Mezzrow Bechet

ABowin' the Blues
BOld School

Label: KingJazz
Catalogue number: 141
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #6248

Milton Mezzrow (clarinet) and Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone) were two of the most important jazz innovators of the 1920s and 1930s. This King Jazz pressing documents one of their collaborative sessions and is a major jazz recording.

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