5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (1960)

A long unavailable Brussels concert by Sidney Bechet!!!

Sidney Bechet's last live recording ever and his only collaboration with trumpeter Buck Clayton. Trombonist Vic Dickenson also shines on this memorable performance "As Sidney Bechet said, jazz keeps moving through the generations -its roots refreshed with more enlivening sounds of surprise." Nat Hentoff

PERSONNEL:

SIDNEY BECHET, soprano sax
BUCK CLAYTON, trumpet
VIC DICKENSON, trombone
GEORGE WEIN, piano
ARVELL SHAW, bass
KANSAS FIELDS, drums

On track 9: Add SARAH VAUGHAN (vocals) and the International Youth Band conducted by Marshall Brown.
Recorded live at the World Fair, Brussels, Belgium, July 29/August 3, 1958.

*10-17: BONUS TRACKS
SIDNEY BECHET QUARTET: Sidney Bechet (soprano sax), Martial Solal (piano), Lloyd Thompson (bass), Al Levitt (drums).
Paris, March 12, 1957.

TRACKS:

01 Introduction
02 INDIANA
03 SOCIETY BLUES
04 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
05 SWANEE RIVER
06 ALL OF ME
07 ST. LOUIS BLUES
08 WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHIN' IN 8:55 09 BLUES AD-LIB
10 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU *
11 THE MAN I LOVE *
12 EXACTLY LIKE YOU *
13 THESE FOOLISH THINGS *
14 ONCE IN A WHILE 2:43 *
15 JEEPERS CREEPERS *
16 I NEVER KNEW *
17 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN *

Total Time: 73:10