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Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet
In New York, 1923–1925

Compil. US 1981 on Columbia Special Products label
Jazz and Blues (Louisiana Blues, Dixieland)

——Center labels info—— Black on white labels ——Sleeve info—— Gatefold sleeve with liner notes stitched inside Recordings from the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, and the collections of Mark Ginsburg, Lewis Porter, J.R. Taylor, and Martin Williams © 1981 Smithsonian Institution Produced in association with Columbia Special Products ℗ 1981 CBS Inc. Manufactured by CBS Records/CBS Inc./New York, N.Y. Our effort has been to restore the original sound of these recordings as faithfully as possible, using the best available dubbing materials. No artificial rechanneling has been introduced. ——Original recording notes—— A1 first issue OKeh 4956 [matrix S-71-706-B] A2 first issue OKeh 4956 [matrix S-71-707-B] A3 first issue OKeh 4975 [matrix S-71-929-B] A4 first issue OKeh 40006 [matrix S-72-040-B] A5 first issue OKeh 4993 [matrix S-72-041-B] A6 first issue Okeh 8171 [matrix S-72-914-B] A7 first issue Okeh 8181 [matrix S-72-958-B] A8 first issue Okeh 8181 [matrix S-72-959-B] B1 first issue Gennett 5594 [matrix 9167] B2 first issue Gennett 5627 [matrix 9177] B3 first issue Regal 9774 [matrix 5748-3] B4 first issue Puritan 11367 [matrix 1974-1] B5 first issue Columbia 14063-D [matrix 140174-2] B6 first issue Columbia 14055-D [matrix 140188-1] B7 first issue Columbia 14055-D [matrix 140191-2] B8 first issue OKeh 40260 [matrix 730026-B] C1 first issue OKeh 40260 [matrix 730027-B] C2 first issue Gennett 5626 [matrix 9247-A] C3 first issue Gennett 5627 [matrix 9248-A] C4 first issue OKeh 40321 [matrix 73083-A] C5 first issue OKeh 40330 [matrix 73084-B] C6 first issue Regal 9789 [matrix 5835-3] C7 first issue OKeh 8215 [matrix 73205-A] C8 first issue Paramount 12262 [matrix 2063-1] D1 first issue Paramount 12262 [matrix 2064-2] D2 first issue Columbia 383-D [matrix W 140617-2] D3 first issue Paramount 12317 [matrix 2280-2] D4 first issue OKeh 8272 [matrix 73687-B] D5 first issue OKeh 8245 [matrix 73694-B] D6 first issue OKeh 8245 [matrix 73695-B] D7 first issue Vocalion 15165 [matrix E1580W/2] D8 first issue Vocalion 15165 [matrix E1583W/5] Tracks A4 and A5: Trombonist is either Charlie Irvis or John Mayfield (3). Tracks D7 and D8: Banjo is played by either Sam Speede or Charlie Dixon.

Musicians

	Louis Armstrong tr, voc, 1901-1971 US album by, cornet, trumpet
	Sidney Bechet ss, cl, 1897-1959 US album by, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, sarrusophone
	Martin Williams , *1924 edited by, programming
	J.R. Taylor producer, edited by, programming
	Clarence Williams' Blue Five , performer on track
	Buddy Christian bj, 1885-1958 US banjo
	Thomas Morris cor, 1897-1945 US cornet
	Clarence Williams p, voc, 1893-1965 US piano
	John Mayfield tb, trombone, trombone, possibly
	Charlie Irvis tb, 1899-1939 US trombone, possibly
	Buster Bailey cl, 1902-1967 US soprano saxophone, clarinet
	Aaron Thompson tb, trombone
	Eva Taylor voc, 1895-1977 US vocals
	Josephine Beatty voc, performer on track
	Lil Hardin-Armstrong p, US piano
	Alberta Hunter voc, 1895-1984 US vocals
	The Red Onion Jazz Babies , US performer on track
	Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra , US performer on track
	Fletcher Henderson p, 1897-1952 US piano
	Maggie Jones voc, *1900 US performer on track, vocals
	Clarence Todd voc, p, US vocals
	Don Redman as, voc, 1900-1964 US alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, possibly
	Trixie Smith & Her Down Home Sync. , performer on track
	Charlie Dixon bj, 1898-1940 US banjo, banjo, possibly
	Charlie Green tb, 1900-1936 US trombone, trombone, possibly
	Trixie Smith voc, 1895-1943 US vocals
	Coot Grant And Wesley Wilson , performer on track
	Coot Grant voc, *1893 US vocals
	Wesley Wilson p, 1893-1958 US vocals
	Perry Bradford Jazz Phools , performer on track
	Sam Speede , banjo, possibly
	Kaiser Marshall dr, 1899-1948 US drums
	James Price Johnson p, 1894-1955 JM piano
	Perry Bradford voc, p, 1893-1970 US vocals

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