Thursday, April 28, 2022

ccxxxix. BECHET, Sidney: Mood Indigo

ccxxxix. BECHET, Sidney (1897-1959)

Mood Indigo (1941)
SB, clarinet
Charlie Shavers, trumpet
Willie "The Lion" Smith, piano
Everett Barksdale, guitar
Wellman Braud, bass
Sid Catlett, drums
(3:13)


from: The Sidney Bechet Story: Blues in Thirds.


A dreamy cover of this Ellington smash hit!

Barksdale opens things up, with Shavers taking the first chorus. Then Sid comes in on the low register of his clarinet, sweetly moving through the B section --

The three of them take it out as an ensemble improv. Beautiful, sensitive interpretation of a classic tune:



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