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JAZZ LEGENDS SIDNEY BECHET ‘Shake It And Break It’ NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS - 8.120699

 

1	What A Dream	11	Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Morning
2	Hold (Me) Tight	12	Blues In Thirds
	(I) Want Some Seafood Mama)	13	Ain’t Misbehavin’
3	Chant In The Night	14	Save It Pretty Mama
4	Jungle Drums	15	Stompy Jones
5	Indian Summer	16	Coal Black Shine
6	One O’Clock Jump	17	Swing Parade
7	Preachin’ Blues	18	I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll
8	Shake It And Break It	19	When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
9	Old Man Blues	20	I Know That You Know
10	Wild Man Blues

This compilation is Volume 3 of the Sidney Bechet Series. After a short break from playing in 1938, to run a tailoring shop, Bechet re-established himself on the jazz scene. These twenty tracks begin with those made for Vocalion in 1938 by Sidney Bechet & His Orchestra. Track 12 is a trio spot featuring Bechet on clarinet, Earl Hines, piano and Baby Dodds on drums. The remaining 15 tracks, cut between February, 1940 and April, 1941 feature Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers and feature many of Bechet’s when known contemporaries including Sidney de Paris, Rex Stewart, Henry ‘Red’ Allen, Wellman Braud and J. C. Higginbotham.

Here Bechet is at his best, whether on clarinet or soprano saxophone, his powerful sound and weaving interchanges show what a genius this mainly self-taught jazz legend was. He was a master technician and recognized by his peers as a musician who made a valuable contribution to the New Orleans tradition.

Jack Ashby

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