RCA Victor · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Blue Bechet
| Recorded | Sep 1939 |
|---|---|
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Released | 1939 |
| Personnel | 25 credited players |
| Discogs | master 902216 |
The record
RCA Victor's Bluebird logged these 1939 sides with a rotating rhythm section -- Baby Dodds, Kenny Clarke, Braud among them -- backing clarinet and reed work still steeped in Crescent City phrasing but leaning hard toward small-group swing.
Session personnel
- John Lindsay — bass
- Wellman Braud — bass
- Wilson Myers — bass
- Sidney Bechet — clarinet
- Baby Dodds — drums
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Manzie Johnson — drums
- Morris Morand — drums
- Sidney Catlett — drums
- Bernard Addison — guitar
- Charlie Howard — guitar
- Everett Barksdale — guitar
- Cliff Jackson — piano
- Don Donaldson — piano
- Earl Hines — piano
- Henry "Hank" Duncan — piano
- Sonny White — piano
- Willie "The Lion" Smith — piano
- Teddy Nixon — trombone
- Vic Dickenson — trombone
- Charlie Shavers — trumpet
- Rex Stewart — trumpet
- Sidney De Paris — trumpet
- Tommy Ladnier — trumpet
- Willam Maxey — vocals
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1966 | RCA Victor · LPV 535 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Compilation earliest on file |
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| 1966 | RCA Victor — MONO |
| 1966 | RCA Victor · LPV-535 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
| 1966 | RCA Victor · LPM-535 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1966 | RCA · LPV-535 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Compilation |
| 1966 | RCA Victor · RD-7854 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
| 1966 | RCA · LPV-535 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Compilation |
| 1967 | RCA Victor · RD-7854 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono |
| 1967 | RCA Victor · RD-7854 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Compilation |
| 1968 | Victor · VRA-5021 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo · gatefold |
| 1970 | RCA Victor · LPM 34047 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Numbered, Reissue, Mono |
| — | RCA Victor · LPV 535 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
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