Runnin' Wild (1998)

About this title: After Blue Note switched to bop in 1947, it was the end of trad jazz on the label, with the exception of a few sessions led by Sidney Bechet and George Lewis. The masterful soprano saxophonist Bechet led no less than nine dates for Blue Note, as well as appearing as a sideman on four others, all of which were included in Mosaic's now out-of-print comprehensive Bechet box set. Three of Bechet's outings for Blue Note co-featured cornetist Wild Bill Davison, and all of that music is on this single 1998 CD. Since Bechet was generally quite dominant in ensembles, he did not usually get along well ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sister Kate [Piron]
2. Tiger Rag [DaCosta/Edwards/LaR]
3. Tin Roof Blues [Brunis/Mares/Melros]
4. I Found a New Baby [Palmer/Williams]
5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out [Cox]
6. When the Saints Go Marching In [Traditional]
7. Basin Street Blues [Williams]
8. Cake Walking Babies from Home [Smith/Troy/Williams]
9. At the Jazz Band Ball [Edwards/LaRocca/Rag]
10. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho [Traditional]
11. Fidgety Feet [Edwards/LaRocca/Rag]
12. Tailgate Ramble [Manone/Mercer]
13. Copenhagen [Davis/Melrose]
14. China Boy [Winfree/Boutelje]
15. Runnin' Wild [Alternate Take] [Gibbs/Grey/Wood]
16. Runnin' Wild [Gibbs/Grey/Wood]
17. Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll [Alternate Take] [Williams/Williams]
18. Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll [Alternate Take] [Williams/Williams]
19. Mandy, Make up Your Mind [Clarke/Turk/Meyer]
20. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble [Williams]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.