Format Details:
Release Date: 21 June 2024
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563185434
Genres: Jazz
Description
Limited edition - 180g blue coloured virgin vinyl - the complete album + 4 bonus tracks. Revered in France during the last decade of his life, Sidney Bechet was one of the seminal forces in the roots of New Orleans jazz and the first musician to give the soprano sax a voice in jazz.
This release presents the complete LP Sidney Bechet plays Sidney Bechet, which consisted of brilliant performances of his own compositions, including the immortal 'Petite fleur'.
****AllMusic: "Sidney Bechet, the first great jazz horn soloist to be featured on records, was a remarkable soprano saxophonist and clarinettist. He dominated ensembles and was such a dazzling soloist that he ended up being the favourite musician of both Duke Ellington and John Coltrane." (Scott Yanow)
Tracklisting
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
Elvis Presley
Oscar Peterson
Michel Legrand & Miles Davis
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Sonny Rollins
Quincy Jones
Sidney Bechet
Various Artists
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
