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tracks a4, c4, d4 bass Johnny Williams
tracks a1, a2, a3, a5, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, c1, c2, c3, c5, d1, d2, d3, d5 bass Pops Foster
tracks a5, b5, d5 clarinet Albert Nicholas
cover Lobianco
tracks a5, b5, d5 drums Danny Alvin
tracks a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, c2, c3, c5, d3 drums Manzie Johnson
tracks a4, b4, c4, d4 drums Sidney Catlett
tracks a3, b3, d1, d2 drums, vocals Freddie Moore
tracks a4, b4, c4, d4 guitar Teddy Bunn
photography by Milton Montenegro
tracks a1, a2, a3, a5, b3, b5, c1, d1, d2, d3, d5 piano Art Hodes
tracks b1, b2, c2, c3 piano Cliff Jackson
tracks c5 piano Don Kirkpatrick
tracks a4, c4, d4 piano Meade "Lux" Lewis
soprano saxophone, clarinet Sidney Bechet
tracks a3, b3, d1, d2 trombone George Lugg
tracks c4, d4 trombone J.C. Higginbotham
tracks c5 trombone Jimmy Archey
tracks b1, b2, c2, c3 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks a1, a2, c1, d3 trombone Vic Dickenson
tracks b1, b2, c2, c3 trumpet Bunk Johnson
tracks c4, d4 trumpet Frank Newton
tracks a3, b3, d1, d2 trumpet Max Kaminsky
tracks a1,a2, c1, c5, d3 trumpet Sidney De Paris
Manufactured By EMI-Odeon Fonográfica, Industrial e Eletrônica Ltda.
This release is the Vol. 1 of the Blue Note JAZZ CLASSICS TWINS series. It reunites the 2 volumes of the Sidney Bechet's Jazz Classics (Blue Note ‎– BLP 1201 & Blue Note ‎– BLP 1202) Re-recorded to simulate stereo.

Recorded on 8 June 1939: Tracks A4, C4, D4
Recorded on 27 March 1940: Tracks B4
Recorded on 20 Decembre 1944: Tracks A1, A2, C1, D3
Recorded on 29 January 1945: Tracks A3, B3, D1, D2
Recorded on 10 March 1945: Tracks B1, B2, C2, C3
Recorded on 12 February 1946: Tracks A5, B5, D5
Recorded on 5 November 1951: Tracks C5