Mandy make up your mind. 1924.louis armstrong sidney bechet

Mandy, Make up your Mind - Clarence Williams 1924
In December 1924 jazz promotor, pianist and bandleader Clarence Williams decided to choose two of the most promising young musicians to make a recording . Originally from the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans, he asked Louis Armstrong on cornet and Sidney Bechet on soprano saxophone to join him in this recording session. Bechet, always the creative young man, decided to bring a new instrument, a bass-sarrusaphone, invented in 1856 by Pierre Gautrot to replace the oboe and the bassoon which lacked the power required for outdoor band music. Originally a double reed instrument it was later replaced with a single reed mouthpiece, similar to those used on soprano saxophones. The fingering is like that of a saxophone as well.
In the recording are also Charlie Irvis trombone, Buddy Christian banjo and the vocal is by Clarence wife Eva Taylor, one of the most succesful singers of that time.

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