽ Coffrant of "La Nuit est Une Sorcire" fame), while Bechet's instrumental version is in B-flat minor. The film is typical French gangland fare, full of cigarette smoking, gangsters and their molls, flick knives and machine guns, and corpses galore! In the night club scene, Bechet & the band accompany Ms. van Vooren, then the customers dance to the major key theme of "A Moi/Toi", and to "Trottoirs". The above music is frequently used as background, also ostensibly as a radio broadcast. "Blues" is used as background music to a scene in a a bar (although Bechet & the band are not seen), and to a more 'romantic' scene. "Trottoirs" is used against street scenes of Paris, and "Boogie" against a car chase. In a further sequence, "A Moi/Toi" is played in a whisper on celeste. The toughest gansgter turns out at the end to be a 'flic'. The closing sequences have RŽweliotty playing the major key theme from "A Moi/Toi", although the closing titles revert to Bechet's interpretation of the minor key theme.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET 550118

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Henri Chaix (pno), Eric Brooke (gtr), Raymond Benz (bs), Mike ThŽvenoz (dms). Concert, Kongresshaus ZŸrich January 18 1955

    Royal Garden Blues

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    *St. Louis Blues

    "Sunny Side" is erroneously dated 22 March 1954 on its only known release: (Swiss) CD Landscape LS2-901. As far as I can tell, "RGB" is only commercially released on a UK cassette: JCC 96.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 550208

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Paris February 8 1955

    55V5013-1 Pourtant (mt)

    55V5013-2 Pourtant (am)

    55V5042-1 Un Ange Comme ‚a (mt)

    55V5042-2 Un Ange Comme ‚a (am)

    55V5043 South Rampart Street Parade

    55V5044-1 Blues Dans Le Blues (mt)

    55V5044-2 Blues Dans Le Blues (am)

    55V5045-1 A Moi D'Payer (mt)

    55V5045-2 A Moi D'Payer (am)

    55V5046-1 Trottoirs De Paris

    55V5046-2 Trottoirs De Paris

    Originally recorded for Vogue. All titles are 'associated' with the film

    ASŽrie Noire@, in which Bechet also acted, although only the titles of 5044/45/46 were used in the film, and the Vogue studio recordings are not used on the soundtrack (see above 550000). The 5 alternate masters above were released on CD on Vogue .

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 550308

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Michel Pacout (dms). Concert, Olympia Hall

    Paris March 8 1955

    Royal Garden Blues

    Basin Street Blues

    Big Chief

    A Moi d' Payer

    Les Oignons

    *La Complainte Des Infidles

    *Pleure Pas Nelly

    Originally released on Vogue. Only one performance of "Basin Street" is known; however, it has been edited differently on some releases. Note that

    AA Moi d' Payer@ is from this date and not 541208 (per Rn. & some Vogue releases): this title was the main theme of the film SŽrie Noire, in which Bechet appeared with the band, and they had made the studio recording only the month before (see 550208); besides, Bechet was no longer playing regularly with the Luter band, who might not have known the tune. There is only one known concert version of this title. Note also that there is no AAs-Tu Le Cafard@ nor APetite Fleur@ from 550308, despite details on some releases; these titles are from 541208.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 550600

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), AndrŽ Jourdan (dms), Viviane Romance (vcl).

    Paris May-December 1955

    *Les Hommes Sont GŽnŽreux (VR vcl)

    *L'Encha”nŽe d'Amour (VR vcl)

    *Le Blues De Mes Rves

    *Halle Hallelujah

    *I Had It But It's All Gone Now

    *Spoken dialogue

    Soundtrack recordings from the film: "L'Inspecteur conna”t la Musique" (also called

    ABlues@), rather than the Vogue recordings made in December 1955 (see 551205), unreleased commercially (in any audio format). Some titles are better known with alternatives: "Les Hommes" as "Temperamental", "L'Encha”nŽe" as "Old Stack O=Lee Blues", and "Le Blues De Mes Rves" as "Orphan Annie=s Blues".

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH THE DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND 550903

    Wybe Buma (tpt), Wim Kolstee (tbn), Peter Schilperoort (clt, dms-1), Dim Kesber (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Joop Schrier (pno), Arie Lighart (gtr/bjo), Bob van Oven (bs), AndrŽ Westendorp (dms/cnt-1) Concert, Gebouw Kunsten en Wetenschappen. den Haag, Netherlands 3 September 1955

    *Presentation by Rudi Carell

    *I Found A New Baby

    *Basin Street Blues

    *Muskrat Ramble

    *Swanee River

    *I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll

    *Dutch Swing College Blues

    *When The Saints Go Marching In -1

    *Royal Garden Blues

    *Indian Summer

    *Struttin' With Some Barbecue

    *Summertime

    Details from D.

     

     

     

     

     

    CONCERT DU 1 000 000e DISQUE DE SIDNEY BECHET 551019

    Concert, Olympia Hall Paris October 19 1955

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), AndrŽ Jourdan (dms).

    Wild Man Blues

    Blues In The Air

    Everybody Loves My Baby

    Southern Sunset

    55V5332 Charleston

    Swanee River

    Ol' Man River

    Pierre Dervaux, Gilles Thibaud (tpts), Benny Vasseur (tbn), Claude Luter (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Claude Philippe (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms).

    (V8300) Wild Cat Rag

    I Don't Know Where I'm Going

    55V5333 Viper Mad

    Halle Hallelujah

    Kansas City Man Blues

    Les Oignons

    Old Fashioned Love

    combined personnel of both orchestras as above, except Claude Philippe plays bjo.

    High Society

    Dans Les Rues d'Antibes

    Panama Rag

    When The Saints Go Marching In

    Royal Garden Blues

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Details of matrices from Ri., who gives a second matrix (!) for

    ACharleston@: (V8301).

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 551205

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), AndrŽ Jourdan (dms). Paris December 5 1955

    55V5295 Les Hommes Sont GŽnŽreux/L'Encha”nŽe d'Amour

    55V5296 Le Blues De Mes Rves/Halle Hallelujah

    55V5297 I Had It But It's All Gone Now - Pt 1

    55V5298 I Had It But It's All Gone Now - Pt 2

    Music from the film: "L'Inspecteur conna”t la Musique" (also called

    ABlues@), originally recorded for Vogue. The two titles on 5295 are also known as ATemperamental@ and AOld Stack O=Lee Blues@ respectively, and 5296 as AOrphan Annie=s Blues@.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 551224

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), RenŽ Franc (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Paris December 24 1955

    55V5433 Everybody Loves Saturday Night

    55V5435-1 Dardanella (mt)

    55V5435-2 Dardanella (am)

    55V5436 Songe D'Automne

    Originally recorded for Vogue. 5433 also known under its French title:

    AQuand arrive le Samedi Soir@. There is no trace of 5434, even in Ri. RŽweliotty is not present, even though it's his band. Some issues give "Song D'Automne", but it's a dream, not a song.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 560201

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Jacques David (dms). Paris February 1 1956

    56V5429 Bonjour Paris

    56V5430 El Doudou (Si C'Etait ˆ Refaire)

    56V5431-1 Laura (mt)

    56V5431-2 Laura (am)

    56V5582 Willow Weep For Me

    56V5583-1 Stormy Weather

    56V5583-2 Stormy Weather

    Originally recorded for Vogue. V.5429 also known as "If You Ever Go To Paris". Ri. does not give the take numbers for 5431.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 560300

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Jacques David (dms). Paris 1956

    *La Colline du Delta

    *Temperamental (Incantation du Fleuve)

    *La Rencontre

    *Un Coup de Cafard

    *Sans Vous F‰cher, RŽpondez-Moi

    *Jumpin' Jack

    *Passport To Paradise

    *Coquin De Boubou

    *Haou Haou Cou Cou

    *Chacun A Sa Chance

    *Shake

    >Em Up (Danse du Coton)

    The actual soundtrack recordings from "Ah! Quelle Equipe" ("Coquin de Boubou" or "Le Bonheur est pour Demain"), as distinct from the Vogue studio recordings (560626 etc.), unreleased in any commercial (audio) format. As can be seen above, several themes which are connected with Bechet's 'Negro Rhapsody' and which eventually became the ballet "La Colline du Delta" are included. Information from D.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH SAMMY PRICE'S BLUESICIANS 560516

    Emmett Berry (tpt), George Stevenson (tbn), Herbie Hall (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), George 'Pops' Foster (bs), Freddie Moore (dms). Paris May 16 1956

    56V5856 St. Louis Blues

    56V5857 Tin Roof Blues

    56V5858 Darktown Strutters Ball

    56V5859 Jazz Me Blues

    56V5860 Memphis Blues

    56V5861 Dinah

    56V5862 Yes! We Have No Bananas

    56V5863 Back Home

    Originally recorded for Vogue. 5863 is not the well-known

    AIndiana@ (Hanley-McDonald) as stated in Rn. & Ri, but a Bechet composition.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 560626

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Jacques David (dms). Paris June 26 1956

    V6021 Jumpin' Jack

    V6022-1 Passport To Paradise (mt)

    V6022-2 Passport To Paradise (am)

    V6023 Coquin De Boubou

    V6024 Haou Haou Cou Cou

    V6025 Chacun A Sa Chance

    V6026 Shake

    >Em Up

    Originally recorded for Vogue, who have reverted to their original style of matrix numbering. V6022 sometimes spelt "Passeport To Paradise" or "Passeport au Paradis", but it is really an English title (and recorded by others - e.g. Luter - with the English spelling). Ri. gives an additional (!) matrix number for 6022-1: (V8787). The spelling of V.6024 is taken from it's original release on LD 307, because neither M. nor T. agrees with that. 6023 also known as

    AThe Cotton Ball@. M. apparently reversed the matrix numbers for AShake >Em Up@ and AChacun@, as T., Rn. & Ri. all have the above.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 560629

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop/vcl) Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Jacques David (dms). Paris June 29 1956

    V6027 Un Coup De Cafard

    V6028 Sans Vous F‰cher, RŽpondez-Moi

    V6029 Le Train Du Vieux Noir (SB vcl)

    V6030 Le Bidon

    Originally recorded for Vogue. V6027 also know as "A Touch Of The Blues" & V6029 also known as "Rock Island Line", but since it is sung in French and the above title is that used on its first release (LDM 30066), its more famous English title is only an alias. It seems M. got the matrix numbers wrong here too, the above is agreed by T., Rn. & Ri.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 570226

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Paris February 26 1957

    V6480-1 *14 Juillet

    V6480-2 14 Juillet

    V6481-1 Down By The Old Mill Stream (mt)

    V6481-2 Down By The Old Mill Stream (am)

    V6482 J

    =En Ai Marre

    V6483-1 J'ai Deux Amours/Ce N'est Que Votre Main Madame (mt)

    V6483-2 J'ai Deux Amours/Ce N'est Que Votre Main Madame (am)

     

    Originally recorded for Vogue. T, Rn. & Ri. give all the above as one session and one date; M. gives "Mill Stream" and "Deux Amours" as 24 February, and the other three as 26 February. Moreover, M. gives Yannick SingŽry for Bernard on 26 February, & Ri. gives SingŽry throughout. Details of the unreleased title from Rn./Ri. "J'En Ai Marre" better known as: "Moi, J'En Ai Marre".

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET IN MILAN 570300

    Jack Butler (tpt), Eric Bibus Dufour (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/speech), Eddie Bernard (pno), Jean-Marie Ingrand (bs), Kansas Fields (dms). TV Broadcast Teatro Dalvermi Milan, March 1957

    *Shake 'em Up (incomplete)

    *other titles

    *Bechet talks about his European concerts

    Details from D.

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET-MARTIAL SOLAL QUARTET 570312

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Martial Solal (pno), Lloyd Thompson (bs), Al Levitt (dms). Paris March 12 1957

    I Only Have Eyes For You

    The Man I Love

    Exactly Like You

    These Foolish Things

    Pennies From Heaven

    Once In A While

    Jeepers Creepers

    I Never Knew

    Originally recorded for Vogue/Swing, and - apparently - no matrix numbers.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 570323

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Paris March 23 1957

    Au Secours

    (V8342) Premier Bal #1 (mt)

    Premier Bal #2 (am)

    Pas d'Blague

    (V8843) Bagatelle

    Originally recorded for Vogue. See 570626 re: "Pas d'Blague".

     

     

     

     

    RADIO BROADCASTS 570400

    During spring 1957, Bechet was interviewed on more than one occasion on Europe 1 (produced by Yves Salgues, Daniel Filipacchi & Frank TŽnot); extracts from these boradcasts were released initially on a double LP "L'Histoire de Sidney Bechet" (Vogue CSB 2, which included inter alia unreleased takes from his Vogue sessions). These broadcasts were heavily used by Raymond Mouly to create his book on Bechet "Sidney Bechet - Notre Ami" (1959).

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 570527

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Concert, Olympia Hall

    Paris May 27 1957

    Moi, J'En Ai Marre

    Down By The Old Mill Stream

    First released on French Trema CD 710440 (in co-operation with RTE [Europe 1]).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET-MARTIAL SOLAL QUARTET 570617

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Martial Solal (pno), Pierre Michelot (bs), Kenny Clarke (dms). Paris June 17 1957

    All The Things You Are

    Embraceable You

    Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

    All Of Me

    Rose Room

    It Don't Mean A Thing

    Originally recorded for Vogue/Swing, and - apparently - no matrix numbers.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 570626

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Paris June 26 1957

    V6624 Amour Perdu

    V6625-1 Soprano Blues #1 (mt)

    V6625-2 Soprano Blues #2 (am)

    V6626 Pas D'Blague

    V6627 Ecoutez Le Trombone

    Gypsy Love Song

    Originally recorded for Vogue. Bechet's last studio session with either Luter or RŽweliotty.

    APas d'Blague" as issued is a splicing of material recorded on both 23 March and 26 June. Ri. has an additional (!) matrix number for this: (V8788).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 570717

    Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Concert, Olympia Hall

    Paris July 17 1957

    Coquin De Bou Bou

    First released on French Trema CD 710440 (in co-operation with RTE [Europe 1]).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET WITH ANDRE REWELIOTTY & KANSAS FIELDS 580500

    Roland Hug (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Kansas Fields (dms). TV broadcast "La Joie de Vivre" (produced by Henri Spade) Paris March/May 1958

    *Down By The Old Mill Stream

    Details from D.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET-CLAUDE BOLLING 580516

    Sidney Bechet (sop), Claude Bolling (pno), Alf Masselier (bs), Arthur Motta (dms). TV Broadcast ("Banc d'Essai", "Jazz-o-Rama") RTF studio. Paris May 16 1958

    *Interview with Simone Alma

    *St. Louis Blues

    *Premier Bal

    These performances are available on video (VHS:INA/FNAC Music - Secam system only, and Laserdisc: EMI TOLW 3113), and have been re-broadcast on TV in a compilation of Jazz excerpts from French TV, but never issued commercially in audio form. Bechet is not present on "High Society" from this broadcast, which is a feature for the Claude Bolling big band, who do not accompany him on the above titles. Z. gives May 17 for "Premier Bal", but it seems to be from one broadcast programme.

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY ET SON ORCHESTRE 580629

    Roland Hug (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Yannick SingŽry (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Poumi Arnaud (dms). Broadcast Versailles June 26 1958

    Royal Garden Blues

    Petite Fleur

    Les Oignons

    First released on French Trema CD 710440 (in co-operation with RTE [Europe 1]).

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET-TEDDY BUCKNER 580704

    Teddy Buckner (tpt), Christian GuŽrin (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Eddie Bernard (pno), Roland Bianchini (bs), Kansas Fields (dms). Salle Wagram Paris July 4 1958

    Sugar

    Weary Blues #1 (mt)

    Weary Blues #2 (am)

    Souvenirs De La Nouvelle-OrlŽans

    V.7480-? Aubergines, Poivrons Et Sauce Tomate #1 (mt)

    V.7480-? Aubergines, Poivrons Et Sauce Tomate #2 (am)

    V.7480-? Aubergines, Poivrons Et Sauce Tomate #3 (am)

    Who's Sorry Now (mt)

    Who's Sorry Now (am)

    All Of Me (mt)

    All Of Me (am)

    V.7487 Blues Festival 58

    Ain't Misbehavin' #1 (mt)

    Ain't Misbehavin' #2 (am)

    I Can't Get Started

    Bravo

    Originally recorded for Vogue. A Vogue LP (500113) included all the above master and alternate takes, with the exception of the mt of

    AWho=s Sorry Now@ and the am of AAll Of Me@; this latter alternate was released on the LP box set COF-01; many re-issues of AWho=s Sorry Now@ (including 500113 and the IntŽgrale Studio CD Box) use the alternate master.

     

     

     

    FESTIVAL DE JAZZ

    Teddy Buckner (tpt), Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), Arvell Shaw (bs), J.C. Heard (dms). Concert Knokke-le-Zout, Belgium July 7 1958

    St. Louis Blues

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    Sister Kate

    I'm Coming Virginia

    add Albert Nicholas (clt), Claude Luter (clt) & band; same date

    *When The Saints Go Marchin In

    Originally released on Vogue. Bechet does not play on "Indiana", "Basin Street Blues" or "Blues" from this concert.

     

     

     

     

    FESTIVAL DE JAZZ 1958 580710A

    Teddy Buckner (tpt), Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), Sammy Price (pno), Arvell Shaw (bs), Roy Eldridge (dms). Concert Cannes July 10 1958

    Rosetta

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Once In A While

    Originally released on Vogue. "Sweet Georgia Brown" has been re-broadcast in video form in a compilation of Jazz excerpts from French TV. Bechet does not play on

    AI Heard J.C.@ from this concert; nor - despite the claims of Ri. - does he play on "Royal Garden Blues" and "Muskrat Ramble". Luter was also at Cannes, but there is no record of any collaboration.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AVEC ANDRE REWELIOTTY & SON ORCHESTRE 580711

    probably: Guy Longnon (tpt), Jean-Louis Durand (tbn), AndrŽ RŽweliotty (clt), Sidney Bechet (sop) Eddie Bernard (pno), Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin (bs), Marcel Blanche (dms). Concert Cannes July 11 1958

    *American Rhythm

    *I Found A New Baby

    *Les Oignons

    *2 other unknown titles

    Details from Z.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ALL-STARS 580729

    Buck Clayton (tpt), Vic Dickenson (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop), George Wein (pno), Arvell Shaw (bs), Kansas Fields (dms). Concerts, World Fair Brussels July 29 - August 3 1958

    Indiana

    Society Blues

    St. Louis Blues

    In A Sentimental Mood

    All Of Me

    When The Saints

    Swanee River

    *I Found A New Baby

    *Basin St. Blues

    *South

    *Birth Of The Blues

    Originally released on Vogue. Per Rn. & Ri., first 3 issued titles from 29 July, next 4 from 3 August, rest unknown. Per D., first 6 titles from 29 July, rest probably 3 August.

     

     

     

    JAM SESSION 580803

    Sidney Bechet and his All-Stars (as above) plus Sarah Vaughan (vcl), and The International Youth Band directed by Marshall Brown: Palle Bolvig, Roger GuŽrin, Dusko Gojkovic, JosŽ Manuel Magalhais (tpts), Christian Kellens, Kurt Jarnberg, Eric Kleenschuster, Albert Mangelsdorff (tbns), Bernt Rosengre, Jan Wroblewski, Hans Salomon, Wladimiro Bas Zabache, Ronnie Ross reeds), George Gruntz (pno), Gabor Szabo (gtr), Rudolph Jacobs (bs), Gil Cuppini (dms). Concerts, World Fair. Brussels August 3 1958

    Jam Session Finale

    Originally released on Vogue. For contractual reasons, Sarah Vaughan's vocal choruses are edited out of some versions.

     

     

     

     

    SIDNEY BECHET QUINTET 581212

    Claude Gousset (tbn), Sidney Bechet (sop/vcl), Jean-Claude Pelletier (org), Alix Bret (bs), Kansas Fields (dms/vcl). Paris December 12 1958

    V7777 Silent Night

    Blues Du Papa No‘l

    V7779 Spirit Holiday (SB/KF vcl)

    V8672 White Christmas

    Les Oignons #1

    *Les Oignons #2

    Originally recorded for Vogue. The vocal effects are 'overdubbed' on "Spirit Holiday". Two takes of "Oignons" are often mentioned, however it's possible that only one exists, since some releases are edited differently. Pelletier had just recorded some tango sides for Vogue.....................

     

    Index of Musicians

     

    Addison, Bernard (gtr):

    Adler, Rudy (ten):

    Aiken, Gus (tpt): 410428

    Aldegon, Jean (alt):

    Alderhold, Olin (bs): 391122

    Alexis, Richard (bs): 450117

    Allen, Henry 'Red' (tpt): 410108

    Alvin, Danny (dms):

    Archey, Jimmy (tbn):

    Armstrong, Lil (pno/vcl): 241222A 241222B

    Armstrong, Louis (cnt/tpt/vcl): 241017A 241017B 241222A 241222B 250108B

    Arnaud, Poumi (dms):

    Ary, Jacques (alt):

    Aspar, Henri (bar):

    Asselberghs, Roger (bar): 510401

    Attenoux, Michel (sop):

    Aubert, Claude (sop): 540319

    Azzi, Christian (pno): 490510A

     

     

    Baquet, George (clt): 400617

    Badini, GŽrard (clt):

    Bailey, Buster (clt/sop): 490305B

    Bailey, Pearl (vcl): 490723

    Banks, Billy (vcl):

    Banks, Buddy (bs):

    Barbarin, Paul (dms):

    Barelli, AimŽ (tpt/ldr):

    Barker, Danny (gtr):

    Barksdale, Everett (elec-gtr):

    Basie, Count (pno): 490709?

    Bates, Bob (bs): 530902

    Bayol, GŽrard (tpt): 490516

    Bazire, Jacques (conductor): 530518

    Beatty, Josephine see Hunter, Alberta

    Bechet, Sidney (sop): 231110A 231110B 241017A 241017B 241222A 241222B 250108A 250108B 431119B

    Bechet, Sidney (clt): 241017A 241017B 431119B

    Bechet, Sidney (bar):

    Bechet, Sidney (bs): 410418 431119B

    Bechet, Sidney (dms) 410418,431119B

    Bechet, Sidney (pno):

    Bechet, Sidney (sarrusaphone): 241217

    Bechet, Sidney (speech): 420824B 431119A (interview) 450606(interview) (interview)

    Bechet, Sidney (ten): 410418 431119B

    Bechet, Sidney (vcl):

    Bechet, Sidney (whistling): 431113

    Bell, Jimmy (tpt/clt/alt): 300600

    Bellest, Christian (tpt): 530299

    Benford, Tommy (dms): 490608

    Benz, Raymond (bs):

    Bernard, Eddie (pno): 490508B 580710B

    Berry, Emmett (tpt): 560516

    Bianchini, Roland (bs): 490510A

    Bishop, Wallace (dms); 510907

    Blanche, Marcel (dms); 580710B

    Blareau, Charlie (bs):

    Blount, Walter (ten): 390300

    Blowers, Johnny (dms):

    Bocage, Peter (tpt):

    Bolling, Claude (pno):

    Bolvig, Palle (tpt): 580803

    Boone, Harvey (alt): 340815

    Bornstein, Marcel (cnt):

    Boucher, Marcel (clt): 540308

    Bouchety, Jean (bs): 490513

    Bourru, Pierre (dms): 541219

    Bowen, Billy (alt): 390300

    Bowman, Dave (pno): 381106

    Bradley, Will (tbn): 490423

    Braslavsky, Pierre (sop): 490508B

    Braud, Wellman (bs): 410913A

    Brereton, Clarence (tpt):

    Bret, Alix (bs): 581212

    Brooke, Eric (gtr): 550118

    Brooks, Harry (pno):

    Brooks, Stella (vcl): 460507

    Brown, Joe (bs): 390300

    Brown, Marshall (leader): 580803

    Brown, Ray (bs): 490423

    Brown, Vernon (tbn):

    Brun, Philippe (tpt): 530299

    Brunies, George (tbn/vcl):

    Buck, Jack (tbn): 531003

    Buckner, Teddy (tpt): 580710A

    Buma, Wybe (tpt): 550903

    Bunn, Teddy (gtr):

    Burns, Billy (tbn):

    Burrill, Chester (tbn):

    Bushkin, Joe (pno): 490305A

    Butler, Jack (tpt): 570300

    Butterfield, Billy (tpt):

    Butterfield, Erskine (pno): 370414

    Byas, Don (ten): 490515

     

     

    Caceres,Ernie(bar/clt)

    Caillaux de, Pierre (pno) 210100

    Campbell, James (vcl) 520121

    Carney, Harry (bar) 461026

    Carter, Billy (pno) 400617

    Carter, Jack (dms)

    Carter, Lavaida (vcl) 340815

    Cary, Dick (tpt/alto horn/pno)

    Casey, Bill (dms) 390300

    Casey, Bob (bs) 450210

    Catlett,Sidney'Big Sid' (dms)

    Caturegli, Alex (tpt)

    Cauldwell, 'Happy' (ten) 390914

    Chaix, Henri (pno)

    Christian, Narcisse 'Buddy' (bjo) 231110A 231110B 231114 241017A 241017B 241222A 241222B 250108A 250108B 250304

    Christie, Ian (clt) 491113

    Christie, Keith (tbn) 491113

    Clarke, Kenny (dms/vibes)

    Clayton, Buck (tpt)

    Clooney, Rosemary (vcl) 490305A 490312

    Coffrant, AndrŽ (speech) 530000

    Cole, Cozy (dms) 481019

    Coles, Edward (bs)

    Coleman, Bill (tpt) 491020

    Collucci, Tony (gtr)

    Columbus, Christopher (dms/ldr) 390000

    Condon, Eddie (gtr/leader/speech)

    Cousin Joe see Pleasant Joe

    Cousineau, Cuz (dms) 530902

    Coxcito, Manfred (alt) 210100

    Crawford, Jimmy (dms) 490124

    Crawford, Rosetta (vcl) 231005

    Cuinet, Robert (alt)

    Culley, Wendell (tpt)

    Cuppini, Gil (dms) 580803

    Cutshall,'Cutty' (tbn) 490305A

     

     

    Dallolmo, Daniel (ten)

    D'Amico, Hank (clt) 450210

    Daniels, Douglas (vcl) 450829

    David, Jacques (dms)

    Davis, Miles (tpt) 490515

    Davison, Wild Bill (cnt)

    Dean, Demus (tpt)

    DeFatto, Guy (bs) 490516

    Delange, Jean (dms) 510401

    De Lisle Nelson, Louis 'Big Eye' see Nelson

    Delvi, Paul (dms) 300600

    De Paris, Sidney (tpt)

    De Paris, Wilbur (tbn/vcl) 490305B

    Dervaux, Pierre (tpt/cnt)

    D'Halluin, Zozo (bs) 580710B

    Dickenson, Vic (tbn/vcl) 580710A

    Diehl, Ray (tbn) 490323

    Dixon, Ray (pno) 461201

    Dodds, Warren 'Baby' (dms)

    Donaldson, Don (pno)

    Dorham, Kenny (tpt) 490515

    Dorsser, Kees van (tpt) 510508

    Dorsey, Jimmy (clt) 450224

    Dorsey, Tommy (tbn)

    Dougherty, Eddie (dms) 441221

    Douglas, Louis (dance) 300600

    Drootin, Buzzy (dms) 531025

    Droz, Raymond (tbn) 540319

    Dubois, Paul (bs) 510401

    Dudley, Jimmy (alt) 461201

    Dufour, Eric Bibus (tbn): 570300

    Dukes of Iron (vcl) 490608

    Duncan, Hank (pno)

    Dunn, Johnny (cnt)

    Duquesne, Ralph (alt)

    Durand, Jean-Louis (tbn) 510907 ? 580710B

     

     

    Edwards, Bart (bs) 461000

    Edwards, Eddie (tbn) 461026

    Eldridge, Roy (dms) 580710A

    Ellington, Duke (pno) 240700

    Englin, Maureen (vcl) 240500

    Epstein, Jack (tbn)

    Ethridge, Frank (gtr)

    Evans, Alfred (clt)

    Ewell, Don (pno) 490212

     

     

    Fawkes, Wally (clt)

    Feugeeze, Bob (pno) 500218

    Fields, Kansas (dms/vcl)

    Finch, Otis (ten) 470128

    Fol, Raymond (pno/celeste)

    Fonsque, Raymond (tbn) 540307

    Foster, George 'Pops' (bs)

    Foucault, Pierre (pno)

    Fourmanoir, Jean (ten)

    Franc, RenŽ (clt) 490508B

    Freeman, Bud (ten)

    Frye, Don (pno) 391125? 400121?

    Fullbright, Richard (bs) 380526

    Fuller, Bob (alt) 250717

    Furrer, Georges (bs): 541219

     

     

    "Gabriel" (tpt) 300600

    GalŽpids,'Moustache'(dms/vcl)490510A

    Gay, Georges (tpt)

    Giacardo, Antoine (bs)

    Glasel, Johnny (cnt) 470714

    Gojkovic, Dusko (tpt) 580803

    Goodie, Frank 'Big Boy' (ten) 491020

    Goodwin, Henry (tpt/vcl) 420824A 490608

    Gordon, Wally (dms) 490212

    Gousset, Claude (tbn) 581212

    Gowans, Brad (v-tbn)

    Grainger, Porter (pno) 250717

    Grant, Leola B. 'Coot' (vcl)

    Greenlee & Drayton (vcl-duet) 230000

    Greer, Sonny (dms) 240700

    Gruntz, George (pno) 580803

    GuŽrin, Christian (tbn) 580704

    GuŽrin, Roger (tpt)

    Guy, Fred (bjo) 240700

     

     

     

    Hackett, Bobby (cnt)

    Hadjo, Georges (bs): 530526

    Hall, Edmond (clt)

    Hall, Herbie (clt) 560516

    Hardin, Lil see Armstrong, Lil

    Hardwick, Otto (alt) 240700

    Harris, Bill (tbn) 470128

    Haughton, Chauncey (alt)

    Hayes, Clancy (bjo) 531003

    Helmy, Saade (clt): 541219

    Heywood, Donald (ldr) 390000

    Heard, J.C. (dms) 410108,

    Henderson, Fletcher (pno) 470128

    Herbert, Arthur (dms)

    Higginbotham, J.C. (tbn)

    Higuera, Fred (dms) 531003

    Hill, Howard (gtr) 340815

    Hines, Earl (pno)

    Hobson, Gerard (dms) 420824A

    Hodes, Art (pno)

    Holdt, Hans (bs) 300600

    Hollaender, Friedrich (pno) 300600

    Holmes, Harold (bs) 400617

    Horne, Ellis (clt) 531003

    Horne, Lena (vcl) 360311

    Hot, Johnny (pno) 510401

    Howard, Charlie (elec-gtr)

    Hucko, Peanuts (clt/ten) 490305A

    Hug, Roland (tpt)

    Hulin, Bernard (tpt)

    Hunter, Alberta (vcl) 241222A 241222B

     

     

     

    Ingrand, Jean-Marie (bs): 570300

    Irvis, Charlie (tbn) 231110A 240700 241017A 241017B 241217 241222A 241222B 250108B 250304

     

     

    Jackson, Chubby (bs) 490221

    Jackson, Cliff (pno)

    Jackson, Mike (pno) 250717

    Jackson, Rudy (alt)

    Jacobs, Rudolph (bs) 580803

    James, Elmer (bs) 381128

    Janarro, Mario (pno)

    Jarnberg, Kurt (tbn) 580803

    Jean-Jean, Paul (alt)

    Jeffries, Herb (vcl) 400906B

    Johnson, Bunk (tpt)

    Johnson, George (ten) 530299

    Johnson, James P. (pno)

    Johnson, Lem (ten) 410428

    Johnson, Manzie (dms) 410913A

    Johnson, Margaret (vcl) 231019 250108A

    Jones, Claude (tbn/vcl)

    Jones, Jimmy (bs) 360311,

    Jones, Jo (dms) 381223

    Jones, Jonah (tpt) 490305A

    Jones, Wilmore 'Slick' (dms)

    Jospin, Mowgli (tbn) 490510A 491015

    Jourdan, AndrŽ (dms)

    June, Jacky (alt) 510401

     

     

     

    Kaiser, Clarence (pno) 390300

    Kaminsky, Max (cnt)

    Kara(kosian), Roger (gtr) 490508B

    Karthy, Paul (gtr) 510401

    Kellens, Christian (tbn) 580803

    Keller, Greta (vcl) 300600

    Keppard, Louis (gtr) 440624

    Kersey, Kenny (pno)

    Kesber, Dim (clt)

    Kingdom Choir, The (vcl) 490305A 490312

    Kirchstein, Harald M. (gtr) 300600

    Kirk, Wilbert (dms)

    Kirkpatrick, Don (pno) 511105

    Kleenschuster, Eric (tbn) 580803

    Kolstee, Wim (tbn)

     

     

    Ladnier, Tommy (tpt)

    Lammi, Dick (bs) 531003

    Langue, Albert (tpt) 540308

    Lascelles, Gerald (pno) 510910

    Lawson, Yank (tpt) 450210

    Layton, Skippy (ten) 461000

    Leclerc, Hector (bjo) 540308

    Leeman, Cliff (dms)

    Leeuwen, Joop van (bjo) 510508

    Lesberg, Jack (bs) Levine, Henry (tpt)

    Levine, Nat (dms)

    Levitt, Al (dms) 570312

    Lewis, Charlie (pno)

    Lewis, Meade Lux (pno) 390608

    Liesse, Jean (tpt)

    Lighart, Arie (gtr/bjo) 550908

    Lindsay, John (bs) 400906B

    Liston, Virginia (vcl) 240110 241017B

    Lomax, Lawrence (vcl) 231110A

    Longnon, Guy (tpt/tbn) 580710B

    Lucie, Lawrence (gtr) 390914

    Lugg, George (tbn) 450121

    Luter, Claude (clt/speech)490510A

    Lyttleton, Humphrey (tpt) 491113

     

     

     

    Madera, Oscar (vln)

    Magalhais,JosŽ Manuel (tpt) 580803

    Mangelsdorff, Albert (tbn) 580803

    Manone, Wingy (tpt0 471011

    Marsala, Joe (clt) 381105

    Marsala, Marty (cnt/tpt)

    Marshall, Kaiser (dms) ?

    Marthaler, RenŽ (dms) 540319

    Martin, Sara (vcl)

    Masselier, Alf (bs) 490508B

    Mastren, Carmen (gtr)

    Matthieu, Ralph (tbn) 540308

    Mauclaire, Jean (tpt)

    Maxey, Billy (vcl) 320915

    Mayer, Ray (pno) 461000

    Mayfield, John (tbn) 231110B 231114

    McGarity, Lou (tbn)

    McKendrick, Mike (bjo) 300600

    McPartland, Jimmy (cnt) 490326

    Merkt, Arie (dms) 510508

    Merlin, Pierre (cnt) 490510A

    Mezzrow, Milton 'Mezz' (clt/ten/speak)

    Michelot, Pierre (bs)

    Mielke, Bob (tbn) 470714

    Migiani, Armand (bar)

    Miley, Bubber (cnt) 250108A

    Miller, Jimmy (gtr)

    Miller, Max (pno) 441008

    Minor, Dan (tbn) 381223

    Molinetti, Armand (dms) 520121

    Moody, James (ten) 490515

    Moore, Freddie (dms/vcl)

    Moore, Monette (vcl) 461026

    Moore, 'Big Chief' Russell (tbn)

    Morand, Morris (dms) 320915

    Morr, Skip (tbn) 530902

    Morris, Thomas (cnt)

    Morton, Benny (tbn)

    Morton, 'Jelly Roll' (pno/vcl) 390914

    Motta, Arthur (dms) 580516

    Moynahan, Jim (clt) 461026

    Myers, Ernest Wilson (bs/vcl) ? 391230?

     

     

     

    Nanton, Joe 'Tricky Sam' (tbn) 250717

    Nelson, 'Big Eye' Louis de Lisle (clt/speech)

    Newton, Frankie (tpt)

    Nicholas, Albert (clt)

    Nixon, Teddy (tbn) 320915

    Norman, Gene (speech) 531003

     

     

    Osterwald, Hazy (vibes) 490515

    Oven, Bob van (bs)

     

     

    Pacout, Michel (dms) 490508B

    Page, Oran 'Hot Lips' (tpt/vcl)

    Page, Walter (bs)

    Paquinet, AndrŽ (tbn)

    Paquinet, Guy (tbn)

    Paraboschi, Roger (dms)

    Parenti, Tony (clt) 461026

    Parker, Charlie (alt)

    Parker,Ray(pno)

    Pasquall, Jerome Don (alt)

    Pastor, Tony (vcl) 481019

    Patent, Harry (bs)

    Peck, Nat (tbn)

    Peiffer, Bernard (pno)

    Pelletier, Jean Claude (organ) 581212

    Perez, Manuel (speech) 440600

    Persiany, AndrŽ (pno)

    Petit, LŽo (gtr)

    Peyton, Benny (dms) 210100

    Philippe, Claude (tpt/tbn/pno/bjo) 490510A

    Philips, Lloyd (pno)

    Picou, Alphonse (clt/speech)

    Pinckney, Lloyd (pno)

    Pleasant Joe (vcl) 450731

    Pochonnet, GŽrard (dms)

    Potter, Tommy (bs) 490515

    Price, Sammy (pno) 580710A

    Proteau, Tony (ldr)

     

     

    Quersin, Beno”t (bs) 540922

     

     

    Rabanit, Claude (tpt) 480510A

    Redman, Don (clt/sop/alt) 250304

    Reid, John D. (speech) 431119A 440600

    Reinhardt, Bill (clt) 490212

    RŽweliotty, AndrŽ (clt)

    Rich, Buddy (dms)

    Richards, Red (pno)

    Roach, Max (dms) 490515

    Roane, Kenneth (tpt) 391122

    Romance, Viviane (vcl) 550600

    Romano, Joe (gtr)

    Rose, Wally (pno) 531003

    Rosengre, Berndt (reeds) 580803

    Ross, AndrŽ (ten)

    Ross, Ronnie (bar) 580803

    Rostaing, Hubert (clt) 490515

    Russell, Luis (pno) 400527

    Russell, Pee Wee (clt)

    St Clair, Cyrus (bbs) 470426

    St. GŽry, Yannick see SingŽry, Yannick

    Salomon, Hans (reeds) 580803

    Sandy, Herman (tpt) 510401

    Santiago, Willie (speech) 440600

    Sapiro, Henry (bjo) 210100

    Sargent, Jo (vcl) 300600

    Sasson, Jean-Pierre (gtr) 490516

    Saward, Bernard (dms) 491113

    Sbarbaro, Tony see Spargo, Tony

    Schilperoort, Peter (clt)

    Schrier, Joop (pno)

    Schroeder, Gene (pno)

    Scobey, Bob (tpt) 531003

    Sebastian, 'Stubby' (bs) ?391125 ?391230

    Sedric, Gene (clt/ten)

    Shapiro, Art (bs) 381105

    Sharpe, Eva (vcl) 390300

    Shavers, Charlie (tpt) 380526 10913A

    Shaw, Arvell (bs) 580707 580710A

    Sherock, Shorty (tpt) 490221

    Sherwood, Bobby (tpt) 461000

    Shirley, Jimmy (elec-gtr) 451215

    Simino, Marcel (tpt)

    Simms, Micky (bs)

    SingŽry, Yannick (pno/celeste)

    Singleton, Zutty (dms/vcl)

    Sissle, Noble (vcl/ldr)

    Smith, Bessie (vcl) 230100

    Smith, George (vln) 210100

    Smith, Jabbo (tpt) 390300

    Smith, Ken (dms)

    Smith, Mamie (vcl) 230805

    Smith, Trixie (vcl) 380526

    Smith, Willie 'The Lion' (pno)

    Snaer, Albert (tpt) 490131

    Snick, Marcel van (pno) 540308

    Soen, Louis (ten)

    Solal, Martial (pno)

    Sorenson, Art (pno) 240500

    Spanier, 'Muggsy' (cnt)

    Spargo, Tony (dms/kazoo) 461026

    Speed, Sam (bjo) 250717

    Spencer, O'Neil (dms/vcl)

    Stacy,Jess(pno)

    Stern, Geo (dms) 540308

    Stevenson, George (tbn) 560516

    Stewart, Rex (cnt) 400906B

    Strong, Danny (dms) 470714

    Sullivan, Joe (pno)

    Sutton, Ralph (pno) 490305B

    Szabo, Gabor (gtr) 580803

     

     

    Taylor, Eva (vcl) 231110A 241217 250108B 250304

    Teagarden, Jack (tbn) 441216

    Thall, Sid (bs) 490212

    ThŽvenoz, Mike (dms)

    Thibaud, Gilles (tpt)

    Thielemans, Jean 'Toots' (gtr) 490515

    Thompson, Aaron (tbn) 241128 250108A

    Thompson,George(dms)

    Thompson, Lloyd (bs) 570312

    Todd, Clarence (vcl) 241222B

    Tolliver, James (alt/ten/pno/arr)

    Traeger, Charlie (bs) 470714 490305B 500218

    Trappier, Art (dms)

    Tucker, Bobby (pno) 490604

    Turner, Henry (bs) 381106

    Two Fish-Mongers (vcl-duet) 381106

     

     

    Usera, Ramon (ten)

     

     

    Vasseur, Benny (tbn)

    Vallis, Buddy (bjo) 491113

    Vaughan, Sarah (vcl) 580803

    Venucci, Larry (pno) 530902

    Verstraete, Fernand (tpt)

    ViŽnot, Christian (tbn)

    Vooren, Monique van (vcl) 550000

    Wallace, Sippie (vcl)

    Ward, Helen (vcl) 490319

    Ward, Herb (bs) 500401

    Ware, Leonard (elec-gtr) 381106

    Ware, Munn (tbn)

    Warney, Leo (dms) 391122

    Webb, George (pno) 491113

    Weed, Buddy (pno) 530825

    Wein, George (pno)

    Weiss, Sid (bs)

    Wellstood, Dick (pno)

    Westendorp, AndrŽ (dms/cnt) 550903

    Weston, Fitz (pno)

    Wettling, George (dms) 490305B

    White, Gil (clt/ten)

    White, Josh (gtr/vcl) 400307

    White, Sonny (pno) 391125? ? 400205

    Wilber, Bob (clt/sop)

    Williams, Clarence (pno/vcl) 231110A 231110B 231114 241017A 241017B 250108A 250108B 250304

    Williams, Ernie (bs) 540308

    Williams, Johnny (bs) 390608

    Williams, Sandy (tbn)

    Williams, Shorty (dms) 400617

    Williamson, Ernest (bs)

    Wilson, Teddy (pno) 490312

    Wilson, Wesley 'Sox' (pno/vcl)

    Windhurst,Johnny(cnt)450410,

    Wittwer, Johnny (pno) 530902

    Woode, Jimmy (bs) 531025

    Wright, John (bs) 491113

    Wroblewski, Jan (reeds) 580803

     

    Yaged, Sol (clt) 490221

     

    Zabache, Wladimiro Bas (reeds) 580803

    Zacharias, Bernard (tbn/vcl)

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    Index of Compositions

     

    Bechet compositions are underlined

    Anonymous or unmemorable blues, boogies,'impromptus', themes in/out not included

    Missing composer info:

    Baby, I'd Love to Steal You

    Blues at Moonrise

    Blues at Sunrise

    Call Of The Blues

    Call of the Wild

    Carmen Ave. Special

    Dear Mom

    Front Page Ball

    Gentleman is a Dope

    Happy Feet

    Hobson St. Blues

    Homeward Bound

    In a Cafe

    Liberty St. Stomp

    Makin

    = Eyes

    Porto Rico

    Travellin' Blues

     

     

     

    Achin' Hearted Blues (Johnson,S.Williams,C.Williams) 230827

    After You've Gone (Creamer,Layton)

    A Moi De Payer (Bechet)

    Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller,Razaf,Brooks)

    Ain

    =t She Sweet (Yellen,Ager,Milton) 490723

    Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin)

    Alice Blue Gown (Tierney,McCarthy) 450605

    All Alone (Berlin)

    All Of Me (Simon,Marks)

    All The Things You Are (Kern,Hammerstein)

    Alligator Crawl (Waller,Razaf.Davis) 490604

    Always (Berlin)

    American Rhythm (Bechet)

    Amour Perdu (Bagdasarian,Rouzaud) 570626

    Ange Comme Ca, Un (Magenta,Hortis) 550208

    Anita's Birthday (Bechet) 491015

    Apex Blues (Noone) 510907

    Apple Blues 491115

    Argonne Stomp (Jackson) 490326

    As Long As I Live (Arlen,Koehler) 460507

    As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) 490312

    As-Tu Le Cafard (Bechet)

    At A Georgia Camp Meeting (Mills) 500427

    At Sundown (Donaldson) 450517

    At The Log Cabin.... see "Georgia Cabin"

    At The Jazz Band Ball (LaRocca,Shields)

    Atlanta Blues (Handy,Elman) 230801

    Au Clair De La Lune (trad. French) 521105

    Au Secours (Bechet) 570323

    Aubergines, Poivrons Et Sauce Tomate (Bechet) 580704

    Avalon (Jolson,Rose)

     

     

    Baba Rhumba (trad) 391122

    Baby, I Can't Use You No More (Wallace,Thomas) 241128

    Baby, I'd Love To Steal You (unknown) 420824

    Baby I'm Cutting Out (Mezzrow,Daniels) 450829

    Baby Won't You Please Come Home (S.Williams,Warfield)

    Baby's Prayer (trad) 521007

    Back Home (Bechet) 560516

    Back Home Again In Indiana.........see "Indiana"

    Back O'Town Blues (Armstrong,Russell) 450117

    Bad Bad Baby Blues (Mezzrow,Wilson) 450731

    Bagatelle (Bechet) 570323

    Ballin' The Jack (Smith,Burris)

    Bandana Days (Sissle,Blake,van Tilzer) 370414

    Basement Blues, The (Handy) 310421

    Basin St. Blues (S.Williams,Plante)

    Bateau Fluvial, Le...... see

    ARiverboat Shuffle@

    Because Of You (Wilkinson,Hammerstein) 520121

    Bechet Parades The Blues (Bechet) 431209

    Bechet's Creole Blues (Bechet) 491015

    Bechet's Fantasy (Bechet) 460212

    Bechet's Steady Rider (Bechet)400327

    Begin The Beguine (Porter) 450612

    Belle Germaine, La (trad) 391122

    Besame Mucho (Wilke,Velasquez,Skylar) 441008

    Big Wig in the Wigwam (Bradley,Case,Alexander) 391230

    Bidon, Le (traditional French)560629

    Big Butter & Egg Man (Venable,Armstrong) 521007

    Big Chief (Bechet)

    Bill Bailey, Won't You PLease Come Home (Cannon,McGlennon) 501009

    Birth Of The Blues (DeSylva,Brown,Henderson)

    Black & Blue (Waller,Razaf,Brooks)

    Black Bottom (De Sylva,Brown,Henderson)

    Blackstick (Bechet) 380210

    Blame It On My Last Affair ..... see

    ABlame It On The Blues@

    Blame It On The Blues (Cooke) 460212

    Blind Man Blues (Green,McLaurin) 230801

    Blood On The Moon (Mezzrow,Page) 450730

    Blue Bells, Goodbye (trad) 450403

    Blue For You Johnny (Bechet,Barnes,Nelson) 400906

    Blue Horizon (Bechet) 441220

    Blue Lou (Sampson) 450410,500524

    Blue Monday Up On Sugar Hill (Wilson) 380526

    Blue Room (Rodgers,Hart) 521007

    Blue Skies (Berlin)

    Blue Turning Grey Over You (Waller,Razaf) 470524

    Blues And Freud, The (Mezzrow) 471219

    Blues At Moonrise (unknown)

    Blues At Sunrise (unknown) 441008

    Blues Dans Le Blues (Bechet)

    Blues De Mes Rves,Le (Bechet,Aznavour)

    Blues Du Papa Noel (Bechet) 581212

    Blues Festival '58 (Bechet)580704

    Blues (from "La Nuit Est Une Sorcire") (Bechet) 520121

    Blues For Tommy Ladnier (improvisation) 390608

    Blues In My Heart (Carter)

    Blues In Paris (Bechet)

    Blues In The Air (Bechet)

    Blues In The Cave (Bechet) 510504

    Blues In The Night (Arlen,Mercer) 530200

    Blues In Thirds (Hines) 400906

    Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (Swanstone,McCarron,Morgan) 511105

    Blues Of Bechet (Bechet) 410418

    Blues Of The Roaring Twenties (Mezzrow) 471220

    Bonjour Paris (Kosma,Carco) 560201

    Boogie Woogie Cocktail (Kersey) 500401

    Bowin' The Blues (Bechet,Mezzrow) 450829

    Box Car Shorty (Bechet) 490608

    Brave Margot (Brassens) 530528

    Bravo (Bechet) 580704

    Breathless Blues (Bechet,Mezzrow) 460918

    Broken Windmill,The (Bechet) 490608

    Buddy Bolden Blues (Morton) 390914

    Buddy Bolden Stomp (Bechet)

    Buddy Bolden Story (Bechet) 491015

    Bugle Blues (trad) 470217,531025

    Bugle Call Rag (Pettis,Meyers,Schoebel)

    But Not For Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 490305

     

    C-Jam Blues (Ellington)

    Ca Pique ˆ Haiti (trad) 391122

    Cake Walking Babies [Back Home] (C.Williams,Smith,Troy)

    Call Of The Blues (...) 451215

    Call Of The Wild (....) 490312

    Cane De Jeanne,La (Brassens) 530528

    Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Kern,Hammerstein) 450410

    Caravan (Ellington,Tizol,Mills) 450503

    Careless Love (trad)

    Carmen Avenue Special No. 1 (unknown) 441008

    Casbah (Bechet) 490131

    Casey Jones (trad)

    Cast Away (Brown,Easton,Stewart) 250304

    Caution Blues.....see "Blues In Thirds"

    Ce Mossieu Qui Parle (Bechet) 491015

    Ce N'est Que Votre Main Madame (Erwan,Lelivre,Rouvray,Varna) 570226

    Ce Nous Mme (trad) 391122

    Chacun A Sa Chance (Bechet,Bonifay)

    Chant Des Canons, Le (Weill,Mauprey) 540311

    Chant In The Night (Bechet) 381106

    Chante, Chante (Bechet) 540311

    Characteristic Blues (Bechet,Sissle) 370416

    Charleston (Johnson,Mack)

    Cherry (Redman,Gilbert) 500524

    Chicago Blues (Bechet) 451209

    Chicago Function (Mezzrow) 471218

    China Boy (Winfree,Boutelje)

    Chinatown My Chinatown (Schwartz,Jerome)

    Clarinet Marmalade (Shields,Ragas)

    Cliff's Boogie Woogie (Jackson) 441221

    Coal Black Shine (Bechet,Reid) 410108

    Coal Cart Blues (Armstrong,Hardin) 400527

    Coffee Grinder,The....see "Moulin A CafŽ"

    Colline du Delta (Bechet) 560300

    Colonel Bogey March (trad) 391122

    Complainte De Mackie,La (Weill,Brecht) 540311

    Complainte Des Infidles, La (Van Parys)

    Confessin'.... see "I'm Confessin'"

    Copenhagen (Davis,Melrose) 500419

    Coquette (Lombardo,Green,Kahn) 490516

    Coquin De Bou Bou (Bechet,Bonifay)

    Coup De Cafard,Un (Bechet)

    Crazy Rhythm (Meyer,Kahn,Caesar)

     

    Danse du Coton (Bechet) 560300

    Danse Ensemble (trad) 391122

    Dans Les Rues D'Antibes (Bechet) Danses De Chez Nous (trad) 391122

    Dardanella (Fisher,Bernard,Black)

    Darktown Strutters' Ball (Brooks)

    Darling Nelly Gray (trad)

    Days Beyond Recall (Bechet) 450310

    Dear Mom (unknown) 431209

    Dear Old Southland (Creamer,Layton)

    Delta Mood (Bechet,Mezzrow) 471220

    Deluxe Stomp (Bechet,Mezzrow)

    Diane (trad) 391122

    Diggin' From The Bottom (Bechet) 420827

    Dinah (Akst,Young,Lewis)

    Ding Dong Daddy .... see "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy"

    Dipppermouth Blues (Oliver,Armstrong,Melrose)

    Dirty Dragon Blues (unknown) 520100

    Done Made A Fool Out Of Me (Delaney) 250108

    Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (DeLange,Alter)

    Don't Fence Me In (Porter) 450503

    Don't Get Around Much Any More (Ellington,Russell) 450203

    Down By The Old Mill Stream (Taylor,Grassi)

    Down Home Rag (Sweatman,Brown) 501009

    Down In Honky-Tonk Town (Smith,McCarron) 400527

    Down On The Levee Blues (Miller) 231005

    Dutch Swing College Blues (Bechet)

     

    E-Flat Blues (Morris,C.Williams) 231019

    Early Ev'ry Mornin' (trad) 241222

    Early In The Morning (Higgins,Overstreet) 241017

    Easy Rider (Rainey) 450503,491015

    Echalottes,Les....see "Les Oignons"

    Ecoutez Le Trombone (Castel,Casti) 570626

    Egyptian Fantasy (Bechet,Reid)

    El Doudou (Bechet,Bonifay,Hourdeaux)

    Elisabeth (Bechet) 530528

    Embraceable You (G. & I. Gershwin)

    En Attendant Le Jour (Bechet) 510504

    Encha”nŽe D'Amour,L' (Bechet,Josipovici,Robineau)

    Everybody Loves My Baby (S.Williams,Palmer)

    Everybody Loves Saturday Night (Brown,Bonifay) 551224

    Evil Gal Blues (Wilson,Mezzrow) 460918

    Exactly Like You (Fields,McHugh)

     

    Farewell Blues (Ropollo,Schoebel,Mares) 470324

    Fat Mama Blues (Wilson,Mezzrow) 460918

    Festival Blues (Bechet) 490516

    Fidgety Feet (LaRocca,Shields)

    Fish Seller, The....see "Marchand De Poissons"

    Fish Vendor, The....see "Marchand De Poissons"

    Foolin' Me (Bechet,Simmons) 240500

    Forgotten Harmony ....see "Old School"

    Fossoyeur,Le (Brassens) 530528

    Four Or Five Times (Hellman,Gay)

    Francis Blues (Bechet)

    Frankie & Johnny (trad)

    Freight Train Blues (Dorsey,Murphy) 380526

    Friars Point Shuffle (Condon) 470101

    Front Page Ball (.......) 490423

    Funky Butt (Mezzrow) 471220

     

    Georgia Cabin (Bechet,Caroley)

    Gentleman Is A Dope (.......) 490319

    Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael,Gorrell)

    Ghost Of The Blues (Bechet,Brymn) 520118

    Girl's Dance (from "La Nuit Est Une Sorcire") (Bechet) 520121

    Going Way Down Home (Bechet) 491105

    Gone Away Blues (Bechet,Mezzrow) 450830

    Gone With The Wind (Magidson,Wrubel) 490604

    Got It And Gone (Bechet) 451209

    Got The Bench,Got The Park (Lewis,Sherman,Phillips) 310224

    Graveyard Dream Blues (Cox) 231011

    Green Gal Can't Catch On, A (Martin,C,Williams) 231011

    Groovin' The Minor (Mezzrow) 460918

    Gypsy Love Song (Bechet) 570626

     

    Halle Hallelujah (Bechet)

    Haou Haou Cou Cou (Bechet)

    Happy Feet (...) 490604

    Happy Go Lucky Blues (Bechet) 491020

    Harlem's Araby (Grainger,Trent,Waller) 250717

    He May Be Your Man (Bradford,Fowler) 380526

    Hear That Trumpet (Bechet) 461000

    Hey Daddy Blues (Mezzrow,Wilson) 460918

    High Society (Steele,Melrose)

    Hindustan (Weeks,Wallace) 500427

    Hobson St. Blues (...) 490604

    Hold Tight (Spottswood,Brandow) 381106

    Homeward Bound (....) 490806

    Hommes Sont GŽnŽreux,Les (Bechet,Josipovici,Robineau)

    Honeysuckle Rose (Waller,Razaf)

    Hotter Than That (Hardin) 490709

    House Party (Mezzrow) 450730

    House Rent Blues (DeKoven,Thompson) 231114

    Hucklebuck, The (Alfred,Gibson) 490723

    Humoresque (Dvorak) 431120

     

    I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll-see"Jelly Roll"

    I Ain't Got Nobody (Williams,Graham)

    I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (McHugh,Gaskill)

    I Can't Get Started (I.Gershwin,Duke)

    I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Fields,McHugh) 521100

    I Cried For You (Freed,Amheim,Lyman) 441000

    I Don't Know Where I'm Going (Blues) (Bechet) 431119A 551019

    I Found A New Baby (S.Williams,Palmer)

    I Get A Kick Out Of You (Porter) 520121

    I Got Rhythm (G. & I. Gershwin)

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Arlen,Koehler)

    I Got You Some (Mezzrow) 471220

    I Had It But It's All Gone Now (Bechet)

    I Keep Calling Your Name (Bechet) 440614

    I Know That You Know (Youmans,Cauldwell)

    I Must Have My Boogie (Mezzrow) 471220

    I Never Knew (Kahn,Fiorito)

    I Only Have Eyes For You (Warren,Dubin) 570312

    I Take To You (Rose) 360311

    I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say......see "Buddy Bolden Blues"

    I Told You Once (Irby,Hill) 491113

    I Want Some (Mezzrow) 471219

    I Want You Tonight (Bechet,Maxey) 320915

    I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate... see "Sister Kate"

    I Wish I Was In Heaven a-sittin' Down (Bechet) 431119A

    I Wonder Who Made Rhythm (Sissle) 360311

    Ich Lass Mir Meinen Kšrper Schwarz Bepinseln (Hollaender,Waxman) 300600

    If I Could Be With You (Johnson,Creamer) 400406

    If Ever You Go To Paris......see "Bonjour Paris"

    If I Let You Get Away With It (Rose,Frost) 231019

    I'll Never Be The Same (Malneck,Signorelli,Kahn) 460507

    I'll Take That New Orleans Music (DeParis) 500427

    I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (Baxter) 530825

    I'm A Little Blackbird... (Clarke,Turk,Meyer,Johnston) 241217

    I'm A Little Piece Of leather (Brooks) 460507

    I'm A Woman..... see "You Can't Do That To Me"

    I'm Comin' Virginia (Cook,Heywood)

    I'm Confessin' (Dougherty, Reynolds,Neiburg)

    I

    =m Crazy >Bout My Baby (Waller,Hill) 490521

    I'm Going Away From Here (Mezzrow) 471220

    I'm Just Wild About Harry (Sissle,Blake,van Tilzer) 370414

    I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin (C.Williams) 241202

    I'm Sorry I Made You Cry (Clesi) 450410

    I'm Speaking My Mind (Mezzrow) 471219

    I'm Through, Goodbye (Bechet,Simmons) 490608

    I'm Up ....see "Kaiser's Last Break"

    In A CafŽ On The Road To Calais (unknown) 310224

    In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington,Mills) 580729

    In Harlem's Araby.... see "Harlem's Araby"

    In The Groove (Bechet) 510504

    Incantation du Fleuve (Bechet) 560300

    Indian Love Call (Friml,Hammerstein,Harbach)

    Indian Summer (Herbert,Dubin)

    Indiana (Hanley,McDonald)

    Inside The Windmill (Broken Windmill) (Bechet) 431119A

    Irresistible Blues (Jefferson) 230929

    Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (Austin,Jordan) 441000

    It Don't Mean A Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing(Ellington,Mills) 570617

    It Had To Be You (Kahn,Jones) 491105

    I've Found a New Baby..... see "I Found..."

    I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues (Brown,Haney,King) 230811

     

    Jackass Blues (Stitzel,Kassel) 450121

    Jack I'm Mellow (Gundy,House) 380526

    Jacqueline (Bechet) 530528

    Ja-Da (Carleton)

    J'ai Deux Amours (Scotto) 570226

    Jail House Blues (Smith,C.Williams) 240110

    Jazz Me Blues (Delaney)

    Jazzin' Babies Blues (Jones) 230929

    Jeepers Creepers (Warren,Mercer)

    Jelly Roll (C.Williams,S.Williams)

    Jelly Roll Blues (Morton)

    J'en ai Marre (Yvain,Willemetz,Arnoult)

    Joint Is Jumpin

    =, The (Waller,Razaf,Johnson) 490604

    Joshua Fit De Battle O' Jericho (trad) 490323

    Jumpin'Jack (Bechet)

    Jungle Drums (Bechet,Singleton) 381106

    Junk Bucket Blues (Grainger) 250717

    Just Blues (Bechet,Mezzrow) 461201

    Just One Of Those Things (Porter)

     

    Kaiser's Last Break (Mezzrow) 471219

    Kansas City Man Blues (C.Williams,Johnson)

    Kerry Dancers, The (trad) 410317

    Kicking Like A Kangaroo....see "Bad Bad Baby Blues"

    Kind, Dein Mund Ist Musik (Hollaender,Waxman) 300600

    King Porter Stomp (Morton,Robin,Burke) 510508

    Klook's Blues (Bechet) 491020

     

    Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin)

    Lady Luck Blues (Webber, C.Williams) 230805

    Lastic (Bechet)

    Laughin' In Rhythm (Bechet) 411014

    Laura (Mercer,Raskin)

    Lay Your Racket (Bechet,Maxey) 320915

    Layin' My Rules In Blues (Mezzrow,Wilson) 450731

    Lazy River (Carmichael,Arodin)

    Leilie (Lemel,Dales) 540311

    Levee Blues (Mezzrow,Wilson) 450731

    Liberty Street Stomp (unknown) 441008

    Limehouse Blues (Braham,Furber)

    Liza (G. & I. Gershwin,Kahn) 390000

    Lonesome....see "Si Tu Vois Ma Mre"

    Lonesome Blues (Hardin) 400327

    Lonesome Road (Shilkret,Austin) 540922

    Lonesome Woman Blues (Peyton) 231005

    Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat (trad) 450310

    Louisiana (Razaf,Schafer,Johnson) 490305

    Loup, La Biche Et Le Chevalier,Le (Salvador,Pon) 521105

    Love For Sale (Porter)

    Love Me With A Feeling (Bechet) 490608

    Loveless Love (Handy,S.Williams)

     

    Mack The Knife....see La Complainte De Mackie

    Madame BŽcassine (Bechet) 501009

    Magic Islands (trad)391122

    Make Believe.... see "Only Make Believe"

    Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (trad) 400604

    Makin

    = Eyes (...) 490723

    Mamie's Blues ....see "2.19 Blues"

    Man I Love, The (G. & I.Gershwin) 570312

    Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (Clarke,Turk,Meyer,Johnston)

    Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)

    Marchand De Poissons,Le (Bechet,Bonifay)

    Margie (Robinson,Davis,Conrad) 491105

    Marie (Berlin)

    Maryland (My Maryland) (trad)

    Mayotte (trad) 391122

    Mean Blues (Smythe,Gilham) 231114

    Medley Of Parodies (various) 431209

    Memphis Blues (Handy,Norton)

    Meringue D'Amour (trad) 391122

    Meringue Des Centraliers (trad) 391122

    Michigan Square (Bechet) 451209

    Milenberg Joys (Morton,Mares,Ropollo)

    Milk Cow Blues (Arnold) 400307

    Minor Swoon (Mezzrow) 450731

    Moi, J'en Ai Marre .... see "J'en Ai Marre"

    Mon Homme (Yvain,Willemetz,Charles)

    Montmartre Boogie Woogie (Bechet)

    Mooche, The (Ellington,Mills)

    Mood Indigo (Ellington,Bigard,Mills)

    Mop Mop (Hawkins) 490604

    Mouche A Miel....see "Pattes De Mouches"

    More Plain Old Blues (Bechet,Mezzrow) 461201

    Moulin A CafŽ (Bechet) 501006

    Moustache Gauloise (Bechet) 501006

    Muskrat Ramble (Ory)

    My Blue Heaven (Whiting,Donaldson)

    My Daddy Rocks Me (Smith,Overstreet) 380526

    My Ideal (Chase,Whiting,Robin)

    My Melancholy Baby (Norton,Burnett) 521007

    My Sweet Lovin' Man (Hardin,Melrose) 470426

    My Unusual Man (Grainger) 380526

    My Woman's Blues (Bechet)

     

    Nagasaki (Dixon,Warren) 431209

    Nana (trad) 391122

    National Emblem March (Bagley) 500427

    Negro Rhapsody (Bechet) 420827

    Never No Lament (see also "Don't Get Around Much") (Ellington)

    Never Will I Forget The Blues (Mezzrow) 471219

    New Ballet (Negro Rhapsody) (Delta Mood) 431119A

    New Orleans (Carmichael) 490305

    New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (Thomas) 231000

    Ni Queue Ni Tte (Bechet) 491003

    No Good Man (Higginbotham,Fisher,Gallop) 380526

    Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out (Cox) 490121

    Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin' (Delaney,Pearl)

    Nobody's Sweetheart Now (Meyers,Schoebel,Kahn,Erdman) 450614

    Nous Deux ...... see "Jacqueline"

    Nuages (Reinhardt) 530528

    Nuit Est Une Sorcire,La (Bechet)

     

    Of All The Wrongs You've Done To Me (Payton,Smith,Dowell) 510907

    Off And On Blues (C.Williams) 241202

    Oh Daddy (Blues) (C.Williams)

    Oh, Didn't He Ramble (trad)

    Oh! Lady Be Good .....see "Lady Be Good"

    Oignons,Les (Bechet)

    Okey Doke (Bechet,Sissle) 370416

    Ol' Bayou....see "What A Dream"

    Ol' Man River (Kern,Hammerstein)

    Old Ark Is Moverin', The (trad, arr. Sissle) 340815

    Old Black Magic....see "That Old Black Magic"

    Old Fashioned Love (Johnson,Mack)

    Old Man Blues (Ellington,Mills) 400604

    Old School (Mezzrow) 450830

    Old Stack O'Lee Blues (trad) 460212

    Ole Miss (trad)

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street (McHugh,Fields)

    Once In A While (Edwards,Green)

    One Hour..........see "If I Could Be With You"

    One O'Clock Jump (Basie)

    Only Make Believe (Kern,Hammerstein,Wodehouse) 450410

    Ooh Boogie (Bechet) 491105

    Open Your Heart (Mack,Johnson) 231110

    Original Charleston Strut (Morris,Russell,C.Williams) 230000

    Original Dixieland One-Step (LaRocca) 511105

    Original Haitian Music (trad) 391122

    Original Jelly Roll Blues ..... see "Jelly Roll Blues"

    Orphan Annie's Blues (Bechet) 491020

    Our Monday Date (Hines) 490423

    Out Of Nowhere (Heyman,Green) 491020

    Out Of The Gallion (Bechet,Mezzrow) 450830

     

    Panama (Rag) (Tyers)

    Panther Dance (Bechet) (= "Tiger Rag"!)

    Papa De-Da-Da (C.Williams,S.Williams,Todd) 250304

    Paper Moon (Cahn,Styne)

    Pas D'Blague (Bechet)

    Passport To Paradise (Bechet)

    Pattes De Mouche (Bechet)

    Pay-Off,The....see "A Moi De Payer"

    Pennies From Heaven (Johnston,Burke) 570312

    Perdido Street Blues(Stomp) (Hardin)

    Perdido Street Stomp (Bechet,Mezzrow)

    Petite Fleur (Bechet)

    Pickin' On Your Baby (Reynolds,James) 250108

    Pistol Packin' Mama (Dexter) 450327

    Plain Old Blues (Bechet,Mezzrow) 461201

    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Stept,Clare) 491105

    Pleasure Mad (= "Viper Mad") (Bechet,Simmons) 240500

    Pleure Pas Nelly (Fontenoy)

    Polka Dot Rag (Stomp) (Bechet,Sissle,Tolliver)

    Pop It (Bechet) 391125

    Porter's Love Song (Waller,Johnson) 521105

    Porto Rico (unknown) 450310

    Pounding Heart Blues (improvisation) 390608

    Pourtant (Bechet) 550208

    Preachin' Blues (Bechet)

    Premier Bal (Bechet,Dimey)

    Promenade Aux Champs-ElysŽes (Bechet) 510504

    Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (Murphy,Weinrich) 510907

     

    14 Juillet (Bechet) 570226

    Quiet Please (Jackson) 441221

    Quincy Street Stomp .....see

    ABlame It On The Blues@

     

    Really The Blues (Mezzrow)

    Rencontre, La (Bechet) 560300

    Revolutionary Blues (Mezzrow)

    Rhythm Of The Broadway Moon (Nelson,Rose) 360311

    Ridin' Easy Blues .... see "Easy Rider"

    Riffin' (Bechet) 461000

    Rip Up The Joint (Palmer,Silver) 411014

    Riverboat Shuffle (Carmichael,Mills)

    Rockin' Chair (Carmichael) 521007

    Rock Island Line ....see "Le Train Du Vieux Noir"

    Roll On Mississippi (West,McCaffrey,Ringle) 310421

    Rose De Picardie (Haydn-Wood,Weatherly) 540311

    Rose Of The Rio Grande (Warren,Leslie,Gorman) 530825

    Rosa Rhumba (trad) 391122

    Rose Room (S.Williams,Hickman)

    Rosetta (Hines,Woode) 580710

    Royal Garden Blues (S.Williams,C.Williams)

    Runnin' Wild (Gibbs,Grey,Wood) 500419

     

    St. James' Infirmary (Primrose) 451012

    St. Louis Blues (Handy) 490508B

    Salty Dog (Jackson) 450121

    Sans Vous F‰cher, RŽpondez-Moi (Bechet,Bonifay)

    Saturday Night Blues (Bechet) 400327

    Save It Pretty Mama (Redman,Davis,Dennicker)

    Save Some Of Those Kisses For Me (Heywood) 390000

    Saw Mill Blues (Bechet) 491115

    Saw Mill Man Blues (Mezzrow,Wilson) 450731

    See See Rider ....see "Easy Rider"

    Sensation (Rag) (ODJB) 470324

    September Song (Weill,Anderson)

    Shag (Bechet,Jordan) 320915

    Shake 'Em Up (Bechet)

    Shake It And Break It (Clark,Friscoe)

    Sheik Of Araby (Smith,Snyder,Wheeler) 431119B

    Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (S.Williams)

    Shine (Dabney,Mack,Brown)

    Showboat Medley (Kern,Hammerstein) 521105

    Shreveport Blues (Potter) 231110

    Si Tu Vois Ma Mre (Bechet)

    Sidney's Blues (Bechet) 400121,

    Sidney's Wedding Day (Bechet) 510907

    Silent Night (Mohr,Gruber) 581212

    Sin (It's No Sin) (Haven,Hull) 520121

    Sister Kate (Piron)

    Sleepy Time Gal (Alden,Egan,Whiting,Lorenzo) 510907

    Slippin' & Slidin' (Bechet,Nelson,Barnes) 410108

    Sobbin' And Cryin' (Blues) (Bechet)

    Sobbin' Blues (Kassel,Burton)

    Society Blues (Bechet)

    Some Of These Days (Brooks)

    Some Sweet Day (Speaks,Kerr) 540311

    Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) 540922

    Someday Sweetheart (Spikes Brothers)

    Song Of Songs (Vaucaire,Moya)

    Song Of The Islands (King)

    Song Of The Medinah....see "Casbah"

    Songe D'Automne (Joyce,Black) 551224

    Soprano Blues (Bechet)570626

    Sous Les Palmiers (trad) 391122

    South (Moten,Hayes,Charles)

    South Of The Border (Kennedy,Carr) 391230

    South Rampart Street Parade (Haggart,Bauduc,Crosby) 550208

    Southern Sunset (Bechet,Sissle,Brooks)

    Souvenirs De La Nouvelle-OrlŽans (Bechet) 580704

    Spirit Holiday (Bechet) 581212

    Spreadin' Joy (Bechet) 470714

    Squeeze Me (Waller,S.Williams)

    Stardust (Carmichael)

    Stars Fell On Alabama (Parish,Perkins) 521007

    Stompy Jones (Ellington) 400906

    Stormy Weather (Arlen,Koehler) 560201

    Storyville Blues (Bechet) 511015

    Strange Fruit (Allan) 410913

    Strike Up The Band (G. & I. Gershwin)

    Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong,Raye) ,

    Stumblin' (Berlin)

    Suey (Bechet,Reid) 411014

    Sugar (Pinkard,Mitchell,Alexander)

    Summertime (Gershwin,Heyward)

    Sunday (Cohn,Mueller,Krueger,Styne)

    Swanee River (Foster)

    Sweet Georgia Brown (Pinkard,Bernie,Casey)

    Sweet Lorraine (Burwell,Parish)

    Sweet Patootie (Bogan,S.Williams,Alexander) 380210

    Sweet Sue (Just You) (Young,Harris)

    Sweetie Dear (Jordan) 320915

    Swing Parade (Bechet) 410428

    Swing That Music (Armstrong) 490319

     

    Tailgate Ramble (Mercer,Manone) 490323

    T'Ain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast (Cahn,Chaplin) 360311

    T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Grainger,Robbins,Prince, C.Williams) 231000

    Tangerine (Mercer,Schertzinger) 431209

    Tea For Two (Youmans,Caesar) 450501

    Teach Me To Sing Again (Heywood?) 390000

    Temperamental (Mood) (Bechet)

    Temptation Rag (Lodge) 491115

    Texas Moaner Blues (Barnes,C.Williams)

    That Old Black Magic (Arlen,Mercer) 520121

    That's A Plenty (Pollack,Gilbert)

    That's What Love Did To Me (Cahn,Chaplin) 360311

    There'll Be Some Changes Made (Higgins,Overstreet)

    These Foolish Things (Strachey,Link,Maschwitz) 570312

    32 Bars of Blues ....see "Old School"

    This Is The Tomorrow That I Dreaded Yesterday (Bechet) 420827

    Three Little Words (Kalmar,Ruby) 450410

    Ti Ralph (trad) 391122

    Tiger Rag (Original Dixieland Jazz Band)

    Time On My Hands (Youmans) 400699

    Tin Roof Blues (New Orleans Rhythm Kings,Melrose)

    Titte Chatte (trad) 391122

    To-Wa-Bac-A-Wa (Dumaine) 431119A 441099

    To You (Dorsey,Shapiro,Davis) 391125

    Together (DeSylva,Brown,Henderson)

    Tommy's Blues (Mezzrow) 471218

    Toot It Brother Armstrong (Wilson) 380526

    Toy Symphony (Joseph Haydn) 431113

    Train Du Vieux Noir (trad) 560629

    Travellin' Blues (unknown) 491003

    Trixie's Blues (Smith) 380526

    Tropical Mood (trad) 391122

    Trottoirs De Paris (Bechet)

    Trouble Everywhere I Roam (Thomas,Wallace) 241128

    Trouble In Mind (Jones) 450616

    Twelfth Street Rag (Bowman,Sumner)

    2.19 Blues (Desdume) 400527

     

    Ugly Child (="You're Some Pretty Doll") (Williams)

    Uncle Joe (Wilson) 380526

    Under The Creole Moon (Bechet,Sissle,Usera) 340815

    Up A Lazy River.... see "Lazy River"

    Up In Sidney's Flat (Bechet) 450310

     

    V-Disc Blues... see "Bugle Call Rag" & "Ole Miss"

    Viper Mad (= "Pleasure Mad") (Bechet)

    Voodoo Dance (Bechet) 431119A

     

    Wabash Blues (Ringle,Meinken)

    Walkin' And Talkin' To Myself (Jackson,Taylor) 441221

    Wang Wang Blues (Mueller,Johnson,Wood,Busse)

    Waste No Tears (Bechet) 490608

    Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Layton,Creamer)

    Way You Look Tonight, The (Kern,Fields)481109

    Weary Blues (Matthews,Green,Cates)

    Weary Way Blues (Cox,Austin) 460212

    Wha'd Ya Do To Me (Ager) 310421

    What A Dream (Bechet) 381106

    What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) 411024

    What's New? (Haggart,Burke) 391125

    When A Fellow Needs A Friend (Without A Home) (Bechet) 431119A

    When I Grow Too Old To Dream (Hammerstein,Romberg) 540311

    When It's Sleepy Time Down South (O. & L. RenŽ,Muse)

    When The Saints Go Marching In (trad)

    When The Sun Sets Down South....see "Southern Sunset"

    When You And I Were Young Maggie (trad)

    When You Wore A Tulip (Weinrich,Mahoney) 540922

    Where Am I? (Bechet,Mezzrow) 471218

    White Christmas (Berlin) 581212

    Who (Harbach,Hammerstein,Kern) 490131

    Whoop Miss Wolf Away From My Door (Mezzrow,Wilson) 460918

    Who'll Chop Your Suey When I'm Gone (Bechet,Simmons,Raskins) 250108

    Who's Sorry Now (Kalmar,Snyder,Ruby)

    Why Do I Love You (Kern,Hammerstein) 450410

    Wild Cat Blues (Rag) (C.Williams,Waller)

    Wild Man Blues (Morton,Armstrong)

    Willie The Weeper (Melrose,Bloom,Rymal)

    Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) 560201

    Winin' Boy Blues (Morton) 390914

    Without A Home (Bechet) 490608

    Wolverine Blues (Morton) 510504

    Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey .... see "Bill Bailey"

    World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, The (Lockhart,Seitz)

    Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Moll,Koehler,Barris)

    Why Was I Born (Kern,Hammerstein) 490319

     

    Yes! We Have No Bananas (Silver,Cohn) 560516

    Yesterdays (Kern,Harbach) 481109

    You Can't Do That To Me (Mezzrow,Wilson)

    You Can't Live In Harlem (Cahn,Chaplin) 360311

    You Got To Give It To Me (Mezzrow,Wilson) 460918

    You Rascal You (Theard) 521105

    You Took Advantage Of Me (Rodgers,Hart) 381105

    You'll Never Know (Warren,Gordon) 450503

    You're Lucky To Me (Blake,Razaf) 520121

    You're The Limit (Smith) 410913

    You've Got The Right Key But The Wrong Keyhole (Green) 241017

    THE END

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