Sidney Bechet "Petite Fleur" 2004

"Petite Fleur" is an instrumental written by Sidney Bechet and recorded by him in January 1952, first with the Sidney Bechet All Stars and later with Claude Luter and his Orchestra...…In 1959 it was an international hit as a clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine with Chris Barber's Jazz Band. This recording peaked at No. 5 on the US Hot 100 and No. 4 in the UK charts. Their version was in A♭ minor, in contrast to Bechet's, which was in G minor. There was also another recording by Bob Crosby and the Bobcats. Following the Chris Barber instrumental recording, lyrics were added by Fernand Bonifay and Mario Bua in the same year. A different set of lyrics was written by Paddy Roberts and the song was recorded by Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr in 1959. Petula Clark recorded the song in French and it was included in her album Hello Paris (1962).

trax:

01 Petite fleur 02 Dans les rues d'antibes 02 September song 03 Marchand de poissons 04 Buddy Bolden story 05 Egyptian fantasy 06 Lastic 07 En attendant le jour 08 Les oignons 09 Si tu vois ma mère 10 Madame bécassine 11 Bechet creole blues 12 Mon homme 13 Ce môssieur qui parle 14 Moulin à café 15 Promenade aux Champs-elysées 17 Summertime 18 Blues in Paris

This music is dedicated to the tradition of Johnny Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Free Sunday!