My sweet Henkie, I love the title, and the music is breathtaking !!!!!!! What a wonderful melody for dancing tight !!!!!!!!! My wonderful drummer boy, I send you lots of air-hugs and air-kisses !!!!!!!!! Your devoted fan and friend Jytte
Apr 6, 1940, New York - _Squeeze Me_ - Fats Waller (music) & Clarence Williams (words) - Bechet - Spanier Big Four: Sidney Bechet - soprano saxophone; Muggsy Spanier - cornet; Carmen Mastren - guitar; Wellman Braud - bass. All eight titles recorded by this legendary formation on March 28 and April 6, 1940: _Four or Five Times; Sweet Lorraine, Lazy River, China Boy, If I Could Be with You, That's a Plenty, Squeeze Me, Sweet Sue Just You._ These eight constitute the Holy Grail of New Orleans jazz. Truly, a shining moment in the history of the music. Goosebumps! Francis Joseph *"Muggsy" Spanier* (November 9, 1901 - February 12, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist based in Chicago. He was a member of the Bucktown Five, pioneers of the "Chicago style" that straddled traditional Dixieland jazz and swing. Spanier was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At thirteen, he began playing the cornet and played with Elmer Schoebel in 1921. He borrowed the sobriquet of "Muggsy" from John "Muggsy" McGraw, the manager of the New York Giants baseball team. In the early 1920s, he played with the Bucktown Five. In 1929, he became a member of a band led by Ted Lewis, then spent two years with Ben Pollack. After an illness, he assembled the eight-man group Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band. In 1939, the band recorded several sessions of Dixieland standards for Bluebird Records, that were later called The Great Sixteen and influenced a Dixieland revival. The band's members included George Brunies (later Brunis - trombone and vocals), Rod Cless (clarinet), George Zack or Joe Bushkin (piano), Ray McKinstry, Nick Ciazza or Bernie Billings (tenor sax), and Bob Casey (bass). His other most important ventures were the quartet he co-led with Sidney Bechet (the 'Big Four') in 1940. From 1940 until 1941 he played with Bob Crosby. In the 1950s, he moved to the West Coast and joined Earl Hines's band from 1957 until 1959. After touring Europe, he retired in 1964. Songs The Ragtime Band's theme tune was "Relaxin' at the Touro", composed by Spanier and Joe Bushkin, named for Touro Infirmary, the New Orleans hospital where Spanier had been treated for a perforated ulcer early in 1938. At the point of death, he was saved by Dr. Alton Ochsner who drained the fluid and eased his weakened breathing. One of Spanier's Dixieland numbers is a song he composed entitled, "Oh Doctor Ochsner." "Relaxin' at the Touro" is a fairly straightforward 12-bar blues, with a piano introduction and coda by Joe Bushkin. The pianist recalled, many years later: "When I finally joined Muggsy in Chicago (having left Bunny Berigan's failing big band) we met to talk it over at the Three Deuces, where Art Tatum was appearing." Muggsy was now playing opposite Fats Waller at the Sherman hotel and we worked out a kind of stage show for the two bands. Muggsy was a man of great integrity. "We played a blues in C and I made up a little intro. After that I was listed as the co-composer of 'Relaxin' at the Touro'". Personal life In 1950, in Chicago, Spanier's second marriage was to Ruth Gries O’Connell. He became the stepfather of her sons, Hollywood film writer and director Tom Gries (died 1977) and Charles Joseph Gries, later professionally known as Buddy Charles, a pop and jazz vocalist and pianist in Chicago. When Spanier was performing at a concert in Chicago in 1956, Buddy Charles was performing at the nearby Black Orchid nightclub. Spanier was heard to exclaim "that's my boy." Muggsy Spanier died in Sausalito, California, in February 1967, after years of ill health. He was 65. *Carmen Mastren* (born Carmine Nicholas Mastrandrea, October 6, 1913 - March 31, 1981) was an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, and violinist who was a member of the Tommy Dorsey orchestra from 1936 to 1941. Mastren became a professional musician in 1934 when he joined the Wingy Manone and Joe Marsala band. During the 1940s, he spent four years as a guitarist and arranger for Tommy Dorsey. After his time with Marsala, he was a studio musician, recorded with Sidney Bechet, then entered the U.S Army. He was a member of the Glenn Miller Air Force big band. From the early 1950s to 1970, he worked as a studio musician for NBC. He recorded one solo album, on which he played banjo instead of guitar. During the 1940s Mastren worked as musical director and conductor for Morton Downey, and from 1954 to 1970 Mastren played for _The Today Show, The Tonight Show_ and _Say When!!_ on NBC. Mastren died at age 68 from a heart attack on March 31, 1981, at his home in Valley Stream on Long Island, New York. *Wellman Braud* (January 25, 1891 - October 29, 1966) was an American jazz upright bassist. His family sometimes spelled their last name "Breaux", pronounced "Bro". Biography Born in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Braud settled in New Orleans, in his early teens. He was playing the violin and the upright bass and leading a trio in venues in the Storyville District before 1910. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1917. In 1923, he visited London with the Plantation Orchestra, in which he doubled on bass and trombone. Next, he moved to New York City, where he played with Wilber Sweatman's band before joining Duke Ellington. It has been observed by Branford Marsalis that Braud was the first to utilize the walking bass style, that has been a mainstay in modern jazz, as opposed to the 'two-beat' pattern the tuba plays in the New Orleans style. His vigorous melodic bass playing, alternately plucking, slapping, and bowing, was an important feature of the early Ellington Orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s. Braud's playing on Ellington's regular radio broadcasts and recordings helped popularize the slap style of string bass playing, as well as encouraging many dance bands of the time to switch from using a tuba to an upright bass. Like many of his contemporary New Orleans bassists, Braud doubled on tuba, and he recorded with that instrument on some sides with Ellington. In 1936, Braud co-managed a short-lived Harlem club with Jimmie Noone, and recorded with the group Spirits of Rhythm from 1935 to 1937. He played with other New York bands including those of Kaiser Marshall, Hot Lips Page, and Sidney Bechet, and returned for a while to Ellington in 1944. In 1956, he joined the Kid Ory Band. In the late 1950s, he joined Barbara Dane's trio alongside pianist/cornetist Kenny Whitson, turning down opportunities to return to Duke Ellington's band or tour with Louis Armstrong. He is a distant relative of the Marsalis brothers on their mother's side. He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76. Duke Ellington subsequently paid tribute to Braud, including the composition ‘Portrait of Wellman Braud' on his 1970 album _New Orleans Suite._
*Sidney* Joseph *Bechet* (May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temperament hampered his career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Bechet spent much of his later life in France. Early life Bechet was born in New Orleans in 1897 to a middle-class Creole of color family. Bechet's father Omar was both a shoemaker and a flute player, and all four of his brothers were musicians as well. His older brother, Leonard Victor Bechet, was a full-time dentist and a part-time trombonist and bandleader. Bechet learned and mastered several musical instruments that were kept around the house (he began on the cornet), mostly by teaching himself; he decided to specialize in the clarinet (which he played almost exclusively until about 1919). At the age of six, he started performing with his brother's band at a family birthday party, debuting his talents to acclaim. Later in his youth, Bechet studied with Joseph "King" Oliver, Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard, Lorenzo Tio, "Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle, and George Baquet. Musical development Bechet played in many New Orleans ensembles using the improvisational techniques of the time (obligatos with scales and arpeggios and varying the melody). While working with Louis Armstrong, Bechet was one of the first musicians to develop the Swing style of jazz; he influenced the widening difference between jazz and ragtime. Bechet liked to have his sound dominate in a performance, and trumpeters reportedly found it difficult to play alongside him. He performed in parades with Freddie Keppard's brass band, the Olympia Orchestra, and in John Robichaux's dance orchestra. From 1911 to 1912, he performed with Bunk Johnson in the Eagle Band of New Orleans and in 1913-14 with King Oliver in the Olympia Band. From 1914 to 1917, he was touring and traveling, going as far north as Chicago and frequently performing with Freddie Keppard. In the spring of 1919, he traveled to New York City and joined Will Marion Cook's Syncopated Orchestra. Soon after, the orchestra traveled to Europe, where they performed at the Royal Philharmonic Hall in London. The group was warmly received, and Bechet was especially popular. While in London, he discovered the straight soprano saxophone and developed a style unlike his clarinet tone. Bechet was the first influential soprano saxophonist, leading to its rising popularity as a jazz instrument. His saxophone sound could be described as emotional, reckless, and all-encompassing. He often used a broad vibrato, similar to some New Orleans clarinetists at the time. In 1919, a Swiss classical music conductor, Ernest Ansermet, wrote a tribute to Bechet. It was one of the earliest (if not the first) articles about a jazz musician written by an expert in the field of classical music, linking Bechet's music with that of Bach. Bechet's first recordings were made in 1923 and 1924. The session was led by Clarence Williams, a pianist and songwriter, better known at that time for his music publishing and record producing, and his "Blue Five" (which included Louis Armstrong). Bechet recorded "Wild Cat Blues" and "Kansas City Man Blues." The former is in a ragtime style with four 16-bar themes, and the latter is a 12-bar blues. In 1924, Bechet worked with Duke Ellington for three months and made a significant impact on Ellington's early jazz style. Duke Ellington called him "the epitome of jazz." However, he never learned how to read music in his lifetime of being a musician. Bechet in France On September 15, 1925, Bechet and other members of the Revue Nègre, including Josephine Baker, sailed to Europe, arriving at Cherbourg, France, on September 22. The revue opened at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on October 2. The show was an example of negrophilia in France at the time. He toured Europe with multiple bands, reaching as far as Russia in mid-1926. In 1928, he led his small band at Chez Bricktop (run by the popular Ada "Bricktop" Smith) in Montmartre, Paris. In France, Bechet found that he was appreciated by a wider audience and had more general freedom than he did in the United States. He was imprisoned in Paris for eleven months. In his autobiography, he wrote that he accidentally shot a woman when he was trying to shoot a musician who had insulted him. He had challenged the man to duel and said, "Sidney Bechet never plays the wrong chord." After his release, he was deported to New York, arriving soon after the stock market crash of 1929. He joined with Lorenzo Tio and also came to know trumpeter Roy Eldridge. In 1932, Bechet returned to New York City to lead a band with Tommy Ladnier. The band, comprising six members, performed at the Savoy Ballroom. He played in Noble Sissle's orchestra, which toured in Germany and Russia. Later life In 1938, "Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)," commonly known as "Hold Tight," was composed by Bechet's guitarist Leonard Ware and two session singers with claimed contributions from Bechet himself. The song became known for its suggestive lyrics and then for a series of lawsuits over songwriter royalties. In 1939, Bechet and the pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith led a group that recorded several early versions of what was later called Latin jazz, adapting traditional méringue, rhumba and Haitian songs to the jazz idiom. On July 28, 1940, Bechet made a guest appearance on the NBC Radio show The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, playing two of his showpieces ("Shake It and Break It" and "St. Louis Blues") with Henry Levine's Dixieland band. Levine invited Bechet into the RCA Victor recording studio (on 24th Street in New York City), where Bechet lent his soprano sax to Levine's traditional arrangement of "Muskrat Ramble." On April 18, 1941, as an early experiment in overdubbing at Victor, Bechet recorded a version of the pop song "The Sheik of Araby," playing six different instruments: clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, bass, and drums. A hitherto unissued master of this recording was included in the 1965 LP Bechet of New Orleans, issued by RCA Victor as LPV-510. In the liner notes, George Hoeffer quoted Bechet: _"I started by playing The Sheik on piano and played the drums while listening to the piano. I meant to play all the rhythm instruments but got all mixed up and grabbed my soprano, then the bass, then the tenor saxophone, and finally finished up with the clarinet."_ In 1944, 1946, and 1953, he recorded and performed in concert with the Chicago jazz pianist and vibraphonist Max Miller; private recordings from Miller's archive have never been released. These concerts and recordings are described in John Chilton's biography Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz. With jobs in music difficult to find, he opened a tailor shop with Ladnier. They were visited by musicians and played in the back of the shop. In the 1940s, Bechet played in several bands, but his financial situation did not improve until the end of that decade. By the end of the 1940s, Bechet had tired of struggling to make music in the United States. His contract with Jazz Limited, a Chicago-based record label, was limiting the events at which he could perform (for instance, the label would not permit him to perform at the 1948 Festival of Europe in Nice). He believed the jazz scene in the United States had little left to offer him and was getting stale. In 1958, Bechet performed as a soloist and with various other renowned musicians including Buck Clayton and Sarah Vaughn in memorable, spirited concerts in the United States Pavilion at Expo 58, the World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium. Permanent settlement in Paris In 1951, he migrated to France permanently, after his performance as a soloist at the Paris Jazz Fair caused a surge in his popularity in that country, where he easily found well-paid work. Also, in 1951, he married Elisabeth Ziegler in Antibes. Bechet in 1954 In 1953, he signed a recording contract with Disques Vogue that lasted for the rest of his life. He recorded many hit tunes, including "Les Oignons," "Promenade aux Champs-Élysées," and the international hit "Petite Fleur." He also composed a classical ballet score in the late Romantic style of Tchaikovsky called _La nuit est une sorcière_ ("The Night Is a Witch"). Some existentialists in France took to calling him le dieu ("the god").
Autobiography Shortly before his death, Bechet dictated his autobiography, Treat It Gentle, to Al Rose, a record producer and radio host. He had worked with Rose several times in concert promotions and had a fractious relationship with him. In his autobiography, Bechet's view of himself was starkly different from the one Rose knew. "The kindly old gentleman in his book was filled with charity and compassion. The one I knew was self-centered, cold, and capable of the most atrocious cruelty, especially toward women." Though other internet sources have picked up the claim that Bechet dictated his autobiography to Al Rose, the autobiography itself- _Treat It Gentle_ (Twayne, 1960)-notes that "Among those who helped record and edit the tapes on which this book is based are Joan Reid, Desmond Flower, and John Ciardi." The "Foreword" to the book by Desmond Flower explains in detail how the material from the various interviews was put together into book form, and there is no mention of any involvement by Al Rose in the interviewing or editing process. Although embellished and frequently inaccurate, _Treat It Gentle_ remains a staple account for the "insider's view of the New Orleans tradition." Sidney Bechet died in Garches, near Paris, of lung cancer on May 14, 1959, on his 62nd birthday. He is buried in a local cemetery. Two other major jazz musicians died that year: Billie Holiday and Lester Young. Legacy In 2013, a crater on Mercury was named after Bechet. In the novel _Steppenwolf_ by Hermann Hesse, Bechet was the inspiration for the character "Pablo." Bechet's music has been included in the soundtracks of about 60 films, including the following: Flirting (1991), JFK (1991), Chocolat (2000), The Quiet American (2002), and Midnight in Paris (2011). Philip Larkin wrote a poem called "For Sidney Bechet." It can be found in _The Complete Poems._ It is written about on the Philip Larkin Society website. Van Morrison mentions Sidney Bechet in the song "See Me Through Part II (Just A Closer Walk With Thee)" from the 1990 album _Hymns to the Silence:_ "...Sidney Bechet on Sunday afternoons in winter/Sidney Bechet, Sunday afternoons in winter..." In Antibes, France, a small one-block park is named Sidney Bechet Square in his honor. The park contains a monument with a bust of Bechet and a plaque that reads, "To Sidney BECHET, one of the world's greatest jazz musicians, so honored by his new home. - Sidney J. BARTHELEMY, Mayor of New Orleans, April 16, 1994." A fictionalized Sidney Bechet appears in two episodes of George Lucas's _The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles_ portrayed by Jeffrey Wright. Additionally, in an interview with Woody Allen, when asked what "dead person he would like to have dinner with," he responded, " ... I guess maybe Sidney Bechet." Bechet continues to live on in the movies of Allen. Sidney Bechet was Catholic. Bechet was known for having an abrasive attitude, which has been compared to that of Coleman Hawkins. They were both incredibly sure of their relative importance in the music industry during a time in which jazz was losing popularity. They were stubborn and lacked patience with younger artists with less experience or knowledge of the jazz industry. Bechet briefly took time off from the music industry in 1938 when he opened a tailor shop in New York. Bechet had three wives: Elizabeth Ziegler (1951-death), Marie-Louise Crawford (1934-1942), and Norma Hale (1918-1929). Awards DownBeat magazine Hall of Fame, 1968 Bechet was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983. Awarded a blue plaque outside his former London home in 2014
*"Squeeze Me"* is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics. The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Count Basie, Eddie Condon, Harry James, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Dinah Washington, Tuba Skinny and Maria Muldaur. *SQUEEZE ME* *Instrumental versions* William Bailey 1925 First recording in May 1925 The Halfway House Dance Orchestra February 1926 Hightower's Night Hawks 1927 Clarence Williams & His Orchestra 1928 Louisiana Rhythm Kings 1930 Chick Webb and His Orchestra 1938 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 1938 The Boy and the Boat Willie "The Lion" Smith February 1939 *Bechet-Spanier Big Four 1940* Yank Lawson's Jazz Band 1944 Earl Hines Trio 1944 Cliff Jackson's Quartet 1944 Art Hodes' Blue Note Jazz Men 1944 "Punch" Miller's Stompers 1945 Frank Froeba and His Boys 1946 iJames P. Johnson - Assisted at the Drums by Eddie Dougherty 1946 "Wild Bill" Davison and His Commodores 1948 Eddie Condon's Barrelhouse Gang April 1950 The Dave Brubeck Trio 1951 Ralph Sutton - Arthur Trappier 1951 iHal Otis Trio 1952 iRampart Street Paraders March 1954 Sidney Bechet et ses Vogue Jazzmen 1955 Fatty George 1955 Ahmad Jamal Trio 1956 Tommy Reynolds [US1] 1956 Sammy Price and His Rompin' Stompers 1956 Live Bob Scobey's Band July 1957 Jack Lidström and The Hep Cats September 1957 André Previn 1957 Don Ewell 1957 iBobby Henderson 1957 The Buck Clayton Sextet 1957 Eddie Miller and His Blue Notes 1957 Franz Jackson and The Original Jass All-Stars 1957 George Wein's Dixie Victors 1957 John Frigo and His Quintet 1957 Page Cavanaugh 1957 Teddy Buckner and His Dixieland Band 1957 The Ronnie Scott Sextet 1957 Vic Feldman 1957 Guy Lafitte - André Persiany 1958 Lennie Felix 1958 Dutch Swing College Band 1958 Live The 3 Out November 1960 Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and Others 1960 Rocky Cole with The Al Cohn Orchestra 1960 Dave Remington and His Dixie Six 1960 Medley Joe Zawinul Trio 1961 iHarold Ashby and Paul Gonsalves 1961 Jimmy Smith [US] 1962 East End Jazzmen 1962 Harry James & His Big Band Plus The Dixieland Five August 1963 Coleman Hawkins / Clark Terry 1963 Johnny Hawksworth 1964 The Bourbon Street Stompers [US1] 1964 Charlie Byrd December 1965 The Boll Weevil Jass Band 1965 The Jonah Jones Quartet 1966 The Night Pastor and Seven Friends 1967 Neville Dickie 1970 Dick Wellstood 1971 Ted Easton's Jazzband, featuring Max Kaminski 1972 Johnny Bastable's Chosen Six 1972 iChuck Slate and His Traditional Jazz Band 1972 Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 1972 The Midgetown Jazzband 1972 Armand Hug 1973 Graeme Bell December 1974 The Swinghouse Septet 1974 Teddy Wilson 1974 Original Jazz Band 1974 Dave Frishberg 1974 George Freeman 1974 Blue Roseland Orchestra December 1975 Hot Owls 1975 Merle Koch 1975 Royal Garden Jazzband 1975 Barrelhouse Jazzband & Wild Bill Davison 1975 Paul Desmond 1975 Denny Wright, Danny Moss, Len Skeats, Brian Dee, Martin Drew 1976 Yoshio Toyama and His Dixieland Saints featuring Don Ewell 1976 iJoe Turner [US2] 1976 Eiji Kitamura & Hello Jazz Band 1976 The Great Excelsior Jazz Band 1976 The World's Greatest Jazz Band 1977 Wild Bill Davison & Ralph Sutton 1977 Kenny Davern & Flip Phillips 1977 DDT Jazzband 1977 Happy Jazz & Co 1977 Revival Jassband 1977 Dick Wellstood and the Friends of Fats 1978 Jay McShann 1978 Johnny Guarnieri 1978 Warren Vaché 1978 Paul Lingle 1979 Live Hank Jones [US1] 1979 Clark Terry 1979 Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra 1980 Doc Cheatham & Sammy Price 1980 Charlie Norman 1980 The Pizza Express All Star Jazz Band 1981 Lahn-River-Jazzband 1981 Les Barbecues 1981 Johnny Varro Trio 1981 Dick Hyman 1981 Lennie Felix 1981 Medley Wolverines Jazz Band with Bill Allred and Barrett Deems 1982 Live Jazz Group de Bretagne 1982 Jabbo Smith 1984 Francis' Hot Aces 1984 Beale Street Band 1984 South Side Jazz Band 1984 The Dixie-O-naires 1985 Medley Live Judy Carmichael 1986 Dixie Daddies 1986 New Orleans Black Boots 1988 Paris Washboard 1988 Art Hodes, Jim Galloway 1989 Live Black Bottom Stompers [CH] 1989 Ellis Marsalis Trio 1990 The Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band 1990 John Royen 1990 Live Rick Fay and Friends 1990 Marc Laferrière Quartet 1990 The Ray Skjelbred Quartet 1991 Alain Bouchet 1991 Cesare Poggi 1991 Dixie-O-Naires 1992 The Bobby Gordon Quartet 1992 Butch Thompson 1992 Lytle & Flournoy 1992 Santiago Stompers 1992 The Orphan Newsboys 1993 Live Phil Mason's New Orleans All-Stars 1993 Bob Rockwell & Jesper Lundgaard [DK1] 1993 Eddie Higgins 1993 The Swing Gates 1994 David Friesen with Clark Terry & Bud Shank 1994 Al Casey [US1] 1994 Buddha's Gamblers 1994 Live Chet Jaeger's Night Blooming Jazzmen 1994 Live Peruna Jazzmen 1995 Jay Leonhart / Joe Beck / Gary Burton / Terry Clarke 1995 Mike Jones [US1] 1995 Medley Tom Saunders and the Wild Bill Davison Legacy 1995 Oscar Klein & Lino Patruno 1996 Lisa Otey 1997 Never Mind Jazz Band 1997 Henri Chaix Trio April 28, 1998 Live Lino Patruno & The Red Pellini Gang 1998 Wild Bill Davison - Art Hodes 1999 Live Bob Barnard & Ralph Sutton 1999 Harold Fabrikant 1999 Rhodes Spedale Trio June 2001 Cy Laurie October 22, 2001 Pierre Calligaris 2001 Medley Soprano Meets Clarinet 2001 Ulf Johansson Werre Trio 2001 Ray Brown Trio with John Pizzaelli 2002 Allan Vaché Big Four July 1, 2003 Ralph Sutton & Friends 2003 Pyke / Billett 2003 Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band 2003 Ralph Sutton with Michael Silva 2005 Scatted version Medley Live Paul Asaro & Neville Dickie 2005 Jeff Barnhart 2010 Don Burrows, James Morrison, Phil Stack November 20, 2015 Noël Akchoté March 4, 2016 Emmet Cohen Trio With Russell Hall & Kyle Poole 2019 Joe Policastro 2021 *Vocal versions* Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor 1925 First release Bessie Smith May 10, 1926 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five December 1928 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm 1939 Mildred Bailey and Her Alley Cats January 1941 Dolores Hawkins May 28, 1956 Eddie and Betty Cole December 1957 Sallie Blair 1957 Dinah Washington 1957 Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson 1959 Art & Dotty Todd 1959 Della Reese 1959 Don, Dick & Jimmy 1959 Ethel Azama 1960 Barbara Long 1961 Jimmy Rushing 1961 Mary Kaye Trio 1962 The Lords [SE] 1963 Lance Harrison Dixieland Band 1965 Andy and The Bey Sisters 1965 Joan Toliver 1965 Down Town Jazz Band 1967 Willie The Lion Smith 1971 Live Medley Maria Muldaur October 1974 Claire Austin - Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings 1974 Big T's Jazzband 1976 Jane Harvey 1976 The Jazz Minors 1977 Teresa Brewer - Earl Fatha Hines 1978 Armelia McQueen 1978 George Melly with John Chilton (Trumpet) 1979 Brede Big Band 1981 Bourbon Street Jazzband [DK] 1982 Countryside Jazzband 1983 Banu Gibson and The New Orleans Hot Jazz Orchestra 1984 Sheila Collier 1985 Vestre Jazzværk 1985 Miss Peggy Lee November 1988 Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers 1988 Salty Dogs Jazz Band with Carol Leigh 1989 Archie Shepp Quartet feat. Annette Lowman 1989 Jeanie Bryson May 31, 1993 Marilyn Middleton Pollock with the Lake Records All-Star Jazzband 1993 Estelle Reiner 1995 Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers November 7, 1996 Daryl Sherman and John Cocuzzi 1996 Savoy Stompers 1997 Macy Blackman 2000 Steve Wilkerson & Andrea Baker 2000 Ewa Uryga 2001 Bubblin' Toorop Trio 2001 Andy's Windy City All Stars 2001 Live Red Valley Jazzband 2001 Terry Blaine with Mark Shane 2002 KB's Jungle Band May 30, 2003 Marty Grosz & His Hot Puppies October 21, 2003 SThe Quayside Hot Stompers 2003 Janice Hagan March 2004 Allen Beechey's Bright Stars of Jazz 2004 Deborah Cox June 19, 2007 Amanda Carr 2007 Patti LuPone November 11, 2008 Live Jordyn Jackson December 2009 Wendell Brunious & Sammy Rimington 2009 Karen Marguth 2009 Erika, Norbert & Shaye August 23, 2011 Peter Sokolow 2011 Tuba Skinny June 23, 2012 Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses April 6, 2016 Alexa Green June 2016 Duke Robillard with Madeleine Peyroux October 13, 2017 Gordon Au April 2020 Live Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander May 14, 2021
Thank you for the names of the personnel Henri !!!! And thank's for the interessting informations about Mugssy Spanier, Carmen Mastren and Welmann Braud ! Henri you are AMAZING !!!!
Henk dan weet je ook precies hoe ik me voel. En denk maar niet dat ik haar daar in steun. Want ze is van alle markten thuis waar ik niet in trap. En ze heeft nog veel meer voor mij Want ze meent ook nog dat ze de baas is en ik naar haar moet luisteren. Ik ben wel goed maar geen gek. Ik wens jullie allen een fijne nachtrust. En zelf kruip ik ook maar in het koffer gr Lies
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My sweet Henkie, I love the title, and the music is breathtaking !!!!!!! What a wonderful melody for dancing tight !!!!!!!!! My wonderful drummer boy, I send you lots of air-hugs and air-kisses !!!!!!!!! Your devoted fan and friend Jytte
Thank you my sweet jytte that you like my record somuch !!! And I wish you all the happiness of the World !!! Yours always Henk !!!!
Good Musik.
Danke mein freund !!!! schones wochenende !!!
Apr 6, 1940, New York - _Squeeze Me_ - Fats Waller (music) & Clarence Williams (words) - Bechet - Spanier Big Four: Sidney Bechet - soprano saxophone; Muggsy Spanier - cornet; Carmen Mastren - guitar; Wellman Braud - bass.
All eight titles recorded by this legendary formation on March 28 and April 6, 1940: _Four or Five Times; Sweet Lorraine, Lazy River, China Boy, If I Could Be with You, That's a Plenty, Squeeze Me, Sweet Sue Just You._ These eight constitute the Holy Grail of New Orleans jazz. Truly, a shining moment in the history of the music. Goosebumps!
Francis Joseph *"Muggsy" Spanier* (November 9, 1901 - February 12, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist based in Chicago. He was a member of the Bucktown Five, pioneers of the "Chicago style" that straddled traditional Dixieland jazz and swing.
Spanier was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At thirteen, he began playing the cornet and played with Elmer Schoebel in 1921. He borrowed the sobriquet of "Muggsy" from John "Muggsy" McGraw, the manager of the New York Giants baseball team. In the early 1920s, he played with the Bucktown Five.
In 1929, he became a member of a band led by Ted Lewis, then spent two years with Ben Pollack. After an illness, he assembled the eight-man group Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band. In 1939, the band recorded several sessions of Dixieland standards for Bluebird Records, that were later called The Great Sixteen and influenced a Dixieland revival.
The band's members included George Brunies (later Brunis - trombone and vocals), Rod Cless (clarinet), George Zack or Joe Bushkin (piano), Ray McKinstry, Nick Ciazza or Bernie Billings (tenor sax), and Bob Casey (bass).
His other most important ventures were the quartet he co-led with Sidney Bechet (the 'Big Four') in 1940. From 1940 until 1941 he played with Bob Crosby. In the 1950s, he moved to the West Coast and joined Earl Hines's band from 1957 until 1959. After touring Europe, he retired in 1964.
Songs
The Ragtime Band's theme tune was "Relaxin' at the Touro", composed by Spanier and Joe Bushkin, named for Touro Infirmary, the New Orleans hospital where Spanier had been treated for a perforated ulcer early in 1938. At the point of death, he was saved by Dr. Alton Ochsner who drained the fluid and eased his weakened breathing. One of Spanier's Dixieland numbers is a song he composed entitled, "Oh Doctor Ochsner."
"Relaxin' at the Touro" is a fairly straightforward 12-bar blues, with a piano introduction and coda by Joe Bushkin. The pianist recalled, many years later: "When I finally joined Muggsy in Chicago (having left Bunny Berigan's failing big band) we met to talk it over at the Three Deuces, where Art Tatum was appearing." Muggsy was now playing opposite Fats Waller at the Sherman hotel and we worked out a kind of stage show for the two bands. Muggsy was a man of great integrity. "We played a blues in C and I made up a little intro. After that I was listed as the co-composer of 'Relaxin' at the Touro'".
Personal life
In 1950, in Chicago, Spanier's second marriage was to Ruth Gries O’Connell. He became the stepfather of her sons, Hollywood film writer and director Tom Gries (died 1977) and Charles Joseph Gries, later professionally known as Buddy Charles, a pop and jazz vocalist and pianist in Chicago. When Spanier was performing at a concert in Chicago in 1956, Buddy Charles was performing at the nearby Black Orchid nightclub. Spanier was heard to exclaim "that's my boy."
Muggsy Spanier died in Sausalito, California, in February 1967, after years of ill health. He was 65.
*Carmen Mastren* (born Carmine Nicholas Mastrandrea, October 6, 1913 - March 31, 1981) was an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, and violinist who was a member of the Tommy Dorsey orchestra from 1936 to 1941.
Mastren became a professional musician in 1934 when he joined the Wingy Manone and Joe Marsala band. During the 1940s, he spent four years as a guitarist and arranger for Tommy Dorsey. After his time with Marsala, he was a studio musician, recorded with Sidney Bechet, then entered the U.S Army. He was a member of the Glenn Miller Air Force big band. From the early 1950s to 1970, he worked as a studio musician for NBC. He recorded one solo album, on which he played banjo instead of guitar.
During the 1940s Mastren worked as musical director and conductor for Morton Downey, and from 1954 to 1970 Mastren played for _The Today Show, The Tonight Show_ and _Say When!!_ on NBC. Mastren died at age 68 from a heart attack on March 31, 1981, at his home in Valley Stream on Long Island, New York.
*Wellman Braud* (January 25, 1891 - October 29, 1966) was an American jazz upright bassist. His family sometimes spelled their last name "Breaux", pronounced "Bro".
Biography
Born in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Braud settled in New Orleans, in his early teens. He was playing the violin and the upright bass and leading a trio in venues in the Storyville District before 1910. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1917. In 1923, he visited London with the Plantation Orchestra, in which he doubled on bass and trombone. Next, he moved to New York City, where he played with Wilber Sweatman's band before joining Duke Ellington.
It has been observed by Branford Marsalis that Braud was the first to utilize the walking bass style, that has been a mainstay in modern jazz, as opposed to the 'two-beat' pattern the tuba plays in the New Orleans style. His vigorous melodic bass playing, alternately plucking, slapping, and bowing, was an important feature of the early Ellington Orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s. Braud's playing on Ellington's regular radio broadcasts and recordings helped popularize the slap style of string bass playing, as well as encouraging many dance bands of the time to switch from using a tuba to an upright bass. Like many of his contemporary New Orleans bassists, Braud doubled on tuba, and he recorded with that instrument on some sides with Ellington.
In 1936, Braud co-managed a short-lived Harlem club with Jimmie Noone, and recorded with the group Spirits of Rhythm from 1935 to 1937. He played with other New York bands including those of Kaiser Marshall, Hot Lips Page, and Sidney Bechet, and returned for a while to Ellington in 1944. In 1956, he joined the Kid Ory Band. In the late 1950s, he joined Barbara Dane's trio alongside pianist/cornetist Kenny Whitson, turning down opportunities to return to Duke Ellington's band or tour with Louis Armstrong.
He is a distant relative of the Marsalis brothers on their mother's side.
He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.
Duke Ellington subsequently paid tribute to Braud, including the composition ‘Portrait of Wellman Braud' on his 1970 album _New Orleans Suite._
*Sidney* Joseph *Bechet* (May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temperament hampered his career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Bechet spent much of his later life in France.
Early life
Bechet was born in New Orleans in 1897 to a middle-class Creole of color family. Bechet's father Omar was both a shoemaker and a flute player, and all four of his brothers were musicians as well.
His older brother, Leonard Victor Bechet, was a full-time dentist and a part-time trombonist and bandleader. Bechet learned and mastered several musical instruments that were kept around the house (he began on the cornet), mostly by teaching himself; he decided to specialize in the clarinet (which he played almost exclusively until about 1919).
At the age of six, he started performing with his brother's band at a family birthday party, debuting his talents to acclaim. Later in his youth, Bechet studied with Joseph "King" Oliver, Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard, Lorenzo Tio, "Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle, and George Baquet.
Musical development
Bechet played in many New Orleans ensembles using the improvisational techniques of the time (obligatos with scales and arpeggios and varying the melody). While working with Louis Armstrong, Bechet was one of the first musicians to develop the Swing style of jazz; he influenced the widening difference between jazz and ragtime. Bechet liked to have his sound dominate in a performance, and trumpeters reportedly found it difficult to play alongside him.
He performed in parades with Freddie Keppard's brass band, the Olympia Orchestra, and in John Robichaux's dance orchestra. From 1911 to 1912, he performed with Bunk Johnson in the Eagle Band of New Orleans and in 1913-14 with King Oliver in the Olympia Band. From 1914 to 1917, he was touring and traveling, going as far north as Chicago and frequently performing with Freddie Keppard.
In the spring of 1919, he traveled to New York City and joined Will Marion Cook's Syncopated Orchestra. Soon after, the orchestra traveled to Europe, where they performed at the Royal Philharmonic Hall in London. The group was warmly received, and Bechet was especially popular.
While in London, he discovered the straight soprano saxophone and developed a style unlike his clarinet tone. Bechet was the first influential soprano saxophonist, leading to its rising popularity as a jazz instrument.
His saxophone sound could be described as emotional, reckless, and all-encompassing. He often used a broad vibrato, similar to some New Orleans clarinetists at the time. In 1919, a Swiss classical music conductor, Ernest Ansermet, wrote a tribute to Bechet. It was one of the earliest (if not the first) articles about a jazz musician written by an expert in the field of classical music, linking Bechet's music with that of Bach.
Bechet's first recordings were made in 1923 and 1924. The session was led by Clarence Williams, a pianist and songwriter, better known at that time for his music publishing and record producing, and his "Blue Five" (which included Louis Armstrong). Bechet recorded "Wild Cat Blues" and "Kansas City Man Blues." The former is in a ragtime style with four 16-bar themes, and the latter is a 12-bar blues. In 1924, Bechet worked with Duke Ellington for three months and made a significant impact on Ellington's early jazz style. Duke Ellington called him "the epitome of jazz." However, he never learned how to read music in his lifetime of being a musician.
Bechet in France
On September 15, 1925, Bechet and other members of the Revue Nègre, including Josephine Baker, sailed to Europe, arriving at Cherbourg, France, on September 22. The revue opened at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on October 2. The show was an example of negrophilia in France at the time. He toured Europe with multiple bands, reaching as far as Russia in mid-1926. In 1928, he led his small band at Chez Bricktop (run by the popular Ada "Bricktop" Smith) in Montmartre, Paris.
In France, Bechet found that he was appreciated by a wider audience and had more general freedom than he did in the United States.
He was imprisoned in Paris for eleven months. In his autobiography, he wrote that he accidentally shot a woman when he was trying to shoot a musician who had insulted him. He had challenged the man to duel and said, "Sidney Bechet never plays the wrong chord." After his release, he was deported to New York, arriving soon after the stock market crash of 1929. He joined with Lorenzo Tio and also came to know trumpeter Roy Eldridge.
In 1932, Bechet returned to New York City to lead a band with Tommy Ladnier. The band, comprising six members, performed at the Savoy Ballroom. He played in Noble Sissle's orchestra, which toured in Germany and Russia.
Later life
In 1938, "Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)," commonly known as "Hold Tight," was composed by Bechet's guitarist Leonard Ware and two session singers with claimed contributions from Bechet himself. The song became known for its suggestive lyrics and then for a series of lawsuits over songwriter royalties.
In 1939, Bechet and the pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith led a group that recorded several early versions of what was later called Latin jazz, adapting traditional méringue, rhumba and Haitian songs to the jazz idiom. On July 28, 1940, Bechet made a guest appearance on the NBC Radio show The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, playing two of his showpieces ("Shake It and Break It" and "St. Louis Blues") with Henry Levine's Dixieland band. Levine invited Bechet into the RCA Victor recording studio (on 24th Street in New York City), where Bechet lent his soprano sax to Levine's traditional arrangement of "Muskrat Ramble." On April 18, 1941, as an early experiment in overdubbing at Victor, Bechet recorded a version of the pop song "The Sheik of Araby," playing six different instruments: clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, bass, and drums. A hitherto unissued master of this recording was included in the 1965 LP Bechet of New Orleans, issued by RCA Victor as LPV-510. In the liner notes, George Hoeffer quoted Bechet:
_"I started by playing The Sheik on piano and played the drums while listening to the piano. I meant to play all the rhythm instruments but got all mixed up and grabbed my soprano, then the bass, then the tenor saxophone, and finally finished up with the clarinet."_
In 1944, 1946, and 1953, he recorded and performed in concert with the Chicago jazz pianist and vibraphonist Max Miller; private recordings from Miller's archive have never been released. These concerts and recordings are described in John Chilton's biography Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz.
With jobs in music difficult to find, he opened a tailor shop with Ladnier. They were visited by musicians and played in the back of the shop. In the 1940s, Bechet played in several bands, but his financial situation did not improve until the end of that decade. By the end of the 1940s, Bechet had tired of struggling to make music in the United States. His contract with Jazz Limited, a Chicago-based record label, was limiting the events at which he could perform (for instance, the label would not permit him to perform at the 1948 Festival of Europe in Nice). He believed the jazz scene in the United States had little left to offer him and was getting stale.
In 1958, Bechet performed as a soloist and with various other renowned musicians including Buck Clayton and Sarah Vaughn in memorable, spirited concerts in the United States Pavilion at Expo 58, the World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium.
Permanent settlement in Paris
In 1951, he migrated to France permanently, after his performance as a soloist at the Paris Jazz Fair caused a surge in his popularity in that country, where he easily found well-paid work. Also, in 1951, he married Elisabeth Ziegler in Antibes.
Bechet in 1954
In 1953, he signed a recording contract with Disques Vogue that lasted for the rest of his life. He recorded many hit tunes, including "Les Oignons," "Promenade aux Champs-Élysées," and the international hit "Petite Fleur." He also composed a classical ballet score in the late Romantic style of Tchaikovsky called _La nuit est une sorcière_ ("The Night Is a Witch"). Some existentialists in France took to calling him le dieu ("the god").
Autobiography
Shortly before his death, Bechet dictated his autobiography, Treat It Gentle, to Al Rose, a record producer and radio host. He had worked with Rose several times in concert promotions and had a fractious relationship with him. In his autobiography, Bechet's view of himself was starkly different from the one Rose knew.
"The kindly old gentleman in his book was filled with charity and compassion. The one I knew was self-centered, cold, and capable of the most atrocious cruelty, especially toward women."
Though other internet sources have picked up the claim that Bechet dictated his autobiography to Al Rose, the autobiography itself- _Treat It Gentle_ (Twayne, 1960)-notes that "Among those who helped record and edit the tapes on which this book is based are Joan Reid, Desmond Flower, and John Ciardi." The "Foreword" to the book by Desmond Flower explains in detail how the material from the various interviews was put together into book form, and there is no mention of any involvement by Al Rose in the interviewing or editing process.
Although embellished and frequently inaccurate, _Treat It Gentle_ remains a staple account for the "insider's view of the New Orleans tradition."
Sidney Bechet died in Garches, near Paris, of lung cancer on May 14, 1959, on his 62nd birthday. He is buried in a local cemetery. Two other major jazz musicians died that year: Billie Holiday and Lester Young.
Legacy
In 2013, a crater on Mercury was named after Bechet.
In the novel _Steppenwolf_ by Hermann Hesse, Bechet was the inspiration for the character "Pablo."
Bechet's music has been included in the soundtracks of about 60 films, including the following: Flirting (1991), JFK (1991), Chocolat (2000), The Quiet American (2002), and Midnight in Paris (2011).
Philip Larkin wrote a poem called "For Sidney Bechet." It can be found in _The Complete Poems._ It is written about on the Philip Larkin Society website.
Van Morrison mentions Sidney Bechet in the song "See Me Through Part II (Just A Closer Walk With Thee)" from the 1990 album _Hymns to the Silence:_ "...Sidney Bechet on Sunday afternoons in winter/Sidney Bechet, Sunday afternoons in winter..."
In Antibes, France, a small one-block park is named Sidney Bechet Square in his honor. The park contains a monument with a bust of Bechet and a plaque that reads, "To Sidney BECHET, one of the world's greatest jazz musicians, so honored by his new home. - Sidney J. BARTHELEMY, Mayor of New Orleans, April 16, 1994."
A fictionalized Sidney Bechet appears in two episodes of George Lucas's _The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles_ portrayed by Jeffrey Wright.
Additionally, in an interview with Woody Allen, when asked what "dead person he would like to have dinner with," he responded, " ... I guess maybe Sidney Bechet." Bechet continues to live on in the movies of Allen.
Sidney Bechet was Catholic.
Bechet was known for having an abrasive attitude, which has been compared to that of Coleman Hawkins. They were both incredibly sure of their relative importance in the music industry during a time in which jazz was losing popularity. They were stubborn and lacked patience with younger artists with less experience or knowledge of the jazz industry.
Bechet briefly took time off from the music industry in 1938 when he opened a tailor shop in New York.
Bechet had three wives: Elizabeth Ziegler (1951-death), Marie-Louise Crawford (1934-1942), and Norma Hale (1918-1929).
Awards
DownBeat magazine Hall of Fame, 1968
Bechet was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983.
Awarded a blue plaque outside his former London home in 2014
*"Squeeze Me"* is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics.
The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Count Basie, Eddie Condon, Harry James, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Dinah Washington, Tuba Skinny and Maria Muldaur.
*SQUEEZE ME*
*Instrumental versions*
William Bailey 1925 First recording in May 1925
The Halfway House Dance Orchestra February 1926
Hightower's Night Hawks 1927
Clarence Williams & His Orchestra 1928
Louisiana Rhythm Kings 1930
Chick Webb and His Orchestra 1938
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 1938
The Boy and the Boat Willie "The Lion" Smith February 1939
*Bechet-Spanier Big Four 1940*
Yank Lawson's Jazz Band 1944
Earl Hines Trio 1944
Cliff Jackson's Quartet 1944
Art Hodes' Blue Note Jazz Men 1944
"Punch" Miller's Stompers 1945
Frank Froeba and His Boys 1946
iJames P. Johnson - Assisted at the Drums by Eddie Dougherty 1946
"Wild Bill" Davison and His Commodores 1948
Eddie Condon's Barrelhouse Gang April 1950
The Dave Brubeck Trio 1951
Ralph Sutton - Arthur Trappier 1951
iHal Otis Trio 1952
iRampart Street Paraders March 1954
Sidney Bechet et ses Vogue Jazzmen 1955
Fatty George 1955
Ahmad Jamal Trio 1956
Tommy Reynolds [US1] 1956
Sammy Price and His Rompin' Stompers 1956 Live
Bob Scobey's Band July 1957
Jack Lidström and The Hep Cats September 1957
André Previn 1957
Don Ewell 1957
iBobby Henderson 1957
The Buck Clayton Sextet 1957
Eddie Miller and His Blue Notes 1957
Franz Jackson and The Original Jass All-Stars 1957
George Wein's Dixie Victors 1957
John Frigo and His Quintet 1957
Page Cavanaugh 1957
Teddy Buckner and His Dixieland Band 1957
The Ronnie Scott Sextet 1957
Vic Feldman 1957
Guy Lafitte - André Persiany 1958
Lennie Felix 1958
Dutch Swing College Band 1958 Live
The 3 Out November 1960
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and Others 1960
Rocky Cole with The Al Cohn Orchestra 1960
Dave Remington and His Dixie Six 1960 Medley
Joe Zawinul Trio 1961
iHarold Ashby and Paul Gonsalves 1961
Jimmy Smith [US] 1962
East End Jazzmen 1962
Harry James & His Big Band Plus The Dixieland Five August 1963
Coleman Hawkins / Clark Terry 1963
Johnny Hawksworth 1964
The Bourbon Street Stompers [US1] 1964
Charlie Byrd December 1965
The Boll Weevil Jass Band 1965
The Jonah Jones Quartet 1966
The Night Pastor and Seven Friends 1967
Neville Dickie 1970
Dick Wellstood 1971
Ted Easton's Jazzband, featuring Max Kaminski 1972
Johnny Bastable's Chosen Six 1972
iChuck Slate and His Traditional Jazz Band 1972
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 1972
The Midgetown Jazzband 1972
Armand Hug 1973
Graeme Bell December 1974
The Swinghouse Septet 1974
Teddy Wilson 1974
Original Jazz Band 1974
Dave Frishberg 1974
George Freeman 1974
Blue Roseland Orchestra December 1975
Hot Owls 1975
Merle Koch 1975
Royal Garden Jazzband 1975
Barrelhouse Jazzband & Wild Bill Davison 1975
Paul Desmond 1975
Denny Wright, Danny Moss, Len Skeats, Brian Dee, Martin Drew 1976
Yoshio Toyama and His Dixieland Saints featuring Don Ewell 1976
iJoe Turner [US2] 1976
Eiji Kitamura & Hello Jazz Band 1976
The Great Excelsior Jazz Band 1976
The World's Greatest Jazz Band 1977
Wild Bill Davison & Ralph Sutton 1977
Kenny Davern & Flip Phillips 1977
DDT Jazzband 1977
Happy Jazz & Co 1977
Revival Jassband 1977
Dick Wellstood and the Friends of Fats 1978
Jay McShann 1978
Johnny Guarnieri 1978
Warren Vaché 1978
Paul Lingle 1979 Live
Hank Jones [US1] 1979
Clark Terry 1979
Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra 1980
Doc Cheatham & Sammy Price 1980
Charlie Norman 1980
The Pizza Express All Star Jazz Band 1981
Lahn-River-Jazzband 1981
Les Barbecues 1981
Johnny Varro Trio 1981
Dick Hyman 1981
Lennie Felix 1981 Medley
Wolverines Jazz Band with Bill Allred and Barrett Deems 1982 Live
Jazz Group de Bretagne 1982
Jabbo Smith 1984
Francis' Hot Aces 1984
Beale Street Band 1984
South Side Jazz Band 1984
The Dixie-O-naires 1985 Medley Live
Judy Carmichael 1986
Dixie Daddies 1986
New Orleans Black Boots 1988
Paris Washboard 1988
Art Hodes, Jim Galloway 1989 Live
Black Bottom Stompers [CH] 1989
Ellis Marsalis Trio 1990
The Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band 1990
John Royen 1990 Live
Rick Fay and Friends 1990
Marc Laferrière Quartet 1990
The Ray Skjelbred Quartet 1991
Alain Bouchet 1991
Cesare Poggi 1991
Dixie-O-Naires 1992
The Bobby Gordon Quartet 1992
Butch Thompson 1992
Lytle & Flournoy 1992
Santiago Stompers 1992
The Orphan Newsboys 1993 Live
Phil Mason's New Orleans All-Stars 1993
Bob Rockwell & Jesper Lundgaard [DK1] 1993
Eddie Higgins 1993
The Swing Gates 1994
David Friesen with Clark Terry & Bud Shank 1994
Al Casey [US1] 1994
Buddha's Gamblers 1994 Live
Chet Jaeger's Night Blooming Jazzmen 1994 Live
Peruna Jazzmen 1995
Jay Leonhart / Joe Beck / Gary Burton / Terry Clarke 1995
Mike Jones [US1] 1995 Medley
Tom Saunders and the Wild Bill Davison Legacy 1995
Oscar Klein & Lino Patruno 1996
Lisa Otey 1997
Never Mind Jazz Band 1997
Henri Chaix Trio April 28, 1998 Live
Lino Patruno & The Red Pellini Gang 1998
Wild Bill Davison - Art Hodes 1999 Live
Bob Barnard & Ralph Sutton 1999
Harold Fabrikant 1999
Rhodes Spedale Trio June 2001
Cy Laurie October 22, 2001
Pierre Calligaris 2001 Medley
Soprano Meets Clarinet 2001
Ulf Johansson Werre Trio 2001
Ray Brown Trio with John Pizzaelli 2002
Allan Vaché Big Four July 1, 2003
Ralph Sutton & Friends 2003
Pyke / Billett 2003
Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band 2003
Ralph Sutton with Michael Silva 2005 Scatted version Medley Live
Paul Asaro & Neville Dickie 2005
Jeff Barnhart 2010
Don Burrows, James Morrison, Phil Stack November 20, 2015
Noël Akchoté March 4, 2016
Emmet Cohen Trio With Russell Hall & Kyle Poole 2019
Joe Policastro 2021
*Vocal versions*
Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor 1925 First release
Bessie Smith May 10, 1926
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five December 1928
"Fats" Waller and His Rhythm 1939
Mildred Bailey and Her Alley Cats January 1941
Dolores Hawkins May 28, 1956
Eddie and Betty Cole December 1957
Sallie Blair 1957
Dinah Washington 1957
Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson 1959
Art & Dotty Todd 1959
Della Reese 1959
Don, Dick & Jimmy 1959
Ethel Azama 1960
Barbara Long 1961
Jimmy Rushing 1961
Mary Kaye Trio 1962
The Lords [SE] 1963
Lance Harrison Dixieland Band 1965
Andy and The Bey Sisters 1965
Joan Toliver 1965
Down Town Jazz Band 1967
Willie The Lion Smith 1971 Live Medley
Maria Muldaur October 1974
Claire Austin - Gene Mayl's Dixieland Rhythm Kings 1974
Big T's Jazzband 1976
Jane Harvey 1976
The Jazz Minors 1977
Teresa Brewer - Earl Fatha Hines 1978
Armelia McQueen 1978
George Melly with John Chilton (Trumpet) 1979
Brede Big Band 1981
Bourbon Street Jazzband [DK] 1982
Countryside Jazzband 1983
Banu Gibson and The New Orleans Hot Jazz Orchestra 1984
Sheila Collier 1985
Vestre Jazzværk 1985
Miss Peggy Lee November 1988
Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers 1988
Salty Dogs Jazz Band with Carol Leigh 1989
Archie Shepp Quartet feat. Annette Lowman 1989
Jeanie Bryson May 31, 1993
Marilyn Middleton Pollock with the Lake Records All-Star Jazzband 1993
Estelle Reiner 1995
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers November 7, 1996
Daryl Sherman and John Cocuzzi 1996
Savoy Stompers 1997
Macy Blackman 2000
Steve Wilkerson & Andrea Baker 2000
Ewa Uryga 2001
Bubblin' Toorop Trio 2001
Andy's Windy City All Stars 2001 Live
Red Valley Jazzband 2001
Terry Blaine with Mark Shane 2002
KB's Jungle Band May 30, 2003
Marty Grosz & His Hot Puppies October 21, 2003
SThe Quayside Hot Stompers 2003
Janice Hagan March 2004
Allen Beechey's Bright Stars of Jazz 2004
Deborah Cox June 19, 2007
Amanda Carr 2007
Patti LuPone November 11, 2008 Live
Jordyn Jackson December 2009
Wendell Brunious & Sammy Rimington 2009
Karen Marguth 2009
Erika, Norbert & Shaye August 23, 2011
Peter Sokolow 2011
Tuba Skinny June 23, 2012
Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses April 6, 2016
Alexa Green June 2016
Duke Robillard with Madeleine Peyroux October 13, 2017
Gordon Au April 2020 Live
Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander May 14, 2021
Thank you for the names of the personnel Henri !!!! And thank's for the interessting informations about Mugssy Spanier, Carmen Mastren and Welmann Braud ! Henri you are AMAZING !!!!
En dank voor deze zeer uitgebreide biografie van Sidney Bechet ! Het was een genot om zoveel informatie te krijgen !!!
Henk dan weet je ook precies hoe ik me voel. En denk maar niet dat ik haar daar in steun. Want ze is van alle markten thuis waar ik niet in trap.
En ze heeft nog veel meer voor mij Want ze meent ook nog dat ze de baas is en ik naar haar moet luisteren. Ik ben wel goed maar geen gek.
Ik wens jullie allen een fijne nachtrust. En zelf kruip ik ook maar in het koffer gr Lies
Goedemorge Lies ! Ondanks alle sores toch een mooie Zondag !!!!