Sidney Bechet - Petite Fleur (1931-1952) [10 CD, 2008/FLAC]






DISC 1 - Maple Leaf Rag (60:52)
DISC 2 - Okey - Doke (61:25)
DISC 3 - Jungle Drums (61:08)
DISC 4 - Sydney’s Blues (72:51)
DISC 5 - Swing Parade (59:52)
DISC 6 - Blues In The Air (66:09)
DISC 7 - Jazz Me Blues (73:06)
DISC 8 - Buddy Bolden Stomp (70:33)
DISC 9 - Tin Roof Blues (65:06)
DISC 10 - Petite Fleur (68:52)




DISC 1 - Maple Leaf Rag (60:52)

1. Got The Bench, Got The Park (Lewis – Sherman – Philips) 3:13
2. In A Cafe On The Road To Calais (Trad.) 2:50
3. Loveless Love (Handy) 3:19
4. Basement Blues (Handy) 3:20
5. Wha'D Ya Do To Me? (Ager) 3:04
6. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (West – McCaffrey – Ringle) 3:07
7. Sweetie Dear (Jordan) 2:49
8. I Want You Tonight (Bechet – Maxey) 3:07
9. I've Found A New Baby (J. Palmer – S. Williams) 3:13
10. Lay Your Racket (Bechet – Maxey) 3:15
11. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) 2:55
12. Shag (Bechet) 3:07
13. Under The Creole Moon (Unknown) 3:19
14. The Old Ark Is Moverin' (Arr. Sissle) 3:03
15. Loveless Love (Handy) 2:58
16. Polka Dot Rag (Bechet – Toliver – Sissle) 2:52
17. That's What Love Did To Me (Cahn – Chaplin) 3:06
18. You Can't Live In Harlem (Cahn – Chaplin) 2:26
19. I Wonder Who Made Rhythm (Sissle) 3:13
20. 'Tain't A Fit Night Out For Man Or Beast (Cahn – Chaplin) 2:33


DISC 2 - Okey - Doke (61:25)

1. I Take To You (Rose) 2:45
2. Rhythm Of The Broadway Moon (Nelson – Rose)  2:54
3. Bandana Days (Sissle – Blake) 2:55
4. I'm Just Wild About Harry (Sissle – Blake) 2:53
5. Dear Old Southland (Layton) 2:35
6. Okey – Doke (Bechet) 2:58
7. Characteristic Blues (Bechet – Sissle) 3:00
8. Viper Mad (Bechet – Williams) 3:03
9. Blackstick (Bechet) 2:47
10. When The Sun Sets Down South (Brooks – Bechet) 3:11
11. Sweet Patootie (Bogan – Williams – Alexander) 3:19
12. Freight Train Blues (Williams) 3:23
13. Trixie Blues (Smith) 3:17
14. My Daddy Rocks Me – Part I (Smith – Overstreet) 2:59
15. My Daddy Rocks Me – Part II (Smith – Overstreet) 2:55
16. He May Be Your Man, But He Comes To See Me Sometimes (Fowler – Bradford) 2:48
17. Jack, I'm Mellow (Gundy – House) 2:48
18. Uncle Joe (Wilson) 2:37
19. I Am A Woman (Wilson) 2:53
20. Toot It , Brother Armstrong (Wilson) 3:10
21. Blue Monday On Sugar Hill (Wilson) 2:17


DISC 3 - Jungle Drums (61:08)

1. My Unusual Man (Grainger) 2:45
2. What A Dream (Bechet) 2:53
3. Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama) (Bechet - Ware - Robinson - Spottswood - Smith) 2:39
4. Jungle Drums (Bechet – Singleton) 2:30
5. Chant In The Night (Bechet) 2:26
6. Ja Da (Carlton) 2:53
7. Really The Blues (Mezzrow) 3:37
8. When You And I Were Young, Maggie (Johnson – Butterfield) 2:42
9. Weary Blues (Matthews) 3:01
10. Blues For Tommy (Improvisation) 4:21
11. Summertime (Gershwin) 4:08
12. Pounding Heart Blues (Unknown) 3:57
13. Magic Island – Meringue (Trad.) 2:38
14. Mayotte – Meringue (Trad.) 2:32
15. Rose Rumba (Trad.) 2:22
16. Sous Les Palmiers – Meringue (Trad.) 2:36
17. Original Haitian Music – Part I (Trad.) 2:23
18. Original Haitian Music – Part II (Trad.) 2:25
19. Tropical Moon – Rhumba (Trad.) 3:01
20. Baba – Rhumba (Trad.) 2:36
21. Original Haitian Music – Part III (Trad.) 2:43


DISC 4 - Sydney’s Blues (72:51)

1. Original Haitian Music – Part IV (Trad.) 2:45
2. Ti Ralph (Trad.) 2:58
3. Meringue D'Amour (Trad.) 2:19
4. Marche Du Colonel Bogey (Trad.) 2:40
5. Indian Summer (Dubin – Herbert) 3:08
6. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) 2:28
7. Preachin' Blues (Bechet) 3:03
8. Sidney's Blues (Bechet) 2:51
9. Careless Love (Handy) 3:43
10. Milk Cow Blues (Arnold) 4:06
11. Lonesome Blues (Armstrong) 4:06
12. Dear Old Southland (Layton) 4:03
13. Bechet's Steady Rider (Bechet) 2:55
14. Saturday Night Blues (Bechet) 2:57
15. Four Or Five Times (Gay – Hellman) 4:06
16. Sweet Lorraine (Parish – Burwell) 4:22
17. Lazy River (Arodin – Carmichael) 4:15
18. China Boy (Winfree Boutelje) 3:55
19. If I Could Be With You (Creamer – Johnson) 4:05
20. That's A Plenty (Pollack) 4:13
21. Squeeze Me (Williams – Waller) 3:53


DISC 5 - Swing Parade (59:52)

1. Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris – Young) 4:11
2. Shake It And Break It (Frisco – Clarke) 2:55
3. Old Man Blues (Ellington – Mills) 2:48
4. Wild Man Blues (Morton – Armstrong) 3:19
5. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin' (Trad.) 3:30
6. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (Trad.) 3:15
7. Blues In Thirds (Hines) 2:56
8. Blue For You, Johnny (Bechet – Barnes – Nelson) 2:47
9. Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller) 2:50
10. Save It, Pretty Mama (Redman) 2:52
11. Stompy Jones (Ellington) 2:48
12. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 2:47
13. Coal Black Shine (Bechet – Reid) 2:44
14. Egyptian Fantasy (Bechet – Reid) 3:01
15. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Williams – Warfield) 2:35
16. Slippin' And Slidin' (Nelson – Bauns – Bechet) 2:52
17. The Sheik Of Araby (Smith – Wheeler – Snyder) 2:11
18. Blues Of Bechet (Bechet) 1:53
19. Swing Parade (Bechet) 2:21
20. I Know That You Know (Caldwell – Youmans) 2:31
21. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Rene - Rene - Muse) 2:59


DISC 6 - Blues In The Air (66:09)

1. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly-Roll (Williams – Williams) 3:14
2. I'm Coming , Virginia (Cook – Heywood) 2:38
3. Limehouse Blues (Braham) 2:36
4. Georgia Cabin (Bechet – Karoley) 2:58
5. Texas Moaner (Barnes – Williams) 2:58
6. Strange Fruit (Allen) 2:31
7. You're The Limit (Smith) 3:10
8. Rip Up The Joint (Palmer – Silver) 2:20
9. Suey (Bechet – Reid) 2:31
10. Blues In The Air (Bechet) 2:46
11. The Mooche (Ellington – Mills) 3:09
12. Laughin' In Rhythm (Gaylor) 2:02
13. 12th Street Rag (Sumner – Bowman) 2:59
14. Mood Indigo (Ellington – Mills – Bigard) 3:11
15. Rose Room (Williams – Hickman) 2:36
16. Oh! Lady Be Good (I & G. Gershwin) 2:2
17. What Is This Thing Called Love? (Porter) 3:30
18. After You've Gone (H. Creamer – T. Layton) 4:50
19. V-Disc Blues (Bugle Call Rag / Ole Miss) (Pettis - Meyers -Schoebel - Handy) 4:51
20. Bechet Parades The Blues (St. Louis Blues ) (Handy) 4:15
21. St. Louis Blues (Handy)  4:46


DISC 7 - Jazz Me Blues (73:06)

1. Jazz Me Blues (De Landy) 4:17
2. Blue Horizon (Bechet) 4:28
3. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 3:42
4. You've Got Me Walkin' And Talkin' To Myself (Jackson – Taylor)  3:53
5. Quiet Please (Jackson) 3:56
6. Cliff's Boogie Blues (Jackson) 4:15
7. Jeepers Creepers (Warren – Mercer) 4:25
8. High Society (Williams – Piron) 3:37
9. Salty Dog (Jackson – Theard) 4:04
10. Weary Blues (Matthews) 4:21
11. Jackass Blues (Stitzel – Kassel) 4:46
12. Milenberg Joys (Morton) 4:20
13. Lord Let Me In The Lifeboat (Unknown) 3:35
14. Days Beyond Recall (Bechet) 4:51
15. Porto Rico (Unknown) 3:12
16. Up In Sidney's Flat (Bechet) 4:23
17. Quincy Street Stomp (Blame It On The Blues) (Cooke) 2:56
18. Old Stack O'Lee Blues (Trad.) 4:13


DISC 8 - Buddy Bolden Stomp (70:33)

1. Royal Garden Blues (C. Williams – S. Williams) 6:34
2. Slow Blues (Trad.) 6:42
3. Old Fashioned Love (Johnson) 5:28
4. Fast Blues (Trad.) 6:03
5. Bugle Blues (Trad.) 4:48
6. Spreading Joy (Bechet) 2:55
7. I Had It But It's All Gone (Bechet) 3:18
8. Polka Dot Stomp (Sissle – Bechet – Toliver) 2:39
9. Kansas City Man Blues (Johnson – Williams) 2:40
10. Buddy Bolden Stomp (Bechet) 2:47
11. Song Of Songs (Vaucaire – Moya) 3:12
12. My Woman's Blues (Bechet) 2:56
13. Song Of Songs (Vaucaire – Moya) 3:00
14. Just One Of Those Things (Porter) 3:05
15. Love For Sale (Porter) 2:43
16. Laura (Mercer – Raskin) 3:07
17. Shake 'Em Up (Bechet) 2:36
18. Sister Kate (Piron) 3:06
19. Tiger Rag (LaRocca) 3:07


DISC 9 - Tin Roof Blues (65:06)

1. Tin Roof Blues (Mares – Brunies – Rappolo – Stitzel – Pollack) 3:01
2. I've Found A New Baby (Williams) 3:08
3. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Cox) 3:10
4. When The Saints Go Marching In (Trad.) 3:02
5. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin – Gershwin) 3:06
6. September Song (Weil) 2:59
7. Who? (Youmans) 2:55
8. Song Of The Medina (Casbah) (Bechet) 2:38
9. Maryland, My Maryland (Trad.) 2:32
10. Careless Love (Williams – Koenig – Handy) 2:47
11. Egyptian Fantasy (Bechet) 2:43
12. Basin Street Blues (Williams) 3:18
13. Cake Walking Babies (Williams) 2:35
14. Tailgate Ramble (Mercer – Mannone) 2:54
15. At The Jazz Band Ball (Larocca – Shields) 3:03
16. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (Trad.) 3:20
17. Fidgety Feet (LaRocca – Shields) 3:01
18. Honeysuckle Rose (Waller) 2:59
19. Coquette (Lombardo) 3:20
20. High Society (Picou) 3:19
21. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Fields – McHugh) 2:43
22. Sugar (Pinkart) 2:46


DISC 10 - Petite Fleur (68:52)

1. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 5:21
2. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 5:41
3. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie – Pinkard – Casey) 8:35
4. Summertime (Gershwin – Heyward) 3:18
5. I Found A New Baby (Palmer – Williams) 7:44
6. September Song (Anderson – Weill) 2:31
7. High Society (Williams) 4:18
8. Dippermouth Blues (Oliver – Armstrong) 3:39
9. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) 6:51
10. Frankie And Johnny (Trad.) 5:20
11. Casey Jones (Trad.) 3:24
12. Society Blues (Bechet) 8:56
13. Petite Fleur (Bechet) 3:17