Sidney Bechet – The Legendary Sidney Bechet (1988)

1. Maple Leaf Rag - The New Orleans Feetwarmers 
2. I've Found A New Baby - The New Orleans Feetwarmers 
3. Weary Blues - Tommy Ladnier 
4. Really The Blues - Tommy Ladnier 
5. High Society - Jelly Roll Morton 
6. Indian Summer 
7. Sidney's Blues 
8. Shake It And Break It 
9. Wild Man Blues 
10. Save It, Pretty Mama 
11. Stompy Jones 
12. Muskrat Ramble - Dr. Henry Levine 
13. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 
14. The Sheik Of Araby (One Man Band) 
15. When It's Sleepy Time Down South 
16. I'm Coming Virginia 
17. Strange Fruit (Trio) 
18. Blues In The Air 
19. The Mooche 
20. Twelfth Street Rag 
21. Mood Indigo 
22. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Sidney Bechet - Bass, Clarinet, Composer, Drums, Piano, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Bernard Addison - Guitar
Gus Aiken - Trumpet
Henry "Red" Allen - Trumpet
Everett Barksdale - Guitar
Wellman Braud - Bass
Teddy Bunn - Guitar
Happy Caldwell - Sax (Tenor)
Big Sid Catlett - Drums
Kenny Clarke - Drums
Sidney DeParis - Trumpet
Vic Dickenson - Trombone
Baby Dodds - Drums
Don Donaldson - Piano
Hank Duncan - Piano
Henry Goodwin - Trumpet
J.C. Heard - Drums
Arthur Herbert 	- Drums
Victor Herbert 	Composer
J.C. Higginbotham - Trombone
Earl Hines - Piano
Charlie Howard - Guitar
Cliff Jackson - Piano
Elmer James - Bass
Lem Johnson - Sax (Tenor)
Manzie Johnson - Drums
Claude Jones - Trombone
Tommy Ladnier - Trumpet
John Lindsay - Bass
Lawrence Lucie - Guitar
Mezz Mezzrow 	- Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Morris Morland - Drums
Jelly Roll Morton - Piano
Wilson Myers - Bass
The New Orleans Feetwarmers 	
Albert Nicholas - Clarinet
Teddy Nixon - Trombone
Charlie Shavers - Trumpet
Zutty Singleton - 	Drums
Willie "The Lion" Smith 	- Piano
Rex Stewart - Cornet
James Toliver - Piano
Jim Tolliver - Piano
Sonny White - Piano
Sandy Williams 	- Trombone
Ernest Williamson - Bass

This collection of Bechet tracks cut between 1932 and 1941 would be worth owning if for nothing else than the inclusion of his one-man-band recording of "Sheik of Araby," the first known instance of overdubbing with Sidney playing clarinet, tenor sax, piano, bass and drums. But everything on here is fine, spirited New Orleans music, played with verve and wild energy. Kicking off with a wild version of "Maple Leaf Rag" by the New Orleans Feetwarmers, the set moves to include Bechet with Jelly Roll Morton, Tommy Ladnier (excellent versions of "Weary Blues" and Mezz Mezzrow's "Really the Blues"), Dr. Henry Levine's Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic, and Sidney's later versions of the Feetwarmers. While some of the later configurations are too rooted in a more modern style, Bechet's brilliant lines and clear tone come through every time. With the exception of the sometimes quite naturally grainy "Sheik" overdub session, everything here is brilliantly captured with remarkable fidelity considering the source. ---Cub Koda, Rovi

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