From the time that Mezz Mezzrow first heard Sidney Bechet playing with the Original New Orleans Creole Jazz Band in Chicago in 1918, he nursed a burning ambition to record with him, inspired by the duets Bechet played with the band’s clarinettist leader, Lawrence Dewey. It took Mezzrow 20 years to realise that ambition, finally achieving his goal when French critic Hugues Panassie? made his recording safari to New York in November 1938.
The 12 tracks on this album are of later vintage, a selection from the sides that Mezzrow made in the mid-forties when he was president of the King Jazz record company.
The Mezzrow-Bechet partnership was a conspicuously one-sided match because Mezzrow had nothing like Bechet’s stature as a musician. But he was undoubtedly a good catalyst for Bechet, for whom he had a boundless admiration, and he made no secret of his inability to measure up to Bechet’s almost overpowering virtuosity.
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| SKU | 2XHDST1107 |
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| Digital Converters | Hapi |
| Editing Software | Pyramix |
| Mastering Engineer | 2xHD is a record label which uses its proprietary system to pro- cess music masters originally recorded in analog or DSD or other format, to DSD in order to produce a unique listening experience.The process uses a selection from a pool of high-end audiophile components and connectors. In some cases even using battery power, so as to benefit from the cleanest power source possible. This variable equipment combination custom tailored to each project, creates the most accurate reproduction of the original recording, unveiling informaton previously masked by the use of EQ, transformers, patch bays, extended cable length etc. The selection of components is critical, as many A/D and D/A converters are unable to pierce through these filters that create a ceiling effect to the sound. The 2xHD system preserves the dynamics of the original master and provides an open feeling to the sound. 2xHD was created by producer/studio owner Andre Perry and audiophile sound engineer Rene Laflamme, two dedicated music lovers determined to experience only the warmth and depth of the music without hearing the equipment. 2xHD Mastering by: Rene Laflamme 2xHD Executive Producer: Andre Perry |
| Instruments | Bass, Clarinet, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Soprano saxophone, Trumpet |
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| Recording location | New York – 1945, Chicago – 1947 |
| Recording Software | Merging |
| Release Date | April 20, 2018 |
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