Blues in the Air [Fabulous/Acrobat]

by Sidney Bechet

Overview

It's too bad in a sense that Louis Armstrong gets all the attention for early-period jazz when fellow New Orleanian Sidney Bechet was just as vital, and in his time assuredly as influential. These 22 tracks display the immortal clarinetist/soprano saxophonist in his prime around the early '30s. While not an essential collection, there are many of his most well-played numbers here, including "Summertime," "China Boy," "The Sheikh of Araby," "Limehouse Blues," "Rose Room," "Jazz Me Blues," and "Muskrat Ramble." A good starter set for students or a compacted package of a much larger discography for mavens, this is a welcome piece of classic vintage jazz that can be easily recommended. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Product Details

Release Date:	11/07/2003
Label:	Fabulous
UPC:	0824046014322
Rank:	57942

Tracks

1. Summertime
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. One O'Clock Jump
4. Dear Old Southland
5. Saturday Night Blues
6. Bechet's Steady Rider
7. China Boy
8. Blues in Thirds
9. Save It, Pretty Mama
10. Egyptian Fantasy
11. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
12. Coal Black Shine
13. The Sheikh of Araby
14. Blues of Bechet
15. Limehouse Blues
16. Mood Indigo
17. Blues in the Air
18. Rose Room
19. Twelfth Street Rag
20. Jazz Me Blues
21. Blue Horizon
22. Muskrat Ramble

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sidney Bechet   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Sax (Soprano)
Sidney Bechet & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Hank Duncan   Piano
Manzie Johnson   Drums
Muggsy Spanier   Cornet
Tommy Ladnier   Trumpet
Henry "Red" Allen   Trumpet
Willie "The Lion" Smith   Piano
Sonny White   Piano
Baby Dodds   Drums
J.C. Heard   Drums
Pops Foster   Bass
Rex Stewart   Cornet
John Lindsay   Bass
Morris Morand   Drums
Ernest Williamson   Bass
Don Donaldson   Piano
Charlie Howard   Guitar
Johnny Williams, Jr.   Bass
Henry Goodwin   Trumpet
Teddy Nixon   Trombone
Jim Tolliver   Piano
Teddy Bunn   Guitar
Sidney DeParis   Trumpet
Big Sid Catlett   Drums
Kenny Clarke   Drums
J.C. Higginbotham   Trombone
Everett Barksdale   Guitar (Electric)
Vic Dickenson   Trombone
Charlie Shavers   Trumpet
Carmen Mastren   Guitar
Wellman Braud   Bass
Wilson Myers   Bass
Meade "Lux" Lewis   Piano
Earl Hines   Piano

Technical Credits

Brooks Bowman   Composer
Paul Denniker   Composer
Count Basie   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer