Sidney Bechet

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Summertime 04:13 Tools
Petite Fleur 03:21 Tools
Si tu vois ma mère 03:15 Tools
Blue Horizon 00:00 Tools
Indian Summer 03:09 Tools
Wild Man Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me 00:00 Tools
Maple Leaf Rag 02:55 Tools
Si tu vois ma Mère - Slow 00:00 Tools
Muskrat Ramble 00:00 Tools
Si tu vois ma mère - From ''Midnight In Paris'' 00:00 Tools
Egyptian Fantasy 02:49 Tools
Mood Indigo 00:00 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
High Society 00:00 Tools
Sweetie Dear 00:00 Tools
All of Me 00:00 Tools
Dear Old Southland 00:00 Tools
When the Saints Go Marching In 00:00 Tools
Les oignons 00:00 Tools
Jungle Drums 00:00 Tools
I Found a New Baby 00:00 Tools
Blackstick 00:00 Tools
Shake It and Break It 00:00 Tools
Weary Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues in the Air 02:43 Tools
Viper Mad 00:00 Tools
Jazz Me Blues 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mere 03:16 Tools
Strange Fruit 00:00 Tools
Chant in the Night 00:00 Tools
Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho 03:21 Tools
Basin Street Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues in Thirds 00:00 Tools
Really the Blues 00:00 Tools
Dans les rues d'Antibes 00:00 Tools
Old Stack O'lee Blues 00:00 Tools
The Lazy River 00:00 Tools
China Boy 00:00 Tools
Porto Rico 00:00 Tools
Love for Sale 00:00 Tools
That's a-Plenty 04:13 Tools
Shag 00:00 Tools
Royal Garden Blues 00:00 Tools
Sweet Georgia Brown 04:02 Tools
Ain't Misbehavin' 00:00 Tools
Out of Nowhere 00:00 Tools
Mon Homme 00:00 Tools
Characteristic Blues 00:00 Tools
The Mooche 00:00 Tools
Slippin' and Slidin' 00:00 Tools
I've Found a New Baby 00:00 Tools
When the Sun Sets Down South 00:00 Tools
There'll Be Some Changes Made 00:00 Tools
Black and Blue 00:00 Tools
Ballin' The Jack 00:00 Tools
Wild Cat Blues 00:00 Tools
Copenhagen 00:00 Tools
September Song 00:00 Tools
Blame It On the Blues 00:00 Tools
Lazy River 00:00 Tools
Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
Petit Fleur 00:00 Tools
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 00:00 Tools
The Sheik of Araby 00:00 Tools
Blues in Paris 00:00 Tools
What a Dream 00:00 Tools
Stompy Jones 02:50 Tools
Avalon 00:00 Tools
Twelfth Street Rag 00:00 Tools
Polka Dot Rag 00:00 Tools
That's a Plenty 00:00 Tools
Sidney's Blues 00:00 Tools
Laura 00:00 Tools
Kansas City Man Blues 00:00 Tools
Bechet's Fantasy 00:00 Tools
On the Sunny Side of the Street 00:00 Tools
Texas Moaner Blues 00:00 Tools
Mandy, Make up Your Mind 00:00 Tools
After You've Gone 00:00 Tools
Milenberg Joys 00:00 Tools
Old Man Blues 00:00 Tools
Sister Kate 00:00 Tools
Sweet Lorraine 00:00 Tools
Blues for Tommy 00:00 Tools
Original Dixieland One-Step 00:00 Tools
Fidgety Feet 00:00 Tools
Limehouse Blues 00:00 Tools
Bechet's Steady Rider 00:00 Tools
Rose Of The Rio Grande 00:00 Tools
Tin Roof Blues 00:00 Tools
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Blues 00:00 Tools
I'm Coming Virginia 00:00 Tools
Promenade aux champs-elysees 03:20 Tools
Tiger Rag 00:00 Tools
You're the Limit 00:00 Tools
Premier bal 00:00 Tools
Perdido Street Blues 00:00 Tools
I Got Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Le Marchand De Poissons 00:00 Tools
Saturday Night Blues 00:00 Tools
At the Jazz Band Ball 03:04 Tools
Passport To Paradise 00:00 Tools
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 00:00 Tools
Black And Blue (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Blues of Bechet 00:00 Tools
En attendant le jour 00:00 Tools
Promenade aux Champs Elysées 00:00 Tools
Sister Kate's Night Out 00:00 Tools
One O'clock Jump 00:00 Tools
Lastic 00:00 Tools
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) 00:00 Tools
Save It, Pretty Mama 00:00 Tools
Shine 00:00 Tools
Tailgate Ramble 00:00 Tools
Four or Five Times 00:00 Tools
I Want You Tonight 00:00 Tools
Georgia Cabin 00:00 Tools
Preachin' Blues 00:00 Tools
Moulin À Café 00:00 Tools
Careless Love 00:00 Tools
Baby Won't You Please Come Home 00:00 Tools
Rose de picardie 00:00 Tools
Rose Room 02:35 Tools
Blame It On The Blues - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Marchand de poissons 00:00 Tools
Stormy Weather 00:00 Tools
Texas Moaner 00:00 Tools
Honeysuckle Rose 00:00 Tools
Okey-Doke 00:00 Tools
Lay Your Racket 00:00 Tools
Swing Parade 00:00 Tools
Pounding Heart Blues 00:00 Tools
Madame Bécassine 00:00 Tools
Days Beyond Recall 00:00 Tools
Up In Sidney's Flat 00:00 Tools
At A Georgia Camp Meeting 00:00 Tools
Milk Cow Blues 00:00 Tools
What Is This Thing Called Love 00:00 Tools
When You and I Were Young, Maggie 00:00 Tools
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (03-23-49) 00:00 Tools
As-tu le cafard ? 00:00 Tools
Blame It On The Blues (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Polka Dot Stomp 02:38 Tools
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 00:00 Tools
When It's Sleepy Time Down South 00:00 Tools
Squeeze Me 00:00 Tools
Sweet Patootie 00:00 Tools
Weary Way Blues 00:00 Tools
Bechet Creole Blues 00:00 Tools
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say 00:00 Tools
Freight Train Blues 00:00 Tools
Jungle Drums - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
Ja-Da 00:00 Tools
Buddy Bolden Stomp 02:49 Tools
Wabash Blues 00:00 Tools
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 00:00 Tools
Winin' Boy Blues 00:00 Tools
Margie 00:00 Tools
Coal Black Shine 00:00 Tools
As-tu le cafard? 00:00 Tools
I Get a Kick Out of You 00:00 Tools
Loveless Love 00:00 Tools
Jackass Blues 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère (From "Midnight in Paris") 00:00 Tools
St. James Infirmary 00:00 Tools
Down in Honky-Tonk Town 00:00 Tools
Basement Blues 00:00 Tools
I Had It but It's All Gone Now 00:00 Tools
Salty Dog Blues 00:00 Tools
Saint Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
Frankie and Johnny 00:00 Tools
Black Stick Blues 00:00 Tools
I'm Just Wild About Harry 00:00 Tools
Viper Mad (From "Sweet and Lowdown") 00:00 Tools
I Know That You Know 00:00 Tools
12th Street Rag 00:00 Tools
Jack I'm Mellow 00:00 Tools
What Is This Thing Called Love? 00:00 Tools
Okey Doke 00:00 Tools
The Basement Blues 00:00 Tools
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' 00:00 Tools
You're Lucky to Me 00:00 Tools
Old Fashioned Love 07:39 Tools
St Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
There'll Be Some Changes Made (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Sue, Just You 00:00 Tools
Lord Let Me in the Lifeboat 00:00 Tools
Rip Up the Joint 00:00 Tools
Moustache gauloise 03:11 Tools
Runnin' Wild 00:00 Tools
Promenade aux Champs-Elysées 00:00 Tools
Ja Da 00:00 Tools
Indiana 00:00 Tools
Groovin' the Minor 00:00 Tools
Sugar 00:00 Tools
Darktown Strutter's Ball 00:00 Tools
Cake Walking Babies 00:00 Tools
Hold Tight 00:00 Tools
Strike Up the Band 00:00 Tools
Trixie Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Chant in the Night - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
Characteristic Blues (04-16-37) 00:00 Tools
Together 00:00 Tools
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 00:00 Tools
C Jam Blues 00:00 Tools
Tropical Mood Meringue 00:00 Tools
What a Dream - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
That Old Black Magic 00:00 Tools
Casey Jones 00:00 Tools
Jeepers Creepers 00:00 Tools
Pattes de mouche 00:00 Tools
Salty Dog 00:00 Tools
Ce Mossieu Qui Parle 00:00 Tools
Rose Of The Rio Grande - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Out of the Gallion 00:00 Tools
Sweet Sue 00:00 Tools
Temperamental 00:00 Tools
Le loup, la biche et le chevalier 00:00 Tools
Cake Walking Babies from Home 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère 00:00 Tools
Save It Pretty Mama 00:00 Tools
Apex Blues 00:00 Tools
Tain't a Fit Night out for Man or Beast 00:00 Tools
Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama) - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
Moulin A Cafe 00:00 Tools
Brave Margot 00:00 Tools
Rose Of The Rio Grande (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue 00:00 Tools
Ballin' The Jack (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Big Butter And Egg Man 00:00 Tools
Coquette 00:00 Tools
Bandana Days 00:00 Tools
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor 00:00 Tools
Nuages 00:00 Tools
It Had To Be You 00:00 Tools
Muskat Ramble 00:00 Tools
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Bechet's Creole Blues 00:00 Tools
Who 00:00 Tools
I'm a Little Blackbird 00:00 Tools
Ghost of the Blues 00:00 Tools
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble 00:00 Tools
Marche Du Colonel Bogey 00:00 Tools
Sobbin' and Cryin' 00:00 Tools
Charleston 00:00 Tools
You Can't Live in Harlem 00:00 Tools
In a Cafe On the Road to Calais 00:00 Tools
Bugle Blues 00:00 Tools
Society Blues 00:00 Tools
Laughin' In Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Uncle Joe 00:00 Tools
Ain'T Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
The Man I Love 00:00 Tools
Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me 00:00 Tools
I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird 00:00 Tools
Shake 'Em Up 00:00 Tools
Buddy Bolden Story 00:00 Tools
Gone Away Blues 00:00 Tools
Rhythm of the Broadway Moon 00:00 Tools
Bechet's Steady Rider (03-20-40) 00:00 Tools
Dear Old Southland (03-20-40) 00:00 Tools
Oh! Lady Be Good 00:00 Tools
Everybody Loves My Baby 00:00 Tools
Blues in My Heart 00:00 Tools
Blues 00:00 Tools
Jack, I'm Mellow 00:00 Tools
Moulin A Café 00:00 Tools
When The Saints Go Marchin' In 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Blues (03-20-40) 00:00 Tools
Le marchand de poisson 00:00 Tools
Ti Ralph 00:00 Tools
Saturday Night Blues (03-20-40) 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Who Made Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Blue Monday on Sugar Hill 00:00 Tools
Oh, Lady Be Good 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mer 00:00 Tools
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 00:00 Tools
Jelly Roll Blues 00:00 Tools
Promenade aux champs elysees 00:00 Tools
Rose Rumba 00:00 Tools
Mean Blues 00:00 Tools
I'm Goin' Way Down Home 00:00 Tools
Just One of Those Things 00:00 Tools
There'll Be Some Changes Made - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Pattes De Mouches 00:00 Tools
Quiet Please 00:00 Tools
Sleepy Time Gal 00:00 Tools
Swanee River 00:00 Tools
Memphis Blues 00:00 Tools
Strange Fruit - Remastered 00:00 Tools
I Take to You 00:00 Tools
Blue For You, Johnny 00:00 Tools
Southern Sunset 00:00 Tools
Under The Creole Moon 00:00 Tools
I'll Take That New Orleans Music 00:00 Tools
My Unusual Man 00:00 Tools
Ballin' The Jack - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
If I Could Be With You 00:00 Tools
When the Sun Sets Down South (Southern Sunset) 00:00 Tools
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 00:00 Tools
Magic Island-Meringue 00:00 Tools
Suey 00:00 Tools
Sous les palmiers 00:00 Tools
Cliff's Boogie Blues 00:00 Tools
I Had It, But It's All Gone Now - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
As-Tu Le Cafard? - Slow Fox 00:00 Tools
Song Of Songs 00:00 Tools
Down in Honky Tonk Town 00:00 Tools
American Rhythm 00:00 Tools
My Woman's Blues 00:00 Tools
Silent night 00:00 Tools
I Am a Woman 00:00 Tools
Est-Ce Un Péché (It's No Sin) 00:00 Tools
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues 00:00 Tools
Sidney's Wedding Day 00:00 Tools
I Thought, I Heard Buddy Bolden Say 00:00 Tools
Maryland, My Maryland 00:00 Tools
Toot It, Brother Armstrong 00:00 Tools
Wild Cat Rag 00:00 Tools
Darling Nelly Gray 00:00 Tools
The Old Ark Is Moverin' 00:00 Tools
Old Stack O'Lee Blues (02-12-46) 00:00 Tools
Perido Street Blues 00:00 Tools
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 00:00 Tools
Slow Blues 00:00 Tools
Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On 00:00 Tools
Dippermouth Blues 00:00 Tools
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 00:00 Tools
Ni Queue Ni Tête 00:00 Tools
Got The Bench, Got The Park 00:00 Tools
Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat 00:00 Tools
Fast Blues 00:00 Tools
Who? 00:00 Tools
Song of the Medina 00:00 Tools
Ain't Gonna Give Nobdy None of My Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
Oh, Didn't He Ramble 00:00 Tools
Shim-Me-Sha Wabble 00:00 Tools
Bugle Call Rag 00:00 Tools
Hold Tight (Want Some Sead Food Mama) 00:00 Tools
Halle Hallelujah 00:00 Tools
Si tu vois ma mère (From ''Midnight In Paris'') 00:00 Tools
Black And Blue - Alternate Take 00:00 Tools
Egytian Fantasy 00:00 Tools
Polka Dot Stomp - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
Spreading Joy 00:00 Tools
Ce Monsieur Qui Parle 00:00 Tools
Embraceable You 00:00 Tools
Revolutionary Blues 00:00 Tools
Kansas City Man Blues - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody (None O' This Jelly Roll) 00:00 Tools
I Know That You Know (And You Know That I Know) 00:00 Tools
Temptation Rag 00:00 Tools
Clair De Lune 00:00 Tools
Early in the Morning 00:00 Tools
Shreveport Blues 00:00 Tools
Girl's Dance 00:00 Tools
Black & Blue 00:00 Tools
Bonjour Paris 00:00 Tools
Struttin' With Some Barbecue 00:00 Tools
Old Rockin' Chair (#1) 00:00 Tools
Blues in Third 00:00 Tools
Maryland 00:00 Tools
House Party 00:00 Tools
You've Got Me Walkin' and Talkin' to Myself 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma 00:00 Tools
Riverboat Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Sensation Rag 00:00 Tools
Tommy's Blues 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody 00:00 Tools
As tu le cafard ? 00:00 Tools
Because Of You (Sans ton amour) 00:00 Tools
Spreadin' Joy 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
Nuages - Slow 00:00 Tools
Sweetie Dear (From "The Imposters") 00:00 Tools
Baba - Rhumba 00:00 Tools
Francis Blues 00:00 Tools
Au clair de la lune 00:00 Tools
Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
Stack O' Lee 00:00 Tools
Magic Island - Meringue 00:00 Tools
Panama Rag 06:18 Tools
Bechet's Fantasy (02-12-46) 00:00 Tools
Crazy Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Maple Leaf Rag (Live) 00:00 Tools
Panama 06:18 Tools
Blue Turning Grey 00:00 Tools
Mayotte - Meringue 00:00 Tools
When You and I Were Young Maggie 00:00 Tools
Tropical Moon - Rhumba 00:00 Tools
I'm Comin' Virginia 00:00 Tools
I Want You Tonight (Bechet - Maxey) 00:00 Tools
Blues for You, Johnny 00:00 Tools
National Emblem March 00:00 Tools
He May Be Your Man, But He Comes to See Me Sometimes 00:00 Tools
Si tu vois ma mиre 00:00 Tools
Down on the Levee Blues 00:00 Tools
Bechet Parades the Blues (St. Louis Blues) 00:00 Tools
Sawmill Blues 00:00 Tools
Si tu vois ma mere (OST Midnight in Paris) 00:00 Tools
I've Found A New Baby (J. Palmer - S. Williams) 00:00 Tools
Viper Mad (from Sweet And Lowdown) 00:00 Tools
Changes Made 00:00 Tools
White Christmas 00:00 Tools
Hindustan 00:00 Tools
I Don't Know Where I'm Going 00:00 Tools
Spirit Holiday 00:00 Tools
Promenade aux Champs-Élysées 00:00 Tools
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning 00:00 Tools
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (11-05-51) 00:00 Tools
House Rent Blues 00:00 Tools
Summertime (Gershwin - Heyward) 00:00 Tools
That's What Love Did to Me 00:00 Tools
I'm Speaking My Mind 00:00 Tools
Soprano Blues 00:00 Tools
Lay Your Racket (Bechet - Maxey) 00:00 Tools
Sweetie Dear (Jordan) 00:00 Tools
Black Bottom Stomp 00:00 Tools
12th St. Rag 00:00 Tools
I Had It, but It's All Gone Now 00:00 Tools
Original Dixieland One Step 00:00 Tools
Breathless Blues 00:00 Tools
Shag (Bechet) 00:00 Tools
Blood On The Moon 00:00 Tools
September Song (Anderson - Weill) 00:00 Tools
Just Wild About Harry 00:00 Tools
My Daddy Rocks Me (Part I) 00:00 Tools
Le fantôme du blues 00:00 Tools
J'en Ai Marre 00:00 Tools
Ooh! Boogie! 00:00 Tools
Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do 00:00 Tools
Meringue d'amour 00:00 Tools
Mandy Make Up Your Mind 00:00 Tools
It's No Sin (Est-ce un pêché?) 00:00 Tools
Aint Gonna Give Nobody 1941 00:00 Tools
Early Every Morn 00:00 Tools
V-Disc Blues 00:00 Tools
Original Haitian Music Part I 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
Un Ange Comme Ca 00:00 Tools
Souvenirs De La Nouvelle Orleans 00:00 Tools
When the Sun Sets Down South [Southern Sunset] 00:00 Tools
You Rascal You 00:00 Tools
Because Of You 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Woman's Blues 00:00 Tools
Ole Miss 00:00 Tools
Wild Man Blues (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie - Pinkard - Casey) 00:00 Tools
My Daddy Rocks Me (Part II) 00:00 Tools
Big Chief 00:00 Tools
Douce nuit, sainte nuit 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère (from Midnight in Paris) 00:00 Tools
St.Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues for Tommy (improvisation) 00:00 Tools
Got The Bench, Got The Park (Lewis - Sherman - Philips) 00:00 Tools
Atlanta Blues 00:00 Tools
In the Groove 00:00 Tools
Bippermouth Blues (Oliver - Armstrong) 00:00 Tools
Old Stack O' Lee Blues 00:00 Tools
High Society (Williams) 00:00 Tools
Baby Won't You Please Come Home? 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mére 00:00 Tools
My Daddy Rocks Me - Part 1 00:00 Tools
Suey 1941 00:00 Tools
Ballin' The Jack (11-05-51) 00:00 Tools
Nobody Knows You When You´re Down And Out 00:00 Tools
Society Blues (Bechet) 00:00 Tools
Without a Home 00:00 Tools
Bandanna Days 00:00 Tools
My Daddy Rocks Me Part Ii 00:00 Tools
Mon Homme (My Man) 00:00 Tools
Once In A While 00:00 Tools
Shake It and Brake It 00:00 Tools
Baby's Prayer (#1) 00:00 Tools
Meringue 00:00 Tools
I Found A New Baby (Palmer - Williams) 00:00 Tools
When The Saint's Go Marching In 00:00 Tools
Casey Jones (Trad.) 00:00 Tools
I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) 00:00 Tools
Oh Dady Blues 00:00 Tools
Jungle Drums (78rpm Version) 00:00 Tools
Happy Go Lucky Blues 00:00 Tools
That's Waht Love Did To Me (Cahn - Chaplin) 00:00 Tools
Some Of These Days 00:00 Tools
When You Wore A Tulip 00:00 Tools
Willow Weep For Me 00:00 Tools
Original Haitian Music Part Iii 00:00 Tools
Bugle Call Rag - Ole Miss Blues 00:00 Tools
Rockin' Chair 00:00 Tools
Original Haitian Music Part Ii 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll 00:00 Tools
St. Louis Blues 1944 00:00 Tools
Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (West - McCaffrey - Ringle) 00:00 Tools
Egyptian Fantasy (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Blues Du Papa Noel 00:00 Tools
`Tain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast (Cahn - Chaplin) 00:00 Tools
Polka Dot Rag (Bechet - Toliver - Sissle) 00:00 Tools
Dardanella 00:00 Tools
Original Haitian 00:00 Tools
Blame It On The Blue 00:00 Tools
Egyptian Fantasy 1941 03:06 Tools
Wha'D Ya Do To Me? (Ager) 00:00 Tools
Ridin' Easy Blues 00:00 Tools
Wolverine Blues 00:00 Tools
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 00:00 Tools
Bechet Parades The Blues 1943 00:00 Tools
Porter's Love Song 00:00 Tools
Preachin' The Blues 00:00 Tools
My Daddy Rocks Me Part I 00:00 Tools
Song Of Medina (Cashba) 00:00 Tools
Slippin´ And Slidin´ 00:00 Tools
Mack The Knife 00:00 Tools
J'ai Deux Amours 00:00 Tools
Early Every Mornin' 00:00 Tools
Wha'd Ya Do to Me? 00:00 Tools
Summertime (Live) 00:00 Tools
Saturday 00:00 Tools
Cé Mossieu qui parlé 00:00 Tools
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 00:00 Tools
You Can't Live In Harlem (Cahn - Chaplin) 00:00 Tools
South 00:00 Tools
Blues in the Cave 00:00 Tools
Achin' Hearted Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues my naughty Sweetie gives to Me (alt tk) 00:00 Tools
King Porter Stomp 00:00 Tools
Careless Love Blues 00:00 Tools
Just One Of These Things 00:00 Tools
Jazzin' Babies Blues 00:00 Tools
Runnin' Wild (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
En attendant le jour 00:00 Tools
'Tain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast 00:00 Tools
Travellin' Blues 00:00 Tools
I Get a Kick 00:00 Tools
Struttin' With Some Barbeque (11-15-49) 00:00 Tools
There'll Be Some Changes Made (11-05-51) 00:00 Tools
Porter Love Song 00:00 Tools
Stompy Jones 1940 00:00 Tools
Blue Horizon - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Casbah 00:00 Tools
Lady Be Good 00:00 Tools
Irresistible Blues 00:00 Tools
V-Disc Blues 1943 00:00 Tools
Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) 00:00 Tools
House Rent Blues (The Stomp) 00:00 Tools
Dearf Old Southland 00:00 Tools
Save It, Pretty Mama 1940 00:00 Tools
Chant In The Nicht 00:00 Tools
Joshua Fits The Battle Of Jericho 00:00 Tools
Baby, Won´t You Please Come Home? 00:00 Tools
14 Juillet 00:00 Tools
Loveless Love (version 1) 00:00 Tools
Little Flower 00:00 Tools
Aint Misbehavin 00:00 Tools
Waste No Tears 00:00 Tools
Jungle Dreams 00:00 Tools
Petite Fleur (Slow Fox) 00:00 Tools
Petite Fleur - Slow Fox 00:00 Tools
Copenhagan 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère (OST "Полночь в Париже") 00:00 Tools
Ce môssieu qui parle 00:00 Tools
Jada 00:00 Tools
Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho 00:00 Tools
Blind Man Blues 00:00 Tools
Maryland My Maryland 00:00 Tools
Perdido Street Stomp 00:00 Tools
Mouche À Miel 00:00 Tools
Summertime (Porgy And Bess) Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Wha'd Ya Do To Me 00:00 Tools
You've Got the Right Key, but the Wrong Keyhole 00:00 Tools
Klook's Blues 00:00 Tools
Pickin' on Your Baby 00:00 Tools
Ballin' the Jack (alt tk) 00:00 Tools
Quincy Street Stomp 1946 00:00 Tools
Dans les rues d’Antibes 00:00 Tools
As tu le cafard 00:00 Tools
Georgia On My Mind 00:00 Tools
Slippin' And Slidin' 1941 00:00 Tools
Marchand de possons 00:00 Tools
Pop It 00:00 Tools
Roll on Mississippi, Roll On 00:00 Tools
When The Sun Set Down South 00:00 Tools
Baba-Rhumba 00:00 Tools
I Never Knew 00:00 Tools
Petite Fleur ( the Olympia Concert Paris, December 8, 1954) 00:00 Tools
Girls Dance 00:00 Tools
Loveless Love (version 2) 00:00 Tools
Petite Fleur (1959) 00:00 Tools
Chinatown, My Chinatown 00:00 Tools
Nobody knows the way I feel t 00:00 Tools
High Society (Live) 00:00 Tools
My Daddy Rocks Me 00:00 Tools
I´ve Found A New baby 00:00 Tools
That´s What Love Did To Me 00:00 Tools
I Only Have Eyes for You 00:00 Tools
Chant In The Night (Live) 00:00 Tools
Si Tu Vois Ma Mere. 00:00 Tools
Harlem's Araby 00:00 Tools
Down By the Old Mill Stream 00:00 Tools
In a Sentimental Mood 00:00 Tools
Down home rag 00:00 Tools
Graveyard Dream Blues 00:00 Tools
What Is the Thing Called Love? 00:00 Tools
Black Bottom 00:00 Tools
Georgia 00:00 Tools
Who's Sorry Now 00:00 Tools
I Told You Once, I Told You Twice 00:00 Tools
Mayotte 00:00 Tools
Wolverine Blues (From "Interiors") 00:00 Tools
Rose of The Rio Grande (alt tk) 00:00 Tools
High Society - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I'VE FOUND A NEW BABE (1932) 00:00 Tools
Avalon (11-05-51) 00:00 Tools
2.19 Blues 00:00 Tools
Ol' Man River 00:00 Tools
Roses of Picardy 00:00 Tools
Oh Lady Be Good 00:00 Tools
Black Stick Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
High Society 1945 00:00 Tools
My Melancholy Baby 00:00 Tools
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate 00:00 Tools
These Foolish Things 00:00 Tools
Old Stack O'Lee Blues 1946 00:00 Tools
Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) 00:00 Tools
That's A Plenty (11-05-51) 00:00 Tools
When It's Sleepy Time Down Sou 00:00 Tools
Indian Summer (Live) 00:00 Tools
Rocking Chair 00:00 Tools
If I Let You Get Away With It 00:00 Tools
Jazz Me Blues (Alt Take) 00:00 Tools
Willie the Weeper 00:00 Tools
Si tu vois ma Mère (Slow) 00:00 Tools
Panter dance 00:00 Tools
Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On the Blues) 00:00 Tools
The Broken Windmill 00:00 Tools
'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do 00:00 Tools
Jungle Drums (Live) 00:00 Tools
Blues in the Thirds 00:00 Tools
Slippin And Slidin 00:00 Tools
Junk Bucket Blues 00:00 Tools
Besama mucho 00:00 Tools
Amour Perdu 00:00 Tools
Coal Cart Blues 00:00 Tools
Bechet's Blues 00:00 Tools
Ooh! Boogie 00:00 Tools
Sleepy Time Down South 00:00 Tools
Blue Room 00:00 Tools
Blues For Tommy Ladnier 00:00 Tools
When You And I Were Young, Maggie (Live) 00:00 Tools
Polka Dot Rag (Live) 00:00 Tools
Ding Dong Daddy 00:00 Tools
When It's Sleepy Time Down South 1941 00:00 Tools
Exactly Like You 00:00 Tools
Blues In The Air - Take 1 00:00 Tools
Jazz Blues 00:00 Tools
Love Me With A Feeling 00:00 Tools
Funky Butt 00:00 Tools
Jumpin' Jack 00:00 Tools
Bechet Parades The Blues 00:00 Tools
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Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz (beating cornetist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the recording studio by several months and later playing duets with Armstrong), and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist. Forceful delivery, well-constructed improvisations, and a distinctive, wide vibrato characterized Bechet's playing. Bechet's erratic temperament hampered his career, however, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Bechet was born in New Orleans on 14th May 1897. From a young age he was able quickly to master any musical instrument he encountered. Some New Orleanians remembered him as a cornet hot-shot in his youth. At first, though, he decided on the clarinet as his main instrument, and Bechet remained one of jazz's greatest clarinetists for decades. He is, however, perhaps best remembered as the master of the soprano saxophone. Bechet was the first notable jazz saxophonist of any sort, his playing characterised by forceful delivery, well conceived, improvised ideas, and a distinctive wide vibrato. Bechet had experience playing in travelling shows even before he left New Orleans at the age of twenty. Never long content in one place, he alternated between Chicago, New York, and Europe as his base of operations until finally he settled in France in 1950. He married Elisabeth Ziegler in Antibes, France in 1951. Bechet successfully composed in jazz, pop, and extended concert work forms. His recordings have often been reissued. Some of the highlights include 1924 sides with Louis Armstrong in "Clarence Williams Blue Five", the 1932, 1940, and 1941 New Orleans Feetwarmers sides, a 1938 Tommy Ladnier Orchestra session ("Weary Blues", "Really the Blues"), and various versions of his own composition, "Petite Fleur". In 1941, as an early experiment in overdubbing at RCA Studios, he recorded on six different instruments: the clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, bass, and drums. This recording can be heard under the title "Sheik of Araby". Shortly before his death in Paris, Bechet dictated his autobiography, Treat It Gentle. He died on 14th May 1959 - his sixty-second birthday. Legacy and honors Bechet successfully composed in jazz, pop-tune, and extended concert work forms. He knew how to read music but chose not to, due to his highly developed inner ear; he developed his own fingering system and never played section parts in a big band or swing-style combo. His recordings have often been reissued. Sidney Bechet's primary instruments were the clarinet and the soprano sax. His playing style is intense and passionate, and had a wide vibrato. He was also known to be very proficient with his instruments and a master at improvisation (both individual and collective). Bechet liked to have his sound dominate in a performance, and trumpeters found it very difficult to play alongside him. Bechet's song Si tu vois ma mère was prominently featured in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris (2011). Some of the highlights of his career include 1923 sides with Louis Armstrong in the Clarence Williams Blue Five; the 1932, 1940, 1941 New Orleans Feetwarmers sides; a 1938 Tommy Ladnier Orchestra session ("Weary Blues", "Really the Blues"); a hit 1939 recording of "Summertime"; and various versions of his own composition, "Petite Fleur". In 1939, Bechet co-led a group with pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith that recorded several early versions of what was later called Latin jazz, adapting traditional méringue, rhumba and Haitian songs to the jazz idiom. On July 28, 1940, Sidney Bechet made a guest appearance on NBC Radio's The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street show, playing two of his show pieces ("Shake It and Break It" and "St. Louis Blues") with Henry Levine's Dixieland band. Levine invited Bechet into the RCA Victor recording studio (on 24th Street in New York City), where Bechet lent his soprano sax to Levine's traditional arrangement of "Muskrat Ramble." On April 18, 1941, as an early experiment in overdubbing at Victor, Bechet recorded a version of the pop song "The Sheik of Araby", playing six different instruments: clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, bass, and drums. A hitherto unissued master of this recording was included in the 1965 LP Bechet of New Orleans, issued by RCA Victor as LPV-510. On the liner notes, George Hoeffer quotes Bechet as follows: "I started by playing The Sheik on piano, and played the drums while listening to the piano. I meant to play all the rhythm instruments, but got all mixed up and grabbed my soprano, then the bass, then the tenor saxophone, and finally finished up with the clarinet." In 1944, 1946, and 1953 he recorded and performed in concert with the Chicago jazz pianist and vibraphonist Max Miller, private recordings that are part of the Max Miller archive and have never been released. These concerts and recordings are covered completely in John Chilton's authoritative book on Bechet. Bechet was an important influence on the alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who studied with him as a teenager. In 1919, Ernest Ansermet, a Swiss classical conductor, wrote a tribute to Bechet, one of the earliest (if not the first) to a jazz musician from the classical field of music, linking Bechet's music with that of Bach. In 1968, Bechet was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. The New York Times music writer Robert Palmer wrote of Bechet: "by combining the 'cry' of the blues players and the finesse of the Creoles into his 'own way,' Sidney Bechet created a style which moved the emotions even as it dazzled the mind." "Bechet to me was the very epitome of jazz ... everything he played in his whole life was completely original. I honestly think he was the most unique man to ever be in this music." — Duke Ellington. The British poet Philip Larkin wrote an ode to Bechet in The Whitsun Weddings. In popular culture Sugar Blue, the renowned blues harmonica player, took his name from the Bechet recording "Sugar Blues", saying: "I needed a nickname ... all the good ones were taken! You know 'Muddy Waters', 'Blind Lemon', 'Sonny Boy' ... until one night a friend and I were leaving a concert — a Doc Watson concert — when somebody threw out of the window a box full of old 78s: I picked one up and it said "Sugar Blues" by Sidney Bechet ... That's it! I thought it was perfect ... so here I am". Bechet is said to have inspired the character of the saxophonist "Pablo" in the novel Steppenwolf. Hermann Hesse likely learned about jazz by listening to his playing in Europe in the 1920s.[citation needed] In the novel Replay by Ken Grimwood, Bechet is featured performing at an underground Paris jazz club in the novel. This appearance is anachronistic as the scene takes place in 1963; Bechet died in 1959. In music Bob Dorough, who played with Bechet, recorded a tribute song, called "Something for Sydney," on his Right On My Way Home album. Van Morrison mentions Bechet in his song "See Me Through Part II (Just A Closer Walk With Thee)". The French chanteuse Patricia Kaas recorded the song, "L'Enterrement de Sidney Bechet" ("The Funeral of Sidney Bechet"), on her 1990 album Scène de vie. Raquel Bitton pays tribute to Sydney Bechet in her CD Paris Blues, singing "Petite Fleur" (2006). Radiohead used his single "Egyptian Fantasy" as the exit song for their 2012 tour. In film/TV In the 1997 documentary Wild Man Blues, Woody Allen, the director and clarinetist, repeatedly referred to Bechet. He named one of his children adopted with his wife Soon-Yi Previn after Bechet. Bechet is portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in two episodes of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In the 2009 Disney animated feature The Princess and the Frog, Bechet is mentioned by Louis, the trumpet playing alligator, during the musical number "When We're Human." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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