717101861125

The King Jazz Story

Sidney Bechet & Mez Mezzrow

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Format: 5CD

Cat No: 1088611

Release Date:  03 December 2012

Label:  Storyville Records

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  717101861125

Genres:  Jazz  Jazz  

  • Description

    To Mezz Mezzrow, King Jazz was more than a record label. It was the crystallization of his abiding passion for early forms of jazz, a music he saw as a blues-drenched cry of freedom wafting across the waters from New Orleans. It had spread far beyond the bayou and taken on new forms, but Mezz was the self-appointed keeper of the flame and his post-war record business venture was the mason jar that would forever preserve its goodness. Here, the colorful curator teams up for a series of classic collaborations with an undisputed master of improvisation, his idol, Sidney Bechet. Their work alone would make this 5-CD boxed set a special release, but there is much more to savor, for it combines for the first times the entire output of the King Jazz label, an eclectic mix of performances by people whose names are also a part of the music's rich legacy. Add to that, careful remastering, an informative illustrated booklet, and Mezzrow's spoken introductions, recorded exclusively for Storyville - it adds up to a true collector's item. Yes, there's a lot of good jam in this very special Mason jar.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. In a Mezz
      • 2. Mezzrow Talks
      • 3. Those Mellow Blues
      • 4. Gully Low Blues
      • 5. Cow Cow Blues
      • 6. 133rd Street Boogie
      • 7. Mezzrow Talks
      • 8. I Finally Gotcha
      • 9. Boogin' with Mezz
      • 10. Callin' 'Em Home
      • 11. Step Down, Step Up
      • 12. Shakin' Loose
      • 13. Shakin' Loose
      • 14. Broken Man Blues
      • 15. New Jailhouse Blues
      • 16. House Party
      • 17. House Party
      • 18. Perdido Street Stomp
      • 19. Perdido Street Stomp
      • 20. Revolutionary Blues, Pt. 1
      • 21. Revolutionary Blues, Pt. 2
      • 22. Mezzrow Talks
      • 23. Blood on the Moon
      • 24. Levee Blues
      • 25. Mezzrow Talks
      • 26. Layin' My Rules in Blues
      • 27. Bad, Bad Baby Blues
      • 28. Bad, Bad Baby Blues

      Disc 2

      • 1. Mezzrow Talks
      • 2. Saw Mill Blues
      • 3. Minor Swoon
      • 4. Minor Swoon
      • 5. Minor Swoon
      • 6. The Sheik of Araby
      • 7. The Sheik of Araby
      • 8. Boogin' with Big Sid
      • 9. Mezzrow Talks
      • 10. Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out
      • 11. Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out
      • 12. Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out
      • 13. Ole Miss
      • 14. Ole Miss
      • 15. Mezzrow Talks
      • 16. Bowin' the Blues
      • 17. Bowin' the Blues
      • 18. Jelly Roll
      • 19. Jelly Roll
      • 20. Jelly Roll
      • 21. Jelly Roll
      • 22. Perdido Street Stomp
      • 23. Perdido Street Stomp
      • 24. 32 Bars of Blues
      • 25. Forgotten Harmony
      • 26. Revolutionary Blues

      Disc 3

      • 1. Mezzrow Talks
      • 2. Gone Away Blues
      • 3. De Luxe Stomp
      • 4. Mezzrow Talks
      • 5. Out of the Gallion
      • 6. Out of the Gallion
      • 7. Out of the Gallion
      • 8. Mezzrow Talks
      • 9. Breathless Blues
      • 10. Mezzrow Talks
      • 11. Really the Blues, Pt. 1
      • 12. Really the Blues, Pt. 1
      • 13. Really the Blues, Pt. 2
      • 14. Really the Blues, Pt. 2
      • 15. Evil Gal Blues
      • 16. Mezzrow Talks
      • 17. Fat Mama Blues
      • 18. Mezzrow Talks
      • 19. You Got to Give It to Me
      • 20. Hey Daddy Blues
      • 21. Whoop This Wolf Away from My Door
      • 22. Whoop This Wolf Away from My Door
      • 23. Whoop That Wolf Away from My Door
      • 24. Mezzrow Talks
      • 25. You Can't Do That to Me
      • 26. Groovin' the Minor
      • 27. Groovin' the Minor

      Disc 4

      • 1. Where Am I
      • 2. Where Am I
      • 3. Where Am I
      • 4. Mezzrow Talks
      • 5. Tommy's Blues
      • 6. Tommy's Blues
      • 7. Chicago Function, Pt. 1
      • 8. Chicago Function, Pt. 1
      • 9. Chicago Function, Pt. 2
      • 10. Chicago Function, Pt. 2
      • 11. Mezzrow Talks
      • 12. I Want Some
      • 13. I Want Some
      • 14. Mezzrow Talks
      • 15. I'm Speaking My Mind
      • 16. I'm Speaking My Mind
      • 17. I'm Speaking My Mind

      Disc 5

      • 1. I'll Never Forget the Blues
      • 2. I'll Never Forget the Blues
      • 3. Mezzrow Talks
      • 4. The Blues and Freud, Pt. 1
      • 5. The Blues and Freud, Pt. 2
      • 6. Kaiser's Last Break
      • 7. Kaiser's Last Break
      • 8. I'm Goin' Away from Here
      • 9. I'm Goin' Away from Here
      • 10. I Got You Some
      • 11. I Must Have My Boogie
      • 12. Funky Butt
      • 13. Funky Butt
      • 14. Delta Mood
      • 15. Delta Mood
      • 16. Mezzrow Talks
      • 17. Blues of the Roaring Twenties
      • 18. Blues of the Roaring Twenties
      • 19. Caravan