1941-1944

Original Release Date:  November 19, 1996

Track Listing

• 1. Blues in the Air
• 2. The Mooche
• 3. Laughin' in Rhythm
• 4. Twelfth Street Rag
• 5. Mood Indigo
• 6. Rose Room
• 7. Oh, Lady Be Good
• 8. What Is This Thing Called Love?
• 9. After You've Gone
• 10. V-Disc Blues: Bugle Call Rag/Ole Miss
• 11. St. Louis Blues [Bechet Parades the Blues]
• 12. St. Louis Blues
• 13. Jazz Me Blues
• 14. Blue Horizon
• 15. Muskrat Ramble
• 16. You've Got Me Walkin' and Talkin' to Myself
• 17. Quiet Please
• 18. Cliff's Boogie Blues
• 19. Jeepers Creepers

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Sidney DeParis: Trumpet
• Art Hodes: Piano
• Kid Ory: Composer
• Charlie Shavers: Trumpet
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Slim Gaillard: Composer
• Wellman Braud: Bass
• Jack Pettis: Composer
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Sidney Bechet: Clarinet, Composer, Sax (Soprano), Ensemble
• Euday L. Bowman: Composer
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Henry Creamer: Composer
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Eddie Dougherty: Drums
• Pops Foster: Bass
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Bud Green: Composer
• Cliff Jackson: Piano
• Manzie Johnson: Drums
• Wilbert Kirk: Drums
• Turner Layton: Composer
• Wilson Myers: Bass
• Elmer Schoebel: Composer
• Gene Sedric: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Willie "The Lion" Smith: Piano
• Wilbur De Paris: Trombone
• Billy Meyers: Composer
• Art Hickman: Composer
• Ray Gilbert: Composer
• Henry Goodwin: Trumpet
• Anatol Schenker: Liner Notes
• Don Donaldson: Piano
• Harry Williams: Composer