Sidney Bechet Quintet 12" Blue Note 6 Summertime (NYC 1939)
  $   32

 


$ 32 Sold For
Jan 12, 2015 Sold Date
Jan 5, 2015 Start Date
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Sidney Bechet leads the Port of Harlem Seven, doing "Pounding Heart

Blues" on 12" Blue Note 6. Bechet plays clarinet, Frank Newton trumpet,

J.C. Higginbotham trombone, Meade Lewis piano, Teddy Bunn guitar,

John Williams bass, with Big Sid Catlett on drums.


On the reverse side, Bechet switches to soprano sax as the Sidney

Bechet Quintet plays Gershwin's "Summertime." Lewis, Bunn,

Williams, and Catlett are also sitting in. This was recorded in May of

1939.


The record is in excellent to excellent-plus (E to E+) condition on the

A side, and excellent (E) with light scuffs on the B side.


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