Brussels Fair 1958

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One of the greatest jazz creators of all time, Sidney Bechet was also - along with Louis Armstrong - one of the first jazz soloists to be recorded and widely recognized. Sidney Bechet's fortunes changed drastically in 1949. He was invited to the Salle Pleyel Jazz Festival in Paris, where he participated along with modern jazz figures such as Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, and caused such a sensation that he decided to move permanently overseas.
Within a couple years he became a major celebrity and a national hero in France (existentialists called him "le dieu", the god), even though he was virtually ignored by the general public in the United States. The concert presented on this CD was the last that Sidney Bechet ever made in public. Just a few weeks later, before his departure to play a concert tour in the United States, he was struck by the illness from which he later died on May 14, 1959, on his 62nd birthday. After this concert he would only record one studio session (which included many Christmas songs) on December 12, 1958. The pickup group displayed a rare chemistry with Bechet and the music is of the highest quality. The calibre of the sidemen is best seen on two tunes. In Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood", trombonist Vic Dickenson demonstrates remarkable mastery and sensitivity.
Buck Clayton's solo on "All of Me" lives up to the trumpeter's reputation with its unflagging inspiration.

A long unavailable Brussels concert by Sidney Bechet!!!
Sidney Bechet's last live recording ever and his only collaboration with trumpeter Buck Clayton.
Trombonist Vic Dickenson also shines on this memorable performance "As Sidney Bechet said, jazz keeps moving through the generations -its roots refreshed with more enlivening sounds of surprise." Nat Hentoff
SIDNEY BECHET/ Down Beat (1960) * * * * *