1952

by Sidney Bechet

Overview

Lionized and showered with honors, Sidney Bechet settled down in Paris during the early 1950s, performing regularly in the company of traditional-minded French musicians before enthusiastic, jazz-loving audiences. Volume 15 in the Classics Sidney Bechet chronology presents two live concert performances recorded at Salle Pleyel, Paris on January 31 and March 12, 1952. Nominally co-led with clarinetist Claude Luter, Bechet's bands churn out spirited renditions of classic jazz standards with a hale and hearty emphasis upon the historical New Orleans and Dixieland revival repertoire. Thanks to the then-newly introduced long-playing record format, some of these preserved jams extend into the eight and nine-minute range, well beyond the formerly imposed 78 rpm, three-and-a-half minute mark. A brilliant improviser and always a commanding presence, Sidney Bechet on this album is mature perfection personified. This wonderfully exciting music is greatly enhanced by the cheering crowds who go wild with joy nearly every time a title is announced. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	08/23/2005
Label:	Classics
UPC:	3448967138423
Rank:	161721

Tracks

1. High Society
2. Royal Garden Blues
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. Frankie and Johnny
5. Sweet Georgia Brown
6. Dans les Rues d'Antibes
7. Maryland, My Maryland
8. Summertime
9. I've Found a New Baby, Pt. 1
10. I've Found a New Baby, Pt. 2
11. Pleyel Rhythm, Pt. 1
12. Pleyel Rhythm, Pt. 2
13. Society Blues
14. Struttin' with Some Barbecue, Pt. 1
15. Struttin' with Some Barbecue, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sidney Bechet   Primary Artist,Sax (Soprano)
Sidney Bechet & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Claude Luter   Clarinet
Bernard Zacharias   Trombone
Guy Longnon   Trumpet
Claude Philippe   Banjo
Roland Bianchini   Bass
Christian Azzi   Piano
Raymond Fol   Piano

Technical Credits

Maceo Pinkard   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
Jack Palmer   Composer
Kid Ory   Composer
Sidney Bechet   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Walter Melrose   Composer
Anatol Schenker   Liner Notes
Ben Bernie   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Kenneth Casey   Composer
Porter Steele   Composer
Ray Gilbert   Composer
Lil Hardin   Composer