Mosaic Select 22 - Sidney Bechet

Tracklist: 

CD 1

1. Wild Cat Blues (A) 2:58

2. Kansas City Man Blues (A) 2:58

3. Atlanta Blues (B) 2:55

4. Kansas City Man Blues (C) 3:13

5. Irresistible Blues (D) 3:13

6. Jazzin' Babies Blues (D) 3:09

7. 'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do (E) 2:48

8. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (E) 2:55

9. Oh Daddy! (E) 3:15

10. Graveyard Dream Blues (F) 3:10

11. If I Let You Get Away With It (G) 2:55

12. Shreveport Blues (H) 2:53

13. Old Fashioned Love (H) 3:03

14. House Rent Blues (The Stomp) (I) 3:00

15. Mean Blues (I) 2:51

16. Texas Moaner Blues (J) 3:11

17. Early In The Morning (J) 2:57

18. You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole (J) 3:15

19. I'm So Glad I'm A Brownskin (K) 2:50

20. Off And On Blues (K) 2:48

21. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (L) 3:08

22. I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird (L) 3:16

23. Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone) (M) 3:21

24. Cake Walking Babies From Home (N) 3:00

25. Harlem's Araby (O) 3:07

CD 2

1. Bandana Days (-1) (P) 2:50

2. Bandana Days (-2) (P) 2:50

3. I'm Just Wild About Harry (-1) (P) 2:47

4. I'm Just Wild About Harry (-2) (P) 2:49

5. Dear Old Southland (P) 2:58

6. Okey-Doke (-1) (Q) 2:53

7. Okey-Doke (-2) (Q) 2:52

8. Characteristic Blues (-1) (Q) 2:54

9. Characteristic Blues (-2) (Q) 2:51

10. What A Dream (-1) (R) 2:51

11. What A Dream (-2) (R) 2:50

12. Hold Tight (-1) (R) 2:36

13. Hold Tight (-2) (R) 2:35

14. Jungle Drums (R) 2:27

15. Chant In The Night (R) 2:22

16. Spreadin' Joy (-3) (S) 3:01

17. Spreadin' Joy (-1) (S) 2:58

18. Spreadin' Joy (-4) (S) 2:56

19. I Had It But It's All Gone Now (-1) (S) 3:16

20. I Had It But It's All Gone Now (-3) (S) 3:15

21. I Had It But It's All Gone Now (-4) (S) 3:16

22. Polka Dot Stomp (S) 2:37

23. Kansas City Man Blues (-3) (S) 2:41

24. Kansas City Man Blues (-2) (S) 2:39

25. Kansas City Man Blues (-1) (S) 2:40

CD 3

1. Buddy Bolden Stomp (-1) (T) 3:07

2. Buddy Bolden Stomp (-2) (T) 2:45

3. My Woman's Blues (-1) (T) 3:08

4. My Woman's Blues (-2) (T) 3:10

5. The Song Of Songs (-1) (T) 3:11

6. Love For Sale (-3) (T) 5:13

7. My Woman's Blues (-3) (U) 2:53

8. Just One Of Those Things (-2) (U) 3:04

9. Just One Of Those Things (-1) (U) 3:12

10. Just One Of Those Things (-5) (U) 3:11

11. Love For Sale (-1) (U) 3:18

12. Love For Sale (-4) (U) 2:48

13. Love For Sale (-2) (U) 2:41

14. Laura (-2) (U) 3:16

15. Laura (-1) (U) 3:07

16. The Song Of Songs (-2) (U) 2:58

17. Shake 'Em Up (-1) (U) 2:33

18. Shake 'Em Up (-3) (U) 2:29

19. Shake 'Em Up (-2) (U) 2:31

(A) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).

NYC, July 30, 1923

S-71-706-B Wild Cat Blues OK 4925

S-71-707-B Kansas City Man Blues -

Note: Some discographies claim June 30th as the recording date.

(B) SARA MARTIN WITH CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).

NYC, c. August 1, 1923

S-71-712-B Atlanta Blues (SM-vcl) OK 8090

(C) MAMIE SMITH ACC. BY HARLEM TRIO: Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Mamie Smith (vcl).

NYC, c. August 5, 1923

S-71-726-B Kansas City Man Blues (MS-vcl) OK 4926

(D) EVA TAYLOR ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS TRIO: Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl).

NYC, c. September 29, 1923

S-71-910-C Irresistible Blues (ET-vcl) OK 8129

S-71-911-B Jazzin' Babies Blues (ET-vcl) -

Note: Discographies have shown that some releases of OKeh 8129 might have surfaced with matrix S-71-910-A. A copy of this take has eluded us and so it is not certain if it's a different take or a dub of -C.

NYC, c. October 3, 1923

S-71-928-B 'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do OK 4966

S-71-929-B New Orleans Hop Scop Blues OK 4975

S-71-930-B Oh Daddy! OK 4993

(F) SARA MARTIN AND CLARENCE WILLIAMS' HARMONIZING FOUR: Tom Morris (cor), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Sara Martin (vcl).

NYC, October 11, 1923

S-71-961-B Graveyard Dream Blues (SM-vcl) OK 8099

(G) MARGARET JOHNSON ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Tom Morris (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Margaret Johnson (vcl).

NYC, October 19, 1923

S-71-972-B If I Let You Get Away With It (MJ-vcl) OK 8107

(H) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield or Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).

NYC, c. November 10, 1923

S-72-040-B Shreveport Blues OK 40006

S-72-041-B Old Fashioned Love OK 4993

(I) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Tom Morris (cor), John Mayfield or Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo).

NYC, c. November 14, 1923

S-72-059-B House Rent Blues (The Stomp) OK 8171

S-72-060-B Mean Blues OK 40006

(J) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Louis Armstrong (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Virginia Liston (vcl).

NYC, October 17, 1924

S-72-914-B Texas Moaner Blues OK 8171

S-72-915-B Early In The Morning (VL-vcl) -1 OK 8187

S-72-916-B You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole (VL-vcl) -1 OK 8173

-1 as VIRGINIA LISTON ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE.

(K) SIPPIE WALLACE ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' TRIO: Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Sippie Wallace (vcl).

NYC, December 2, 1924

S-73-014-B I'm So Glad I'm A Brownskin (SW-vcl) OK 8197

S-73-015-B Off And On Blues (SW-vcl) -

(L) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Louis Armstrong (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss, sarrusophone), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl).

NYC, December 17, 1924

S-73-026-B Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (ET-vcl) OK 40260

S-73-027-B I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird (ET-vcl) -

(M) MARGARET JOHNSON ACC. BY CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Bubber Miley (tp), Aaron Thompson (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Margaret Johnson (vcl).

NYC, January 8, 1925

S-73-081-A Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone) (MJ-vcl) OK 8193

(N) CLARENCE WILLIAMS' BLUE FIVE: Louis Armstrong (cor), Charlie Irvis (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo), Eva Taylor (vcl).

NYC, January 8, 1925

S-73-083-A Cake Walking Babies From Home (ET-vcl) OK 40321

(O) THE GET HAPPY BAND: poss. Johnny Dunn (cor), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Bob Fuller (as), Porter Grainger (p), poss. Sam Speed (bjo), unknown (tu), unknown (d).

NYC, July 17, 1925

Harlem's Araby Col

14091-D

(P) NOBLE SISSLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING SIDNEY BECHET: Wendell Culley, Demas Dean, Clarence Brereton (tp), Chester Burrill, George Matthews (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl, ss), Jose Madera, Jerome Pasquall (cl, as), James Tolliver (ts,arr), Gil White, (ts), Erskine Butterfield (p), Jimmy Miller (g), Jimmy Jones (b), Wilbert Kirk (d), Noble Sissle (dir), Billy Banks (vcl).

NYC, April 14, 1937 (2:00-6:30 pm)