JazzCodex

Blue Note

Jazz Classics Vol. 2

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Recorded1950
LabelBlue Note
CatalogLP 7003
Released1950
Personnel17 credited players
Discogsmaster 1067037

The record

Bechet appears on both clarinet and soprano saxophone, and the personnel list carries three drummers, two pianists and two bassists -- Sidney Catlett, Meade 'Lux' Lewis and Pops Foster among them. Vic Dickenson and J.C. Higginbotham are in the trombone credits. Six sides of early jazz including 'St. Louis Blues,' 'High Society' and 'Blues For Tommy Ladnier.' A ten-inch Blue Note from 1950.

Tracks

  1. St. Louis Blues
  2. Jazz Me Blues
  3. Pounding Heart Blues
  4. High Society
  5. Jackass Blues
  6. Blues For Tommy Ladnier

Session personnel

  • Johnny Williams — Bass
  • Pops Foster — Bass
  • Sidney Bechet — Clarinet
  • Paul Bacon (2) — Design
  • Freddie Moore — Drums
  • Manzie Johnson — Drums
  • Sidney Catlett — Drums
  • Teddy Bunn — Guitar
  • Art Hodes — Piano
  • Meade "Lux" Lewis — Piano
  • Sidney Bechet — Soprano Saxophone
  • George Lugg — Trombone
  • J.C. Higginbotham — Trombone
  • Vic Dickenson — Trombone
  • Frank Newton — Trumpet
  • Max Kaminsky — Trumpet
  • Sidney De Paris — Trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1950Blue Note · LP 7003 — Vinyl LP 10" Mono earliest on file
1957Blue Note · LP 7003 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Repress, Mono · 47 W 63rd address
1951Blue Note · LP 7003 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Repress, Mono
1952Blue Note · LP 7003 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Repress, Mono
1953Blue Note · LP 7003 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Repress, Mono
1953Blue Note · LP 7003 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Repress, Mono

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