Sidney Bechet

The Complete American Masters 1931–1953

Release date November 21, 2011

Tracklist

1
Wild Cat Blues
3:00
3:00
2
Kansas City Man Blues
2:59
2:59
3
Achin’ Hearted Blues
2:57
2:57
4
Oh Daddy!
3:11
3:11
5
Shreveport Blues
3:00
3:00
6
Old Fashioned Love
3:09
3:09
7
House Rent Blues (The Stomp)
2:58
2:58
8
Mean Blues
2:58
2:58
9
Texas Moaner Blues
3:14
3:14
10
Off and On Blues
2:53
2:53
11
Mandy, make Up Your Mind
3:09
3:09
12
I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird
3:17
3:17
13
Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone)?
3:24
3:24
14
Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home
2:56
2:56
15
In a Café on the Road to Calais
2:48
2:48
16
Loveless Love
3:17
3:17
17
Basement Blues
3:18
3:18
18
Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
3:06
3:06
19
Sweetie Dear
2:51
2:51
20
I Want You Tonight
3:07
3:07
21
I've Found a New Baby
3:12
3:12
22
Lay Your Racket
3:15
3:15
23
Maple Leaf Rag
2:56
2:56
24
Shag
3:06
3:06
25
Under the Creole Moon
3:20
3:20
26
Loveless Love
2:57
2:57
27
Polka Dot Rag
2:51
2:51
28
You Can't Live in Harlem
2:23
2:23
29
'Tain't a Fit Night Out for Man or Beast
2:32
2:32
30
Rhythm of the Broadway Moon
2:47
2:47
31
I’m Just Wild About Harry
2:52
2:52
32
I’m Just Wild About Harry
2:50
2:50
33
Dear Old Southland
2:35
2:35
34
Okey Doke
2:54
2:54
35
Characteristic Blues
2:56
2:56
36
Viper Mad
3:05
3:05
37
Blackstick
2:48
2:48
38
When the Sun Sets Down South (Southern Sunset)
3:12
3:12
39
Sweet Patootie
3:20
3:20
40
Freight Train Blues
3:18
3:18
41
Trixie Blues
3:17
3:17
42
My Daddy Rocks Me, Parts 1 & 2
5:53
5:53
43
He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometimes)
2:47
2:47
44
Jack, I'm Mellow
2:46
2:46
45
My Unusual Man
2:46
2:46
46
Uncle Joe
2:36
2:36
47
I Am a Woman
2:48
2:48
48
Toot It, Brother Armstrong
3:16
3:16
49
Blue Monday On Sugar Hill
2:17
2:17
50
What a Dream
2:54
2:54
51
Hold Tight
2:36
2:36
52
Jungle Drums
2:29
2:29
53
Chant in the Night
2:25
2:25
54
Ja Da
2:54
2:54
55
Really the Blues
3:38
3:38
56
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
2:43
2:43
57
Weary Blues
3:02
3:02
58
Blues for Tommy (in memory of Tommy Ladnier)
4:26
4:26
59
Summertime
4:13
4:13
60
Pounding Heart Blues
4:02
4:02
61
Oh, Didn't He Ramble
3:11
3:11
62
High Society
2:48
2:48
63
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
3:13
3:13
64
Winin' Boy Blues
3:08
3:08
65
Magic Islands
2:38
2:38
66
Mayotte
2:28
2:28
67
Rose Rhumba
2:22
2:22
68
Sous Les Palmiers
2:36
2:36
69
Original Haitian Music 1 (Ça Pique à Haïti)
2:23
2:23
70
Original Haitian Music 2 (Tirre Chatte)
2:25
2:25
71
Tropical Mood Moon Rhumba (Danse Ensemble)
3:01
3:01
72
Baba Rhumba (Nana)
2:35
2:35
73
Original Haitian Music 3 (La Belle Germaine)
2:45
2:45
74
Original Haitian Music 4 (Danses de Chez Nous)
2:45
2:45
75
Colonel Bogey March
2:40
2:40
76
Ti Ralph
2:19
2:19
77
Merengue de Amor (Meringue D'amour)
2:58
2:58
78
Indian Summer
3:04
3:04
79
One O'Clock Jump
2:25
2:25
80
Preachin' the Blues
3:04
3:04
81
Sidney's Blues
2:52
2:52
82
Careless Love
3:44
3:44
83
Milk Cow Blues
4:06
4:06
84
Lonesome Blues
4:04
4:04
85
Dear Old Southland
4:02
4:02
86
Bechet's Steady Rider
2:55
2:55
87
Saturday Night Blues
2:58
2:58
88
Four or Five Times
3:58
3:58
89
Sweet Lorraine
4:14
4:14
90
Lazy River
4:06
4:06
91
China Boy
3:47
3:47
92
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
4:00
4:00
93
That’s a Plenty
4:07
4:07
94
Squeeze Me
3:49
3:49
95
Sweet Sue, Just You
4:02
4:02
96
Perdido Street Blues
3:06
3:06
97
2.19 Blues
2:52
2:52
98
Down In Honky Tonk Town
3:06
3:06
99
Coal Cart Blues
2:56
2:56
100
Shake It and Break It
2:55
2:55
101
Old Man Blues
2:48
2:48
102
Wild Man Blues
3:19
3:19
103
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel «Dis Mornin'»
3:32
3:32
104
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
3:17
3:17
105
Blues in Thirds
2:58
2:58
106
Blue for You Johnny
2:54
2:54
107
Ain't Misbehavin'
2:58
2:58
108
Save it Pretty Mama
2:56
2:56
109
Stompy Jones
2:53
2:53
110
Muskrat Ramble
2:50
2:50
111
Coal Black Shine
2:45
2:45
112
Egyptian Fantasy
3:03
3:03
113
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
2:35
2:35
114
Slippin' and Slidin'
2:53
2:53
115
The Sheik Of Araby
2:11
2:11
116
Blues of Bechet
1:54
1:54
117
Swing Parade
2:22
2:22
118
I Know That You Know
2:29
2:29
119
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
3:02
3:02
120
I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll
3:15
3:15
121
I'm Coming Virginia
2:40
2:40
122
Limehouse Blues
2:37
2:37
123
Georgia Cabin
3:00
3:00
124
Texas Moaner Blues
3:00
3:00
125
Strange Fruit
2:32
2:32
126
You're the Limit
3:13
3:13
127
Rip Up the Joint
2:19
2:19
128
Suey
2:29
2:29
129
Blues in the Air
2:44
2:44
130
The Mooche
3:06
3:06
131
Laughin' in Rhythm
2:04
2:04
132
Twelfth Street Rag
3:00
3:00
133
Mood Indigo
3:13
3:13
134
Rose Room
2:36
2:36
135
Oh, Lady Be Good
2:28
2:28
136
What Is This Thing Called Love?
3:31
3:31
137
After You've Gone
4:52
4:52
138
V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss)
4:52
4:52
139
Medley of Parodies: Dear Mom / Tangerine / Nagasaki
5:37
5:37
140
Bechet Parades The Blues (St. Louis Blues)
4:15
4:15
141
St. Louis Blues
4:49
4:49
142
Jazz Me Blues
4:17
4:17
143
Blue Horizon
4:28
4:28
144
Muskrat Ramble
3:42
3:42
145
Walking and Talking to Myself
3:53
3:53
146
Quiet Please
3:55
3:55
147
Cliff’s Boogie Woogie
4:15
4:15
148
Jeepers Creepers
4:24
4:24
149
High Society
3:38
3:38
150
Salty Dog
4:04
4:04
151
Weary Blues
4:21
4:21
152
Jackass Blues
4:46
4:46
153
Milenberg Joys
4:20
4:20
154
Lord Let Me in the Lifeboat
3:36
3:36
155
Days Beyond Recall
4:51
4:51
156
Porto Rico
3:11
3:11
157
Up in Sidney's Flat
4:23
4:23
158
House Party
2:41
2:41
159
Perdido Street Stomp
2:24
2:24
160
Revolutionary Blues, Part 1
3:17
3:17
161
Revolutionary Blues, Part 2
2:38
2:38
162
Blood on the Moon
2:27
2:27
163
Levee Blues
2:58
2:58
164
Layin' My Rules In Blues
2:39
2:39
165
Bad Bad Baby Blues
2:58
2:58
166
Saw Mill Man Blues
3:03
3:03
167
Minor Swoon
3:00
3:00
168
The Sheik of Araby
2:59
2:59
169
Baby I'm Cuttin' Out
2:56
2:56
170
Ole Miss
3:02
3:02
171
Bowin' the Blues
2:49
2:49
172
Jelly Roll
3:34
3:34
173
Perdido Street Stomp
2:55
2:55
174
Old School
3:30
3:30
175
Gone Away Blues
2:45
2:45
176
De Luxe Stomp
2:30
2:30
177
Out of the Gallion
2:33
2:33
178
Save It Pretty Mama
3:10
3:10
179
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
3:08
3:08
180
Memphis Blues
2:55
2:55
181
Shine
2:57
2:57
182
St. James Infirmary
3:20
3:20
183
Darktown Strutters' Ball
3:00
3:00
184
Sister Kate
2:40
2:40
185
Panama
2:48
2:48
186
Got It And Gone
2:51
2:51
187
Blame It On the Blues (Quincy Street Stomp)
2:58
2:58
188
Old Stack O'Lee Blues
4:16
4:16
189
Bechet's Fantasy
3:49
3:49
190
Weary Way Blues
3:11
3:11
191
As Long as I Live
2:57
2:57
192
I'm a Little Piece of Leather
2:40
2:40
193
St. Louis Blues
3:37
3:37
194
Jazz Me Blues
2:41
2:41
195
Ballin' the Jack
2:13
2:13
196
I'll Never Be the Same
3:10
3:10
197
Breathless Blues
2:59
2:59
198
Really the Blues, Part I
3:08
3:08
199
Really the Blues, Part II
2:55
2:55
200
Evil Gal Blues
3:05
3:05
201
Fat Mama Blues
3:16
3:16
202
You Got to Give It to Me
2:48
2:48
203
Hey Daddy Blues
2:44
2:44
204
Whoop This Wolf Away from My Door
3:05
3:05
205
You Can’t Do That to Me
2:36
2:36
206
Groovin’ the Minor
3:27
3:27
207
Royal Garden Blues
6:34
6:34
208
Slow Blues
6:42
6:42
209
Old Fashioned Love
5:28
5:28
210
Fast Blues
6:02
6:02
211
Bugle Blues (Bugle Call Rag)
4:48
4:48
212
Spreadin' Joy
3:00
3:00
213
I Had It but It's All Gone Now
3:19
3:19
214
Polka Dot Stomp
2:39
2:39
215
Kansas City Man Blues
2:41
2:41
216
Buddy Bolden Stomp
3:08
3:08
217
My Woman's Blues
2:56
2:56
218
Song of Songs
3:01
3:01
219
Just One Of Those Things
3:06
3:06
220
Love for Sale
3:20
3:20
221
Laura
3:09
3:09
222
Shake 'em Up
2:35
2:35
223
Where Am I
4:43
4:43
224
Tommy's Blues
5:03
5:03
225
Chicago Function I (Revolutionary Blues I)
4:14
4:14
226
Chicago Function II (Revolutionary Blues II)
3:45
3:45
227
I Want Some
4:18
4:18
228
I'm Speaking My Mind
4:09
4:09
229
Never Will I Forget the Blues
4:23
4:23
230
The Blues and Freud, I
4:29
4:29
231
The Blues and Freud, II
4:09
4:09
232
Kaiser’s Last Break (I’m Up)
4:28
4:28
233
I’m Goin’ Away from Here
4:08
4:08
234
I Got You Some
3:36
3:36
235
I Must Have My Boogie
3:42
3:42
236
Funky Butt
4:11
4:11
237
Delta Mood
4:21
4:21
238
Blues of the Roaring Twenties
4:01
4:01
239
Sister Kate
3:05
3:05
240
Tiger Rag
3:08
3:08
241
Tin Roof Blues
3:00
3:00
242
I've Found a New Baby
3:08
3:08
243
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
3:09
3:09
244
When the Saints Go Marching In
3:02
3:02
245
I Got Rhythm
3:01
3:01
246
September Song
2:57
2:57
247
Who!
2:53
2:53
248
Casbah (Song of the Medina)
2:32
2:32
249
Maryland My Maryland
2:33
2:33
250
Careless Love
2:48
2:48
251
Egyptian Fantasy
2:44
2:44
252
Basin Street Blues
3:18
3:18
253
Cake Walking Babies from Home
2:35
2:35
254
Tailgate Ramble
2:54
2:54
255
At the Jazz Band Ball
3:02
3:02
256
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
3:20
3:20
257
Fidgety Feet
3:00
3:00
258
I'm Through, Goodbye
2:46
2:46
259
Love Me With A Feeling
3:19
3:19
260
Waste No Tears
3:06
3:06
261
Box Car Shorty
3:09
3:09
262
The Broken Windmill
3:19
3:19
263
Without A Home
3:06
3:06
264
Copenhagen
2:50
2:50
265
China Boy
3:05
3:05
266
Runnin' Wild
3:07
3:07
267
Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
2:56
2:56
268
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
2:54
2:54
269
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
2:46
2:46
270
Jelly Roll Blues
2:46
2:46
271
At a Georgia Camp Meeting
3:11
3:11
272
National Emblem March
3:02
3:02
273
Hindustan
3:06
3:06
274
I'll Take That New Orleans Music
2:44
2:44
275
Original Dixieland One-Step
4:16
4:16
276
Avalon
4:56
4:56
277
That's A-Plenty
4:16
4:16
278
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
5:44
5:44
279
Ballin' the Jack
3:52
3:52
280
There'll Be Some Changes Made
3:59
3:59
281
All of Me
4:08
4:08
282
Ding Dong Daddy
4:30
4:30
283
Black and Blue
3:37
3:37
284
Shine
4:56
4:56
285
Rose of the Rio Grande
4:14
4:14
286
Sweet Georgia Brown
4:01
4:01
287
St. Louis Blues
4:12
4:12
288
On the Sunny Side of the Street
3:50
3:50
289
Muskrat Ramble
3:13
3:13
290
Summertime
3:29
3:29
291
Dear Old Southland
2:30
2:30
292
Fonda Blues (take 2)
4:19
4:19
293
Medley: What’s New? / To You
3:51
3:51
294
Bugle Call Rag
2:40
2:40
295
The Sheik of Araby
3:25
3:25
296
Limehouse Blues
1:02
1:02
297
Pop It
2:54
2:54
298
Blues
4:42
4:42
299
Mood Indigo
4:42
4:42
300
Big Wig in the Wigwam
3:11
3:11
301
At the Log Cabin
3:26
3:26
302
Sidney's Blues
5:04
5:04
303
Preachin' Blues
3:13
3:13
304
One O’Clock Jump, 1
2:24
2:24
305
One O’Clock Jump, 2
2:46
2:46
306
St. Louis Blues
2:28
2:28
307
Indian Summer
3:55
3:55
308
Blues with Bechet
3:41
3:41
309
Shake It & Break It
3:40
3:40
310
St. Louis Blues
3:17
3:17
311
The Blues
2:32
2:32
312
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
1:37
1:37
313
Dear Old Southland
3:07
3:07
314
China Boy
3:49
3:49