MOSAIC SELECT: SIDNEY BECHET

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Sidney Bechet's legacy as one of the key figures in traditional jazz, is brilliantly displayed here in this set of recordings from 1923 through 1947 for the Columbia family of labels. A primary goal in selecting these Bechet titles was to cherry pick the best solos or obbligatos from the seminal Clarence Williams Blue Five recordings on OKeh and bring them to the high sonic standards of a Mosaic package

DISCOGRAPHY

Sources used for this discography were J. Grunnet Jepsen, Sidney Bechet Discography (Uhle & Kleimann); Tom Lord, Clarence Williams Discography (Storyville Pub); Tom Lord, The Jazz Discography (Cadence Jazz Books); Brian Rust, Jazz Records (5th edition) (Arlington House), Sidney Bechet Web Site discography.

(A) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).
NYC, July 30, 1923

(B) SARA MARTIN WITH CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).
NYC, c. August 1, 1923

(C) MAMIE SMITH ACC. BY HARLEM TRIO:
Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Mamie Smith (vcl).
NYC, c. August 5, 1923

(D) EVA TAYLOR ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS TRIO:
Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl).
NYC, c. September 29, 1923

(E) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).
NYC, c. October 3, 1923

(F) SARA MARTIN AND CLARENCE WILLIAMS' HARMONIZING FOUR:
Tom Morris (cor), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Sara Martin (vcl).
NYC, October 11, 1923

(G) MARGARET JOHNSON ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Tom Morris (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p),
Buddy Christian (bjo), Margaret Johnson (vcl).
NYC, October 19, 1923

(H) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield or Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss),
Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).
NYC, c. November 10, 1923

(I) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield or Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss),
Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).
NYC, c. November 14, 1923

(J) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Louis Armstrong (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Clarence Williams (p),
Buddy Christian (bjo), Virginia Liston (vcl).
NYC, October 17, 1924

(K) SIPPIE WALLACE ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' TRIO:
Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Sippie Wallace (vcl).
NYC, December 2, 1924

(L) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Louis Armstrong (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss, sarrusophone), Clarence Williams (p),
Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl).
NYC, December 17, 1924

(M) MARGARET JOHNSON ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE:
Bubber Miley (tp), Aaron Thompson (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p),
Buddy Christian (bjo), Margaret Johnson (vcl).
NYC, January 8, 1925

(N) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Louis Armstrong (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss),
Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl).
NYC, January 8, 1925

(O) THE GET HAPPY BAND:
poss. Johnny Dunn (cor), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Bob Fuller (as),
Porter Grainger (p), poss. Sam Speed (bjo), unknown (tu), unknown (d).
NYC, July 17, 1925

(P) NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING SIDNEY BECHET
Wendell Culley, Demas Dean, Clarence Brereton (tp), Chester Burrill, George Matthews (tb),
Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Jose Madera, Jerome Pasquall (cl, as), James Tolliver (ts,arr),
Gil White, (ts), Erskine Butterfield (p), Jimmy Miller (g), Jimmy Jones (b), Wilbert Kirk (d)
Noble Sissle (dir), Billy Banks (vcl).
NYC, April 14, 1937

(Q) NOBLE SISSLE'S SWINGSTERS FEATURING SIDNEY BECHET:
Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Jimmy Miller (g), Jimmy Jones (b), Wilbert Kirk (d), Billy Banks (vcl).
NYC, April 16, 1937

(R) SIDNEY BECHET AND HIS ORCHESTRA:
Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Ernie Caceres (bari), Dave Bowman (p), Leonard Ware (el-g),
Henry Turner (b), Zutty Singleton (d), Two Fish Mongers (vcl).
NYC, November 16, 1938

(S) SIDNEY BECHET WITH BOB WILBER'S WILDCATS:
Johnny Glasel (cor), Bob Mielke (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl, ss, speaks -1), Bob Wilber (cl),
Dick Wellstood (p), Charlie Treager (b), Denny Strong (d).
NYC, July 14, 1947

(T) SIDNEY BECHET QUARTET: Sidney Bechet (ss), Lloyd Phillips (p), Pops Foster (b), Freddie Moore (d).
NYC, July 23, 1947

(U) SIDNEY BECHET QUARTET: Same as (T) except Arthur Herbert (d) replaces Moore.
NYC, July 31, 1947

TRACK LISTING:

DISC ONE
01. Wild Cat Blues (A) 2:58
02. Kansas City Man Blues (A) 2:58
03. Atlanta Blues (B) 2:55
04. Kansas City Man Blues (C) 3:13
05. Irresistible Blues (D) 3:13
06. Jazzin' Babies Blues (D) 3:09
07. 'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do (E) 2:48
08. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (E) 2:55
09. Oh Daddy! (E) 3:15
10. Graveyard Dream Blues (F) 3:10
11. If I Let You Get Away With It (G) 2:55
12. Shreveport Blues (H) 2:53
13. Old Fashioned Love (H) 3:03
14. House Rent Blues (The Stomp) (I) 3:00
15. Mean Blues (I) 2:51
16. Texas Moaner Blues (J) 3:11)
17. Early In The Morning (J) 2:57
18. You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole (J) 3:15
19. I'm So Glad I'm A Brownskin (K) 2:50
20. Off And On Blues (K) 2:48
21. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (L) 3:08
22. I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird (L) 3:16)
23. Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone) (M) 3:21
24. Cake Walking Babies From Home (N) 3:00
25. Harlem's Araby (O) 3:07

DISC TWO
01. Bandana Days (-1) (P) 2:50
02. Bandana Days (-2) (P) 2:50
03. I'm Just Wild About Harry (-1) (P) 2:47
04. I'm Just Wild About Harry (-2) (P) 2:49
05. Dear Old Southland (P) 2:58
06. Okey-Doke (-1) (Q) 2:53
07. Okey-Doke (-2) (Q) 2:52
08. Characteristic Blues (-1) (Q) 2:54
09. Characteristic Blues (-2) (Q) 2:51
10. What A Dream (-1) (R) 2:51
11. What A Dream (-2) (R) 2:50
12. Hold Tight (-1) (R) 2:36
13. Hold Tight (-2) (R) 2:35
14. Jungle Drums (R) 2:27
15. Chant In The Night (R) 2:22
16. Spreadin' Joy (-3) (S) 3:01
17. Spreadin' Joy (-1) (S) 2:58
18. Spreadin' Joy (-4) (S) 2:56
19. I Had It But It's All Gone Now (-1) (S) 3:16
20. I Had It But It's All Gone Now (-3) (S) 3:15
21. I Had It But It's All Gone Now (-4) (S) 3:16
22. Polka Dot Stomp (S) 2:37
23. Kansas City Man Blues (-3) (S) 2:41
24. Kansas City Man Blues (-2) (S) 2:39
25. Kansas City Man Blues (-1) (S) 2:40

DISC THREE
01. Buddy Bolden Stomp (-1) (T) 3:07
02. Buddy Bolden St

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