Tracks:
Got the Bench, Got the Park
In a Caf‚ on the Road to Calais
Loveless Love
Basement Blues
Wha'd Ya Do to Me
Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
Sweetie Dear
I Want You Tonight
I've Found a New Baby
Lay Your Racket
Maple Leaf Rag
Shag
Under the Creole Moon
Old Ark Is Moverin', The
Loveless Love
Polka Dot Rag
That's What Love Did to Me
You Can't Live in Harlem
I Wonder Who Made Rhythm
'Tain't a Fit Night out for Man or Beast
I Take to You
Rhythm of the Broadway Moon
Bandanna Days
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Dear Old Southland
Okey-Doke
Characteristic Blues
Viper Mad
Blackstick
When the Sun Sets Down South
Sweet Patootie
Freight Train Blues
Trixie Blues
My Daddy Rocks Me, Pt. 1
My Daddy Rocks Me, Pt. 2
He May Be Your Man, But He Comes to Me Sometimes
Jack, I'm Mellow
Uncle Joe
I Am a Woman
Toot It, Brother Armstrong
Blue Monday on Sugar Hill
My Unusual Man
What a Dream
Hold Tight
Jungle Drums
Chant in the Night
Ja Da
Really the Blues
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Weary Blues
Summertime
Blues for Tommy
Pounding Heart Blues
Magic Islands
Mayotte
Rosa Rhumba
Sous Les Palmiers
Colonel Bogey
Diane
Nana
De Nous Meme
Titte Chatte
Belle Germaine, La
Ti Ralph
Meringue d'Amour
Danses de Chez Nous
Oh, Didn't He Ramble
High Society
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Winin' Boy Blues
Indian Summer
One O'Clock Jump
Preachin' Blues
Sidney's Blues
Careless Love
Milk Cow Blues
Lonesome Blues
Dear Old Southland
Bechet's Steady Rider
Saturday Night Blues
Four or Five Times
Sweet Lorraine
Lazy River
China Boy
If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight
That's a Plenty
Squeeze Me
Sweet Sue
Perdido Street Blues
2.19 Blues
Down in Honky Tonk Town
Coal Cart Blues
Shake It and Break It
Old Man Blues
Wild Man Blues
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel 'Dis Mornin'
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor

Performer Notes:

• Personnel: Sidney Bechet (vocals, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Sidney Bechet; Josh White (vocals, guitar); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Jelly Roll Morton (vocals, piano); O'Neill Spencer (vocals, drums); Coot Grant, Bill Maxey, Kid Wilson, Lavaida Carter, Lena Horne, Trixie Smith, Billy Banks, Wilson Myers (vocals); Howard Hill, Lawrence Lucie, Teddy Bunn, Bernard Addison, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Charlie Howard, Leonard Ware (electric guitar); Frank Ethridge, Frank Etheridge (banjo); Oscar Madera (violin); Ralph Duquense (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Harvey Boone, Chauncey Houghton (clarinet, alto saxophone); Mezz Mezzrow (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Albert Nicholas (clarinet); Jim Tolliver, Jerome Pasquall, Happy Caldwell, Gil White (tenor saxophone); Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone); Frankie Newton, Clarence Brereton, Kenneth Roane, Sidney DeParis, Wendell Culley, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Muggsy Spanier (cornet); Billy Burns, Teddy Nixon, Billy Burns, Chester Burrill, Sandy Williams , Claude Jones (trombone); Edward Coles (brass); Cliff Jackson & His Crazy Cats, Harry Brooks, Henry Duncan, Dave Bowman , Erskine Butterfield, Luis Russell, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Sam Price, Sonny White, Willie "The Lion" Smith (piano); Jimmy Jones (12-string bass); Wilbert Kirk, Jack Carter (drums, drum); Leo Warney, Morris Morland, Kenny Clarke, Manzie Johnson, Big Sid Catlett, Zutty Singleton (drums); Noble Sissle (vocals); Jimmy Miller (guitar); Ram¢n "Moncho" Usera (violin, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Rudy Jackson (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Demas Dean, Tommy Ladnier (trumpet); Lloyd Pinckney (piano).
• Audio Remasterer: Ted Kendall.
• Liner Note Authors: Ted Kendall; Drew Kent.
• Recording information: Chicago, IL (02/24/1931-06/04/1940); New York, NY (02/24/1931-06/04/1940).
• Director: Noble Sissle.
• Arrangers: Harry Brooks; Jelly Roll Morton.
• This well-assembled, budget-priced, four-CD set highlights the exemplary mid-period clarinet and soprano saxophone work of the legendary jazz musician Sidney Bechet, including the hot jazz of the traditional "Maple Leaf Rag," traditional gospel numbers like "The Old Ark Is Moverin'," and lovely, relaxed blues solos on "Preachin' Blues" (also known as "A Married Man's a Fool") and "Milk Cow Blues."

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 1 January, 2007

Label: E1 Entertainment Dist ***

Dimensions: 12.9 x 14.5 x 4.3 centimeters (0.28 kg)