Sidney Bechet – A Jazz Masterwork

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Label:	Columbia – C-173
Format:	4 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1948
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Dixieland, Swing

Tracklist

A	Sidney Bechet Quartet–	Laura
B	Sidney Bechet Quartet–	Just One Of Those Things
C	Sidney Bechet With Bob Wilber's Wildcats–	Kansas City Man Blues
D	Sidney Bechet With Bob Wilber's Wildcats–	Polka Dot Stomp
E	Sidney Bechet With Bob Wilber's Wildcats–	I Had It, But It's All Gone Now
F	Sidney Bechet With Bob Wilber's Wildcats–	Spreadin' Joy
G	Sidney Bechet Quartet–	Love For Sale
H	Sidney Bechet Quartet–	Shake 'Em Up

Credits

Bass – Charlie Traeger (tracks: C to F), Pops Foster (tracks: A, B, G, H)
Clarinet – Bob Wilber (tracks: C to F), Sidney Bechet (tracks: C, F)
Cornet – Johnny Glasel* (tracks: C to F)
Cover – Jim Flora
Drums – Arthur Herbert (tracks: A, B, G, H), Denny Strong* (tracks: C to F)
Liner Notes – George Avakian
Piano – Dick Wellstood (tracks: C to F), Lloyd Phillips (2) (tracks: A, B, G, H)
Soprano Saxophone – Sidney Bechet (tracks: A, B, D, E, G, H)
Trombone – Bob Mielke (tracks: C to F)

Notes

Four 78 RPM records housed in individual pockets in an album with a Jim Flora cover.

Labels are maroon with gold print.

Sides C through F recorded in New York, July 14, 1947
Sides A, B, G, H recorded in New York, July 31, 1947

All these tracks were reissued on The Grand Master Of The Soprano Saxophone And Clarinet, but some from different takes.