Artist: Sidney Bechet
Album: The Best of Sidney Bechet
Genre: Swing, Dixieland
Label: Blue Note
Released: 1994
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Summertime (4:12)
- St. Louis Blues (4:48)
- Blue Horizon (4:27)
- Muskrat Ramble (3:41)
- Porto Rico (3:11)
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (3:09)
- Bechet's Fantasy (3:49)
- Blame It on the Blues (alternate take) (2:59)
- Old Stack O'Lee Blues (4:14)
- I Found a New Baby (3:08)
- Sister Kate (3:06)
- When the Saints Go Marching In (3:02)
- Basin Street Blues (3:18)
- Copenhagen (2:51)
- Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll (2:57)
- Black and Blue (3:36)
- All of Me (4:08)
- Rose of the Rio Grande (alternate take) (4:11)
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Sidney Bechet was jazz's first great saxophone soloist. When Alfred Lion began Blue Note Records, he made Bechet one of his cornerstone artists. Bechet recorded for Blue Note from 1939 into the 1950s, making several stunning recordings in the traditional New Orleans jazz vein. Although no single disc collection could adequately depict Bechet's contributions, this 18-track set contains several outstanding blues, stomps, ballads and jams, featuring Bechet alongside many fellow luminaries. From wailing slow tunes to feisty exchanges and sentimental melodies, this is an excellent batch of Sidney Bechet performances.
Review by Ron Wynn