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tracks 13 banjo Buddy Vallis
tracks 17, 18 bass Charlie Traeger
tracks 6 bass Elmer James
tracks 14 bass Jack Lesberg
tracks 1, 2 bass Jimmy Jones
tracks 13 bass John Wright
tracks 5 bass Johnny Williams
tracks 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 bass Pops Foster
tracks 15, 16 bass Walter Page
tracks 3 bass Wellman Braud
tracks 4, 7 bass Wilson Myers
tracks 17, 18 clarinet Bob Wilber
tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 10, 14, 17 clarinet Sidney Bechet
tracks 13 clarinet Wally Fawkes
tracks 6 clarinet, tenor saxophone Mezz Mezzrow
tracks 17, 18 cornet John Glasel
tracks 3 cornet Muggsy Spanier
tracks 14, 15, 16 cornet Wild Bill Davison
design Ron Hoares
tracks 11, 12 drums Arthur Herbert
tracks 13 drums Bernard Seward
tracks 17, 18 drums Dennis Strong
tracks 15, 16 drums Freddie Moore
tracks 14 drums George Wettling
tracks 6, 10 drums Manzie Johnson
tracks 5, 8, 9 drums Sidney Catlett
tracks 1, 2 drums Wilbert Kirk
engineer [digital noise reduction] Graham Newton
tracks 3 guitar Carmen Mastren
tracks 1, 2 guitar Jimmy Miller
tracks 5, 8, 9 guitar Teddy Bunn
liner notes Peter Dempsey
tracks 10, 15, 16 piano Art Hodes
tracks 6 piano Cliff Jackson
tracks 17, 18 piano Dick Wellstood
tracks 13 piano George Webb
tracks 1, 2 piano Harry Brooks
tracks 11, 12 piano Lloyd Phillips
tracks 5 piano Meade "Lux" Lewis
tracks 14 piano Ralph Sutton
tracks 1 to 3, 5, 6, 10 to 13, 15, 16, 18 soprano saxophone Sidney Bechet
tracks 1, 2 tenor saxophone Gil White
transferred by, producer David Lennick
tracks 17, 18 trombone Bob Mielke
tracks 13 trombone Keith Christie
tracks 10 trombone Vic Dickenson
tracks 14 trombone Wilbur De Paris
tracks 1, 2 trumpet Clarence Brereton
tracks 13 trumpet Humphrey Lyttelton
tracks 10 trumpet Sidney De Paris
tracks 6 trumpet Tommy Ladnier
tracks 4, 7 vocals, guitar Josh White
Phonographic Copyright (p) HNH International Ltd.
Copyright (c) HNH International Ltd.
Made in E.C.
Total time 59:02

All recorded in New York except track 13 recorded in London.

1, 2 with Noble Sissle's Swingsters, 10 Feb 1938
3 Bechet-Spanier Big Four, 6 April 1940
4, 7 Joshua White Trio, 7 March 1940
5 Sidney Bechet Quintet, 8 June 1939
6 Tommy Ladnier & His Orchestra, 28 Nov 1938
8, 9 Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Quartet, 27 March 1940
10 Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men, 20 Dec 1944
11, 12 Sidney Bechet Quartet 31 July 1947
13 with Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band, 13 Nov 1949
14 Sidney Bechet's New Orleans Feetwarmers, 27 April 1950
15, 16 Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men, 21 Jan 1949
17, 18 with Bob Wilber's Wildcats, 14 July 1947
Barcode: 6 36943 26162 0
Matrix / Runout: 862.483 8.120616
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L172
Mould SID Code: {FPI 3059
Other: #3 (Mastering Code Ring )
Label Code: LC05537
Rights Society: GEMA
SPARS Code: ADD