Blue Note

Jazz Classics Volume 2

Sidney Bechet

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Recorded	1955
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BLP 1202
Released	1955
Personnel	23 credited players
Discogs	master 320798

The record

Blue Note's mono compilation gathers Sidney Bechet from a spread of dates: the credits carry four trumpeters, five trombonists and four pianists, Bunk Johnson and Meade "Lux" Lewis among them, with Sidney Catlett turning up at the drums. Bechet takes clarinet and soprano. 'High Society,' 'St. Louis Blues' and 'Blues For Tommy Ladnier' are the anchors, and Rudy Van Gelder handled the remastering.

Tracks

St. Louis Blues
Up In Sidney's Flat
Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat
Pounding Heart Blues
Changes Made
High Society
Jackass Blues
Jazz Me Blues
Blues For Tommy Ladnier
Old Stack O'Lee Blues

Session personnel

Johnny Williams — Bass
Pops Foster — Bass
Albert Nicholas — Clarinet
Sidney Bechet — Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone
Danny Alvin — Drums
Manzie Johnson — Drums
Sidney Catlett — Drums
Freddie Moore — Drums, Vocals
Teddy Bunn — Guitar
Art Hodes — Piano
Cliff Jackson — Piano
Don Kirkpatrick (4) — Piano
Meade "Lux" Lewis — Piano
Rudy Van Gelder — Remastered By, Lacquer Cut By
George Lugg — Trombone
J.C. Higginbotham — Trombone
Jimmy Archey — Trombone
Sandy Williams — Trombone
Vic Dickenson — Trombone
Bunk Johnson — Trumpet
Frank Newton — Trumpet
Max Kaminsky — Trumpet
Sidney De Paris — Trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 23 pressings on file.

1955	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl LP Compilation Mono earliest on file
1964	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, New York Deep Groove, RVG, Ear · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear
1966	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, W63rd · deep groove; 63rd St address
—	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, 47 West 63rd; no "R" · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address
—	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation · deep groove; RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, 47 West 63rd; no "R" · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address
1968	Blue Note · BST 81202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1973	Blue Note · BST 81202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo
1975	Blue Note · BST 81202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
1979	Blue Note · BNS 40002 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1981	World Record Club · R-08691 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Mono
1981	World Record Club · WU 3729 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Stereo
1983	Blue Note · BLP 1202 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1993	EMI France · 789 385-2 — CD, Compilation