A great example what great musicians can do with a great melody. Oh those minor chords make the hair on my neck stand up..............this is SWING in its purest form. If you can listen without tappin' the soles off your shoes than lay down........you dead!!! And If there is a recording somewhere out there that makes you feel better than this than the Good Lord is savin' it for Himself....................mercy!!!!!!!!!
In order to create brilliant arrangements like this Bechet had to be just as great a composer as he was a musician. And then to be able to improvise as well, that's genius.
Bechet: my new addiction - especially this number. Surely he was one of the greatest of his era - and yet not nearly enough of his recordings are available nor widely known - what a treat to hear this recording and thanks for posting it
Nothing quite like the clunk of a double bass, I can listen to this all night. You have great taste Lola. Be back later for more tunes !! Great meeting yer.
Please, please,can we stop this Louis vs Sidney ,as Ellington once said,"we never compare artists" Louis set a course for all trumpet men in partnership with people like Bunk Johnson, Mutt Carey,Joe Olivef,and others. Sidney simply followed his own way influencing a few along the way but mostly just being the one and only Sidney Bechet,
To listen to this is akin to finding an oasis in a dry desert and drinking in the water of life, getting as close to paradise here on Earth as is possible. I never grow weary as long as Sidney Bechet is around!
I just love Sidney Bechet. I can play a clarinete myself, and when I was a kid my parents gave me a record with Sidney. That helped me a lot. God bless his soul !!!