<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you, Charles.</div><div>Yep, Bechet was Bechet was Bechet.</div><div>I don't know which of his versions was the "definitive" one. While I've always read that Bchet played the song"straight," the versions differ in time (I've measured) and sound. A bit like Louis. Ane even BG's doesn't quite measure up. Edmond Hal's is great, but the only one that differs greatly is Rex Stewart's, but he makes it a cornet solo.</div><div>Cheers<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 06:41, Charles Suhor <<a href="mailto:csuhor@zebra.net">csuhor@zebra.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Speaking of "Petit Fleur," here's a soulful version from the posthumously released Jazzology CD, "Don Suhor—Nee Orleans Clarinet and Saxophone Virtuoso" (GHB/Jazzology, 2017). The sound and feeling are unmistakably New Orleans, and Don brought modern jazz chops and harmonies his life3long work with in the city. <br>
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Charles<br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp_At95g8Uk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp_At95g8Uk</a><br>
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> On Dec 12, 2020, at 6:51 AM, Marek Boym <<a href="mailto:marekboym@gmail.com" target="_blank">marekboym@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> One should never uncritically approach any test purporting to tell one what is good or not good.<br>
> I have already referred to Russell's and Harris' book "Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide" as "my Bible." And the Bible says that Chris Barber's version of "Petit Fleur" is "a jam of jazz." I have never thought so, but upon re-listening that feeling was strengthened: it is nowhere near any of Sidney Bechet's versions. Or Bob Wilber's.<br>
> By the way, when Wiber said that the song had become a hit in Barber's (actually - Monty Sunshine's) version, I was sure that he was wrong, as in Israel the Bechet version was heard at every dance party. Somehow, perhaps due to our close relations with France in those days, the Israeli Hed Artzi record company hasted to issue the Bechet version on a 45 rpm single, backed by "Dans les rues d'Antibes;" hence, the major light music version played it daily (and more than once). The other station which broadcast light music had the other version, and yours truly used to change stations as soon as one of them played the song.<br>
> Nostalgia, nostalgia...<br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Marek <br>
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