The Complete American Masters 1931-1953

~ Release by Sidney Bechet (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Trombonist on disc 1, tracks 5-8 was probably John Mayfield but may have been Charlie Irvis

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-08 18:10 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: 1923-1932 Selected Recordings
▶CD 2: 1934-1938
▶CD 3: 1938-1939
▶CD 4: 1939-1940
▶CD 5: 1940-1941
▶CD 6: 1941–1944
▶CD 7: 1944–1945
▶CD 8: 1945
▼CD 9: 1946–1947
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It on the Blues)
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-02-12)
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five2:58
2Old Stack O’Lee Blues
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-02-12)
recording of:
Old Stack O'Lee Blues (on 1946-02-12)
composer:
Sidney Bechet
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five4:16
3Bechet’s Fantasy
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-02-12)
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five3:49
4Weary Way Blues
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-02-12)
recording of:
Weary way blues (on 1946-02-12)
composer:
Ida Cox and Lovie Austin
Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five3:11
5As Long as I Live
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-05-07)
recording of:
As Long as I Live (on 1946-05-07)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1934)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1934)
Stella Brooks2:58
6I’m a Little Piece of Leather
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-05-07)
Stella Brooks2:40
7St. Louis Blues
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-05-07)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1946-05-07)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
Stella Brooks3:38
8Jazz Me Blues
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-05-07)
recording of:
Jazz Me Blues (on 1946-05-07)
composer:
Tom Delaney
Stella Brooks2:41
9Ballin’ the Jack
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-05-07)
recording of:
Ballin’ the Jack (on 1946-05-07)
lyricist:
Jim Burris
composer:
Chris Smith (Ragtime composer)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Stella Brooks2:13
10I’ll Never Be the Same
clarinet:
Sidney Bechet (on 1946-05-07)
recording of:
I’ll Never Be the Same (on 1946-05-07)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Stella Brooks3:11
11Breathless Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet3:00
12Really the Blues, Part I
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet3:08
13Really the Blues, Part II
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet2:55
14Evil Gal Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet3:05
15Fat Mama Blues
recording of:
Fat Mama Blues
composer:
Mezz Mezzrow
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet3:17
16You Got to Give It to Me
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet2:49
17Hey Daddy Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet2:45
18Whoop This Wolf Away from My Door
recording of:
Whoop This Wolf Away From My Door
composer:
Mezz Mezzrow
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet3:05
19You Can’t Do That to Me
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet2:37
20Groovin’ the Minor
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet3:27
21Royal Garden Blues
clarinet:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1947-02-15)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-02-15)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1947-02-15)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1947-02-15)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1947-02-15)
trombone:
Vernon Brown (on 1947-02-15)
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues (on 1947-02-15)
composer:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers6:34
22Slow Blues
clarinet:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1947-02-15)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-02-15)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1947-02-15)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1947-02-15)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1947-02-15)
trombone:
Vernon Brown (on 1947-02-15)
Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers6:42
▶CD 10: 1947
▶CD 11: 1947–1949
▶CD 12: 1949–1950
▶CD 13: 1950–1953 Studio and Selected Live Recordings
▶CD 14: 1939–1946 Broadcasts, Concerts, Private Recordings

Credits

Release Group

part of:The Jazz Masters (order: 1)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002237515 [info]