450403 SIDNEY BECHET and his NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS
  Recorded: 1945-04-03, WCOP Rehearsal, Boston
     
Personnel    
  Bunk Johnson trumpet
  Sidney Bechet clarinet, soprano saxophone
  Ray Parker piano
  George "Pops" Foster string bass
  George Thompson drums
     
Recordings    
     
  Sister Kate Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
  Sobbin' Blues (very short) Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
     
  Clarinet Marmalade Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
  High Society Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
  Royal Garden Blues (practice 5 sec) Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
     
  Royal Garden Blues Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
  Willy The Weeper (false start) Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
     
  Willy The Weeper Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
    Upbeat URCD 235
     
  Sobbin' Blues Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
    Upbeat URCD 235
     
  Blue Bells Goodbye (take 1) Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
  Blue Bells Goodbye (take 2) Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
  Perdido Street Stomp (*) Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3036
     
Notes    
All recorded by John Reid on acetate machine on location.
(*) Perdido Street Stomp is titled "Feetwarmers Stomp" on Jazz Archives JA-48.
     
     
450403 SIDNEY BECHET and his NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS
  Recorded: 1945-04-03, WCOP Radio Broadcast, Boston
     
Personnel    
  Same as above  
     
Recordings    
     
  Introduction Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
     
  St. Louis Blues Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  Ain't Misbehavin' Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  I Never Knew Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  Never No Lament Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48 (edited)
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  Darktown Strutters' Ball Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Jazz Archives JA-48
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  Basin Street Blues Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ002
    Trans-Ark 1000
    New Orleans Rarities Vol.4
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  Wang Wang Blues Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ003
    Trans-Ark 1000
    New Orleans Rarities Vol.4
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
     
  Theme Out Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ003
    Jazz Crusade JCCD-3040
Notes    
All recorded off the air on acetate by studio hired by John Reid, Wynne Paris and Gene Williams.
     
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