Sidney Bechet

CD 1

1. Got The Bench, Got The Park (Lewis – Sherman – Philips) 3:13

2. In A Cafe On The Road To Calais (Trad.) 2:50

3. Loveless Love (Handy) 3:19

4. Basement Blues (Handy) 3:20

5. Wha'D Ya Do To Me? (Ager) 3:04

6. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (West – McCaffrey – Ringle) 3:07

7. Sweetie Dear (Jordan) 2:49

8. I Want You Tonight (Bechet – Maxey) 3:07

9. I've Found A New Baby (J. Palmer – S. Williams) 3:13

10. Lay Your Racket (Bechet – Maxey) 3:15

11. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) 2:55

12. Shag (Bechet) 3:07

13. Under The Creole Moon (Unknown) 3:19

14. The Old Ark Is Moverin' (Arr. Sissle) 3:03

15. Loveless Love (Handy) 2:58

16. Polka Dot Rag (Bechet – Toliver – Sissle) 2:52

17. That's What Love Did To Me (Cahn – Chaplin) 3:06

18. You Can't Live In Harlem (Cahn – Chaplin) 2:26

19. I Wonder Who Made Rhythm (Sissle) 3:13

20. 'Tain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast (Cahn – Chaplin) 2:33

CD 2

1. I Take To You (Rose) 2:45

2. Rhythm Of The Broadway Moon (Nelson – Rose) 2:54

3. Bandana Days (Sissle – Blake) 2:55

4. I'm Just Wild About Harry (Sissle – Blake) 2:53

5. Dear Old Southland (Layton) 2:35

6. Okey – Doke (Bechet) 2:58

7. Characteristic Blues (Bechet – Sissle) 3:00

8. Viper Mad (Bechet – Williams) 3:03

9. Blackstick (Bechet) 2:47

10. When The Sun Sets Down South (Brooks – Bechet) 3:11

11. Sweet Patootie (Bogan – Williams – Alexander) 3:19

12. Freight Train Blues (Williams) 3:23

13. Trixie Blues (Smith) 3:17

14. My Daddy Rocks Me – Part I (Smith – Overstreet) 2:59

15. My Daddy Rocks Me – Part II (Smith – Overstreet) 2:55

16. He May Be Your Man, But He Comes To See Me Sometimes 2:48

(Fowler – Bradford)

17. Jack, I'm Mellow (Gundy – House) 2:48

18. Uncle Joe (Wilson) 2:37

19. I Am A Woman (Wilson) 2:53

20. Toot It , Brother Armstrong (Wilson) 3:10

21. Blue Monday On Sugar Hill (Wilson) 2:17

CD 3

1. My Unusual Man (Grainger) 2:45

2. What A Dream (Bechet) 2:53

3. Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)

(Bechet - Ware - Robinson - Spottswood - Smith) 2:39

4. Jungle Drums (Bechet – Singleton) 2:30

5. Chant In The Night (Bechet) 2:26

6. Ja Da (Carlton) 2:53

7. Really The Blues (Mezzrow) 3:37

8. When You And I Were Young, Maggie (Johnson – Butterfield) 2:42

9. Weary Blues (Matthews) 3:01

10. Blues For Tommy (Improvisation) 4:21

11. Summertime (Gershwin) 4:08

12. Pounding Heart Blues (Unknown) 3:57

13. Magic Island – Meringue (Trad.) 2:38

14. Mayotte – Meringue (Trad.) 2:32

15. Rose Rumba (Trad.) 2:22

16. Sous Les Palmiers – Meringue (Trad.) 2:36

17. Original Haitian Music – Part I (Trad.) 2:23

18. Original Haitian Music – Part II (Trad.) 2:25

19. Tropical Moon – Rhumba (Trad.) 3:01

20. Baba – Rhumba (Trad.) 2:36

21. Original Haitian Music – Part III (Trad.) 2:43

CD 4

1. Original Haitian Music – Part IV (Trad.) 2:45

2. Ti Ralph (Trad.) 2:58

3. Meringue D'Amour (Trad.) 2:19

4. Marche Du Colonel Bogey (Trad.) 2:40

5. Indian Summer (Dubin – Herbert) 3:08

6. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) 2:28

7. Preachin' Blues (Bechet) 3:03

8. Sidney's Blues (Bechet) 2:51

9. Careless Love (Handy) 3:43

10. Milk Cow Blues (Arnold) 4:06

11. Lonesome Blues (Armstrong) 4:06

12. Dear Old Southland (Layton) 4:03

13. Bechet's Steady Rider (Bechet) 2:55

14. Saturday Night Blues (Bechet) 2:57

15. Four Or Five Times (Gay – Hellman) 4:06

16. Sweet Lorraine (Parish – Burwell) 4:22

17. Lazy River (Arodin – Carmichael) 4:15

18. China Boy (Winfree Boutelje) 3:55

19. If I Could Be With You (Creamer – Johnson) 4:05

20. That's A Plenty (Pollack) 4:13

21. Squeeze Me (Williams – Waller) 3:53

CD 5

1. Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris – Young) 4:11

2. Shake It And Break It (Frisco – Clarke) 2:55

3. Old Man Blues (Ellington – Mills) 2:48

4. Wild Man Blues (Morton – Armstrong) 3:19

5. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin' (Trad.) 3:30

6. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (Trad.) 3:15

7. Blues In Thirds (Hines) 2:56

8. Blue For You, Johnny (Bechet – Barnes – Nelson) 2:47

9. Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller) 2:50

10. Save It, Pretty Mama (Redman) 2:52

11. Stompy Jones (Ellington) 2:48

12. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 2:47

13. Coal Black Shine (Bechet – Reid) 2:44

14. Egyptian Fantasy (Bechet – Reid) 3:01

15. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Williams – Warfield) 2:35

16. Slippin' And Slidin' (Nelson – Bauns – Bechet) 2:52

17. The Sheik Of Araby (Smith – Wheeler – Snyder) 2:11

18. Blues Of Bechet (Bechet) 1:53

19. Swing Parade (Bechet) 2:21

20. I Know That You Know (Caldwell – Youmans) 2:31

21. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (René - René - Muse) 2:59

CD 6

1. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly-Roll

(Williams – Williams) 3:14

2. I'm Coming , Virginia (Cook – Heywood) 2:38

3. Limehouse Blues (Braham) 2:36

4. Georgia Cabin (Bechet – Karoley) 2:58

5. Texas Moaner (Barnes – Williams) 2:58

6. Strange Fruit (Allen) 2:31

7. You're The Limit (Smith) 3:10

8. Rip Up The Joint (Palmer – Silver) 2:20

9. Suey (Bechet – Reid) 2:31

10. Blues In The Air (Bechet) 2:46

11. The Mooche (Ellington – Mills) 3:09

12. Laughin' In Rhythm (Gaylor) 2:02

13. 12th Street Rag (Sumner – Bowman) 2:59

14. Mood Indigo (Ellington – Mills – Bigard) 3:11

15. Rose Room (Williams – Hickman) 2:36

16. Oh! Lady Be Good (I & G. Gershwin) 2:27

17. What Is This Thing Called Love? (Porter) 3:30

18. After You've Gone (H. Creamer – T. Layton) 4:50

19. V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss)

(Pettis - Meyers -Schoebel - Handy) 4:51

20. Bechet Parades The Blues (St. Louis Blues ) (Handy) 4:15

21. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 4:46

CD 7

1. Jazz Me Blues (De Landy) 4:17

2. Blue Horizon (Bechet) 4:28

3. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 3:42

4. You've Got Me Walkin' And Talkin' To Myself

(Jackson – Taylor) 3:53

5. Quiet Please (Jackson) 3:56

6. Cliff's Boogie Blues (Jackson) 4:15

7. Jeepers Creepers (Warren – Mercer) 4:25

8. High Society (Williams – Piron) 3:37

9. Salty Dog (Jackson – Theard) 4:04

10. Weary Blues (Matthews) 4:21

11. Jackass Blues (Stitzel – Kassel) 4:46

12. Milenberg Joys (Morton) 4:20

13. Lord Let Me In The Lifeboat (Unknown) 3:35

14. Days Beyond Recall (Bechet) 4:51

15. Porto Rico (Unknown) 3:12

16. Up In Sidney's Flat (Bechet) 4:23

17. Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On The Blues) (Cooke) 2:56

18. Old Stack O'Lee Blues (Trad.) 4:13

CD 8

1. Royal Garden Blues (C. Williams – S. Williams) 6:34

2. Slow Blues (Trad.) 6:42

3. Old Fashioned Love (Johnson) 5:28

4. Fast Blues (Trad.) 6:03

5. Bugle Blues (Trad.) 4:48

6. Spreading Joy (Bechet) 2:55

7. I Had It But It's All Gone (Bechet) 3:18

8. Polka Dot Stomp (Sissle – Bechet – Toliver) 2:39

9. Kansas City Man Blues (Johnson – Williams) 2:40

10. Buddy Bolden Stomp (Bechet) 2:47

11. Song Of Songs (Vaucaire – Moya) 3:12

12. My Woman's Blues (Bechet) 2:56

13. Song Of Songs (Vaucaire – Moya) 3:00

14. Just One Of Those Things (Porter) 3:05

15. Love For Sale (Porter) 2:43

16. Laura (Mercer – Raskin) 3:07

17. Shake 'Em Up (Bechet) 2:36

18. Sister Kate (Piron) 3:06

19. Tiger Rag (LaRocca) 3:07

CD 9

1. Tin Roof Blues (Mares – Brunies – Rappolo – Stitzel – Pollack) 3:01

2. I've Found A New Baby (Williams) 3:08

3. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Cox) 3:10

4. When The Saints Go Marching In (Trad.) 3:02

5. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin – Gershwin) 3:06

6. September Song (Weil) 2:59

7. Who? (Youmans) 2:55

8. Song Of The Medina (Casbah) (Bechet) 2:38

9. Maryland, My Maryland (Trad.) 2:32

10. Careless Love (Williams – Koenig – Handy) 2:47

11. Egyptian Fantasy (Bechet) 2:43

12. Basin Street Blues (Williams) 3:18

13. Cake Walking Babies (Williams) 2:35

14. Tailgate Ramble (Mercer – Mannone) 2:54

15. At The Jazz Band Ball (Larocca – Shields) 3:03

16. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (Trad.) 3:20

17. Fidgety Feet (LaRocca – Shields) 3:01

18. Honeysuckle Rose (Waller) 2:59

19. Coquette (Lombardo) 3:20

20. High Society (Picou) 3:19

21. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Fields – McHugh) 2:43

22. Sugar (Pinkart) 2:46

CD 10

1. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 5:21

2. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 5:41

3. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie – Pinkard – Casey) 8:35

4. Summertime (Gershwin – Heyward) 3:18

5. I Found A New Baby (Palmer – Williams) 7:44

6. September Song (Anderson – Weill) 2:31

7. High Society (Williams) 4:18

8. Dippermouth Blues (Oliver – Armstrong) 3:39

9. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) 6:51

10. Frankie And Johnny (Trad.) 5:20

11. Casey Jones (Trad.) 3:24

12. Society Blues (Bechet) 8:56

13. Petite Fleur (Bechet) 3:17

CD 1

Got The Bench, Got The Park

In A Cafe On The Road To Calais

Loveless Love

New York, February 24,1931

Noble Sissle And His Orchestra: Noble Sissle (v-dir), Demas Dean – Tommy Ladnier (t), Billy Burns (tb), Sidney Bechet – Rudy Jackson – Raplh Duquesne (cl-ss-as), Ramon Usera (cl-ts), Lloyd Pinkney (p), Frank Ehtridge (b), Edward Coles (bb), Jack Carter (d)

Basement Blues

Wha´D Ya Do To Me?

Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On

New York, April 21, 1931

Noble Sissle And His Orchestra: same

Sweetie Dear

I Want You Tonight

I´ve Found A New Baby

Lay Your Racket

Maple Leaf Rag

Shag

New York, September 15,1932

New Orleans Feetwarmers: Tommy Ladnier (t), Teddy Nixon (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Henry Duncan (p), Wilson Myers (sb-v) Morris Morland (d) Billy Maxey (v)

Under The Creole Moon

The Old Ark Is Moverin´

Loveless Love

Polka Dot Rag

Chicago, October 15, 1934

Noble Sissle And His International Orchestra: Noble Sissle (v-dir), Wendell Culley – Demas Dean – Clarence Brereton (t), Chester Burrill (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Harvey Boone (cl-as), Ramon Usera (as-vn), James Toliver (ts), Oscar Madera (vn), Harry Brooks (p), Howard Hill (g), Edward Coles (sb), Jack Carter (d),

Billy Banks – Lavaida Carter (v)

Under The Creole Moon

The Old Ark Is Moverin´

Loveless Love

Polka Dot Rag

New York, March 11, 1936

Noble Sissle And His Orchestra: Noble Sissle (v-dir), Wendell Culley – Demas Dean – Clarence Brereton (t) Chester Burrill (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Chauncey Haughton (cl-as), Gil White – Jerome Pasqual (ts), Oscar Madera (vn) Harry Brooks (p), Jimmy Miller (g), Jimmy Jones (sb), Wilbert Kirk (d), Billy Banks – Lena Horne (v)

CD 2

I Take To You

Rhythm Of The Broadway Moon

New York, March 11, 1936

Bandana Days

I´m Just Wild About Harry

Dear Old Southland

New York, April 14, 1937

Noble Sissle And His Orchestra: Noble Sissle (v-dir), Wendell Culley – Demas Dean – Clarence Brereton (t) Chester Burrill (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Chauncey Haughton (cl-as), Gil White – Jerome Pasqual (ts), Oscar Madera (vn) Erskine Butterfield (p), Jimmy Miller (g), Jimmy Jones (sb), Wilbert Kirk (d)

Okey – Doke

Characteristic Blues

New York, April 16,1937

Noble Sissle`s Swingsters: Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Jimmy Miller (g), Jimmy Jones (sb), Wilbert Kirk (d) Billy Banks (v)

Viper Mad

Blackstick

When The Sun Sets Down South

Sweet Patootie

New York, February 10, 1938

Noble Sissle`s Swingsters: Clarence Brereton (t), Gil White (ts), Harry Brooks (p-a) added, O´Neill Spencer

(cl-v)

Freight Train Blues

Trixie Blues

My Daddy Rocks Me – Part I

My Daddy Rocks Me – Part II

He May Be Your Man, But He Comes To See Me Sometimes

Jack, I´m Mellow

New York, May 26, 1938

Trixie Smith: Acc. By Charlie Shavers (t), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Sam Price (p), Teddy Bunn (g) Richard Fulbright (sb) O´Neil Spencer (d)

Uncle Joe

I Am A Woman

Toot It , Brother Armstrong

Blue Monday On Sugar Hill

New York, May 26, 1938

Grant And Wilson: (Leola B. & „Kis“ Wesley Wilson) Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Sam Price (p), Teddy Bunn (g) Richard Fulbright (sb) O´Neil Spencer (d)

CD 3

My Unusual Man

New York, May 26,1938

Trixie Smith: Acc. By Charlie Shavers (t), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Sam Price (p), Teddy Bunn (g) Richard Fulbright (sb) O´Neil Spencer (d)

What A Dream

Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)

Jungle Drums

Chant In The Night

New York, November 16,1938

Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra: Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Ernie Caceres (bar), Dave Bowman (p), Leonard Wareig – Henry Turner (sb), Zutty Singleton (d), The Two Fishmonders (v-duet)

Ja Da

Really The Blues

When You And I Were Young, Maggie

Weary Blues

New York, November 28, 1938

Tommy Ladnier And His Orchestra: Tommy Ladnier (t), Sidney Bechet (as „Pops King“)(cl-ss), Mezz Mezzrow (cl-ts), Cliff Jackson (p), Teddy Bunn (g), Elmer James (sb), Manzie Johnson (d)

Blues For Tommy

New York, June 8, 1939

Port Of Harlem Seven: Frank Newton (t), C. Higginbotham (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Meade Lux Lewis (p) Teddy Bunn (g), John Williams (sb), Sidney Catlett (d)

Summertime

New York, June 8, 1939

Sidney Bechet Quintet: Sidney Bechet (ss), Meade Lux Lewis (p) Teddy Bunn (g), John Williams (sb), Sidney Catlett (d)

Pounding Heart Blues

New York, June 8, 1939

Port Of Harlem Seven: Frank Newton (t), C. Higginbotham (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Meade Lux Lewis (p) Teddy Bunn (g), John Williams (sb), Sidney Catlett (d)

Magic Island – Meringue

Mayotte – Meringue

Rose Rumba

Sous Les Palmiers – Meringue

Original Haitian Music – Part I

Original Haitian Music – Part II

Tropical Moon – Rhumba

Baba – Rhumba

Original Haitian Music – Part III

New York, November 22,1939

Willie (The Lion) Smith – Sidney Bechet Orchestra: kenneth Roane (t), sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Willie (The Lion) Smith (p), Olin Aderhold (sb), Leo Warney (d)

CD 4

Ti Ralph

Meringue D´Amour

Marche Du Colonel Bogey

New York, November 22,1939

Willie (The Lion) Smith – Sidney Bechet Orchestra: kenneth Roane (t), sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Willie (The Lion) Smith (p), Olin Aderhold (sb), Leo Warney (d)

Indian Summer

One O´Clock Jump

Preachin´ Blues

Sidney´s Blues

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Sidney Bechet (cl-ss-v), Sonny White (p), Charlie Howard (elg), Wilson Myers (sb), Kenny Clarke (d)

Careless Love

Milk Cow Blues

New York, March 7, 1940

Josh White Trio: Josh White (v-g) Sidney Bechet (cl), Wilson Myers (sb)

Lonesome Blues

Dear Old Southland

Bechet´s Steady Rider

Saturday Night Blues

New York, March 20, 1940

Sidney Bechet´s Blue Note Quartet: Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Teddy Bunn (g), Pops Foster (sb), Sidney Catlett (d)

Four Or Five Times

Sweet Lorraine

Lazy River

China Boy

New York, March 28, 1940

Bechet – Spanier Big Four: Muggsy Spanier ©, Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Carmen Mastren (g), Wellman Braud (sb)

If I Could Be With You

That´s A Plenty

Squeeze Me

New York, April 6, 1940

Bechet – Spanier Big Four: same

CD 5

Sweet Sue, Just You

New York, April 6, 1940

Bechet – Spanier Big Four: Muggsy Spanier ©, Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Carmen Mastren (g), Wellman Braud (sb)

Shake It And Break It

Old Man Blues

Wild Man Blues

Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin´

Make Me A Pallet On The Floor

New York, June 4, 1940

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Sidney De Paris (tp), Sandy Williams (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl –ss –v), Cliff Jackson (p), Bernard Addison (g), Wellman Braud (sb), Sidney Catlett (d), Bechet, Jackson, Braud, Catlett only as Sidney Bechet And His Rhythm.

^*Blues In Thirds

Blue For You, Johnny

Ain´t Misbehavin´

Save It, Pretty Mama

Stompy Jones

Chicago, September 6. 1940

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Rex Stewart ( c) Sidney Bechet (cl –ss), Earl Hines (p), John Lindsay (sb), Baby Dodds (d), Herb Jeffries (v), * Bechet, Hines Dodds only.

Muskrat Ramble

New York, November 11, 1940

Professor Sidney Bechet with Dr. Henry Levine´s Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic: Henry Levine (t – dir), Jack Epstein (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Alfie Evans (cl), Rudolph Adler (ts), Mario Janorra (p), Tony Colucci (g), Harry Patent (sb), Nat Levine (d)

Coal Black Shine

Egyptian Fantasy

Baby, Won´t You Please Come Home

Slippin´ And Slidin´

New York, January 8, 1941

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Henry „Red“ Allen (t), C. Higginbotham (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl –ss), James Toliver (p), Wellman Braud (sb), C. Heard (d)

The Sheik Of Araby

Blues Of Bechet

New York, April 18, 1941

Sidney Bechet´s One-Man Band: Sidney Bechet (cl-ssts-p-sb-d)

Swing Parade

I Know That You Know

When It´s Sleepy Time Down South

New York, April 28, 1941

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Gus Aitken (t) Sandy Williams (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Lern Johnson (ts), Cliff Jackson (p), Wilson Myers (sb) Arthur Herbert (d)

CD 6

I Ain´t Gonna Give Nobody None O´ This Jelly-Roll

New York, April 28, 1941

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Gus Aitken (t) Sandy Williams (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Lern Johnson (ts), Cliff Jackson (p), Wilson Myers (sb) Arthur Herbert (d)

I´m Coming , Virginia

Limehouse Blues

Georgia Cabin

Texas Moaner

*Strange Fruit

*You´re The Limit

New York, September 13, 1941

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Charlie Shavers (t), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Willie „The Lion“ Smith (p), Everett Barksdale (elg), Wellman Braud (sb) Manzie Johnson (d) * Bechet, Smith, Barksdale only as „Sidney Bechet Trio“

Rip Up The Joint

Suey

Blues In The Air

The Mooche

Laughin´ In Rhythm

New York, October 14, 1941

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Henry Goodwin (t - laughing), (Vic Dickinson (tb-v), Sidney Bechet (ss), Don Donaldson (p), Ernest Williamson (sb), Manzie Johnson (d)

12^th Street Rag

Mood Indigo

Rose Room

Oh! Lady Be Good

What Is This Thing Called Love?

New York, October 24, 1941

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Charlie Shavers (t), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Willie „The Lion“ Smith (p), Everett Barksdale (elg), Wellman Braud (sb) Sidney Catlett (d)

After You´ve Gone

V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss)

Bechet Parades The Blues (St. Louis Blues )

New York, December 8, 1943

Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers: Vic Dickenson (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Don Donaldson (p), Wilson Myers (b) Wilbur Kirk (d)

St. Louis Blues

New York, December 20, 1944

Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen: Sidney De Paris (t), Vic Dickenson (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), George „Pops“ Foster (b), Art Hodes (p), Manzie Johnson (d)

CD 7

Jazz Me Blues

Blue Horizon

Muskrat Ramble

New York, December 20, 1944

Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen: Sidney De Paris (t), Vic Dickenson (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), George „Pops“ Foster (b), Art Hodes (p), Manzie Johnson (d)

You´ve Got Me Walkin´ And Talkin´ To Myself

Quiet Please

Cliff´s Boogie Blues

Jeepers Creepers

New York, December 21, 1944

Cliff Jackson´s Village Cats: Sidney De Paris (tp), Wilbur De Paris (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Art Hodes (p), George „Pops“ Foster (b), Freddie Moore (d-v)

High Society

Salty Dog

Weary Blues

Jackass Blues

New York, January 29, 1945

Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen: Max Kaminsky (tp), George Lugg (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), George „Pops“ Foster (b), Art Hodes (p), Manzie Johnson (d)

Milenberg Joys

Lord Let Me In The Lifeboat

Days Beyond Recall

Porto Rico

Up In Sidney´s Flat

New York, March 10, 1945

Bunk Johnson – Sidney Bechet And Their Orchestra: Bunk Johnson (tp), Sandy Williams (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl), Cliff Jackson (p) Pops Foster (b), Manzie Johnson (d)

Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On The Blues)

Old Stack O´Lee Blues

New York, February 12, 1946

Bechet – Nicholas Blue Five : Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Albert Nicholas (cl), Art Hodes (p), Pops Foster (b), Danny Alvin (d)

CD 8

Royal Garden Blues

Slow Blues

Old Fashioned Love

Fast Blues

Bugle Blues

New York, February 15, 1947

Bechet – Mezzrow Feetwarmers: Sidney Bechet (ss), Mezz Mezzrow (cl), Vernon Brown (tb), James P. Johnson (p), Bernard Addison (g), George „Pops“ Fosters (b)

Spreading Joy

I Had It But It´s All Gone

Polka Dot Stomp

Kansas City Man Blues

New York, July 14, 1947

Sidney Bechet With Bob Wilber´s Wildcats: Johnny Glasel (ct) Bob Mielke (tb), Sidney Bechet (cl-ss-v), Bob Wilber (cl), Dick Wellstood (p), Charlie Traeger (b), Danny Strong (d)

Buddy Bolden Stomp

Song Of Songs

New York, July 23, 1947

Sidney Bechet Quartet: Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Lloyd Philips (p), „Pops“ Foster (b), Freddie Moore (d)

My Woman´s Blues

Song Of Songs

Just One Of This Things

Love For Sale

Laura

Shake ´Em Up

New York, July 31, 1947

Sidney Bechet Quartet: Sidney Bechet (cl-ss), Lloyd Philips (p), „Pops“ Foster (b), Arthur Herbert (d)

Sister Kate

Tiger Rag

Tin Roof Blues

I´ve Found A New Baby

New York, January 21, 1949

Sidney Bechet´s Blue Note Jazzmen: Wild Bill Davison (ct), Sidney Bechet (ss), Art Hodes (p), Walter Page (b), Freddie Moore (d)

CD 9

Tin Roof Blues

I´ve Found A New Baby

Nobody Knows You When You´re Down And Out

When The Saints Go Marching In

New York, January 21, 1949

Sidney Bechet´s Blue Note Jazzmen: Wild Bill Davison (ct), Sidney Bechet (ss), Art Hodes (p), Walter Page (b), Freddie Moore (d)

I Got Rhythm

September Song

Who?

Song Of The Medina (Casbah)

New York, January 31. 1949

Sidney Bechet And His Circle Seven: Albert Snaer (tp), Wilbur De Paris (tb), Buster Bailey (cl). Sidney Bechet (ss), James P. Johnson (p), Walter Page (b), George Wettling (d)

Maryland, My Maryland

Careless Love

Egyptian Fantasy

Chicago, February 12,1949

Sidney Bechet (ss), Bill Reinhardt (cl), Munn Ware (tb), Don Ewell (p), Sid Thall (b), Willy Gordon (d)

Basin Street Blues

Cake Walking Babies

Tailgate Ramble (

At The Jazz Band Ball

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

Fidgety Feet

New York, March 23, 1949

Sidney Bechet´s Blue Note Jazzmen: Wild Bill Davison (ct), Ray Diehl (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Art Hodes (p), Walter Page (b), Wilmor „Slick“ Jones (d)

Honeysuckle Rose

Coquette

High Society

On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Sugar

Paris, May 16, 1949

Sidney Bechet Et Son Orchestre: Gérard Bayol (tp), Benny Vasseur (tb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Eddie Bernard (p), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Guy DeFatto (b), André Jourdan (d)

CD 10

Paris, Salle Pleyel, January 31 – March 12, 1952

Sidney Bechet and Claude Luter And His Orchestra

Sidney Bechet (ss), Guy Longnon, Claude Rabanite (tp), Bernard Zacharias (tb), Clude Luter (cl),

Christian Azzi or Raymond Fol (p), Roland Bianchini (b), Moustache (d)