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Young Sidney Bechet 1923-1925 | 
| Artist: Sidney Bechet
Label: Timeless
Category: Music
New (3) Used (2) from £19.15
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 241390
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 8711458202831
ASIN: B00000C28Y
Release Date: August 24, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Wild Cat Blues | | • | Blind Man Blues | | • | Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do | | • | Down On The Levee Blues | | • | If I Let You Get Away With It Once More You'll Do It All The | | • | Shreveport Blues | | • | House Rent Blues | | • | Texas Moaner Blues | | • | You've Got The Right Key But The Wrong Key Hole | | • | Cake Walkin' Babies From Home | | • | Pickin' On Your Baby | | • | Cake Walkin' Babies From Home (2) |
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| Customer Reviews:
Music from another world November 22, 2007
This music comes from a period in time which political correctness would like to pretend never happened. I found this CD unusual because it shows the early development of Jazz music from a backing band for singers to music more suited to dance music for black and white audiences. Many of the tracks are as a backing band for 'black mama' singers. A 'black mama' is a term which has been hijacked and corrupted over time. A 'black mama' is a term which referred to a black slave who 'wet nursed' their masters children. These women were loved and trusted by both black and white and for a singer to invoke such an image is likely to have universal audience appeal. These women were not particularly good singers but they had a strong deep voice with an impressive depth of emotion which was totally lacking in white music-hall singers. Social conventions dictated that a black singer had to be accompanied by a black band; which gave a unique opportunity for these bands to get work. It is staggering to realise just how lucky the present generation are to be able to listen to this music which could easily have been lost forever had recording of these bands not started when it did. Most of the tracks on this CD are played with a rasping type style which is normally associated with black bands of this period. This should not be confused with poor ability to play their instruments properly; the rasping style allowed a greater depth of emotion. The rhythm of the early tracks is scrappy and is probably unsuitable for dancing; but makes up for this with a very deep emotive sound. The later tracks show the development of the rhythm into a style with a more universal appeal more suited to dance music. This CD is unusual in the range of sounds and styles played with a depth of emotion you simply will not hear in today's Jazz bands. The only downside of the CD is that the lyrics of the singers is rather depressing since virtually all the songs are about their 'two timing rat of a husband'; gets a bit monotonous.
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