Artist: Sidney Bechet
Album: 1941-1944
Genre: Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz
Label: Classics
Released: 1996
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Blues in the Air (2:47)
- The Mooche (3:11)
- Laughin' in Rhythm (2:03)
- 12th Street Rag (3:01)
- Mood Indigo (3:13)
- Rose Room (2:38)
- Oh! Lady Be Good! (2:30)
- What Is This Thing Called Love? (3:32)
- After You've Gone (4:53)
- V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss) (4:52)
- Bechet Parades the Blues (St. Louis Blues) (4:17)
- St. Louis Blues (4:51)
- Jazz Me Blues (4:19)
- Blue Horizon (4:30)
- Muskrat Ramble (3:43)
- You've Got Me Walkin' and Talkin' to Myself (3:55)
- Quiet Please (3:58)
- Cliff's Boogie Blues (4:17)
- Jeepers Creepers (4:25)
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This collection covers Sidney Bechet's recordings during most of the World War II years. Music from his final two Victor dates begins the CD, highlighted by memorable versions of "The Mooche" and "What Is This Thing Called Love?" Three extended V-Disc performances (all between four and five minutes long) match Bechet's soprano with trombonist Vic Dickenson in exciting fashion. Also included is a Blue Note date that has the classic "Blue Horizon" and four numbers on which Bechet is a sideman with pianist Cliff Jackson's Village Cats. While Bechet is the main star, there are also hot solos from Dickenson, trumpeters Charlie Shavers and Sidney DeParis, and pianists Willie "The Lion" Smith and Cliff Jackson. Sidney Bechet always sounds enthusiastic, and listeners not already owning a complete collection of his Victor dates will find this collection quite enjoyable.
Review by Scott Yanow