Jazz Greats, Volume 15: Sidney Bechet: Summertime

~ Release by Sidney Bechet (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Shag
New Orleans Feetwarmers3:08
2Ja Da
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra2:53
3Summertime
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1939-06-08)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1939-06-08)
piano:
Meade Lux Lewis (on 1939-06-08)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1939-06-08)
part of:
Blue Note (by matrix number) (number: GM-533-14)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1939-06-08)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sidney Bechet Quintet4:15
4That's a Plenty
Bechet-Spanier Big Four4:08
5Really the Blues
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra3:36
6High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:50
7Weary Blues
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra3:00
8Wild Cat Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-07-30)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-07-30)
cornet:
Thomas Morris (jazz cornetist, 1897–1945) (on 1923-07-30)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-07-30)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1923-07-30)
trombone:
John Mayfield (trombonist) (on 1923-07-30)
recording of:
Wild Cat Blues (on 1923-07-30)
composer:
Thomas Waller and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five3:02
9Perdido Street Blues
recording of:
Perdido Street Blues
composer:
Lil Armstrong
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:00
10Nobody Knows the Way I Feel 'Dis Mornin'
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:27
11China Boy
Bechet-Spanier Big Four3:50
12Egyptian Fantasy
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:07
13Twelfth Street Rag
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:03
14The Sheik of Araby
Sidney Bechet’s One Man Band2:09
15Blues in Thirds
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-09-06)
clarinet and soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1940-09-06)
double bass:
John Lindsay (US trombonist/bassist, worked with Jelly Roll Morton) (on 1940-09-06)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1940-09-06)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1940-09-06)
performer:
Sidney Bechet Trio (on 1940-09-06)
recording of:
Blues in Thirds (on 1940-09-06)
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers2:54
16I'm Coming Virginia
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers2:37
17Out of the Gallion
Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet2:33
18Maple Leaf Rag
New Orleans Feetwarmers2:59
19Apex Blues
alto saxophone:
Joe Poston (on 1928-08-23)
banjo and guitar:
Bud Scott (on 1928-08-23)
clarinet:
Jimmie Noone (on 1928-08-23)
double bass:
Lawson Buford (on 1928-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Wells (on 1928-08-23)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-08-23)
recording of:
Apex Blues (on 1928-08-23)
composer:
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra3:05
20Blue Goose
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-28)
double bass:
Jimmy Blanton (on 1940-05-28)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1940-05-28)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1940-05-28)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-28), Harry Carney (on 1940-05-28) and Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-28)
soprano saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-28)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1940-05-28)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-05-28) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-28)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-28) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-28)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-28)
recording of:
Blue Goose (on 1940-05-28)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:23

Credits

Release

part of:Jazz Greats (Marshall Cavendish) (number: 15) (order: 16)
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