Clarinet Road Vol. III: In Sidney’s Footsteps

Clarinet Road Vol. 3: In Sidney's Footsteps (2012)

...one of today’s most important clarinet players; steeped in tradition, he makes it all sound brand-new."

Pamela Espland – The Minnesota Post

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Track Listing:

I Got a Right To Sing the Blues
Cinq Minutes (Boogie)
What Is This Thing Called Love?
The Broken Windmill
Petite Fleur
Old Fashioned Love
En Ti Punch
This Is That Tomorrow I Dreaded Yesterday
Blues In The Air
Manoir de Mes Rêves
When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Total Time: 62min

About This Music:

Although this material wasn't released until 2012, it was actually recorded in Paris in 2006, when I was in residence following the flooding of New Orleans. I took the same rhythm section as the live recording from the Meridien Hotel into the studio along with a young pianist named Julian Brunetaud.

The collection of standards had a loose theme around Sidney Bechet who expatriated to Paris for the last decade of his life. Among the Bechet compositions is a song he never officially recorded, except for a piano demonstration someone captured of him at a party.

I don't recall why it took so long to release. I think other CD releases neccessitated pushing it out, but in the end, I was glad that Sandy Hinderlie thought it would be appropriate for the Clarinet Road series.