Sidney Bechet - Tin Roof Blues (1949)

Tin Roof Blues - Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen Recorded January 21, 1949 on Bluenote 561 Sidney Bechet - soprano saxophone Wild Bill Davison, cornet Art Hodes, piano Walter Page, bass Fred Moore, drums Tin Roof Blues was first recorded by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Richmond, Indiana, in 1923. Named for The Tin Roof Cafe at Washington Street and Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans. Sidney Bechet was born in New Orleans in 1897 and was a child prodigy on the clarinet and soon surpassed his teachers and