Sweet Lorraine - Bechet-Spanier Big Four - 1940

Sweet Lorraine Jazz Bechet-Spanier Big Four Instrumental Writers: Cliff Burwell (m), Mitchell Parish (l) Instrumentation: Saxophone, Clarinet, Cornet, Guitar and Bass Sidney Bechet (Director, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet) Muggsy Spanier (Cornet) Carmen Mastren (Guitar) Wellman Braud (Bass) Catalog Number: Hot Record Society HRS 2000 Matrix Number: R 2774 (12“, 78 RPM) Place and Take Date: New York NY, 1940-03-28 The recording on the other side of this disc: Lazy River Source for audio restoration: “A stroke of luck, however, is above all the decision for a reduced rhythm section, with the renunciation of drums and piano.. The smaller instrumentation also leaves room for the comparatively quiet clarinet. Sidney Bechet, who accordingly frequently switches from saxophone to clarinet, and his duo partner Muggsy Spani