Jazz Nocturne 4

THE JAZZ NOCTURNE SERIES is a mainstay of any New Orleans collections and is well received by the public and critics alike. Peter Bocage trumpet, Sidney Bechet soprano sax, Ray Parker piano, Pops Foster string bass, George Thompson drums.This CD continues the broadcasts of Sidney Bechet’s New Orleans Rhythm Kings from the Savoy Cafe at 410 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston in the spring of 1945. The events leading up to the well-known sessions of Bunk Johnson playing with Bechet at this time have been extensively described in chapter 16 of John Chilton’s excellent biography, Sidney Bechet, the wizard of jazz. The recordings are now available on Jazz Crusade CDs.Some tracks are particularly good, notably such numbers as After You’ve Gone, Oh Lady Be Good, and The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise.JCCD3036 JAZZ NOCTURNE VOL 1 BUNK, BOCAGE & BECHET IN BOSTON.JCCD3039 JAZZ NCOTURNE VOL 2 BUNK & BECHET IN BOSTON.JCCD3040 JAZZ NOCTURNE VOL 3 BUNK & BECHET IN BOSTON.