S'truth, Rick. I was fortunate to hear Bechet live with Louis Armstrong in Chicago back around 1954. A religious experience, that. I have the album with the Shiek of Araby cut. It won me a bet with a jazz maven who insisted that Les Paul was the pioneer of multi track. Sure he was,20 years after Sidney. I agree that blues deserves a long thread. Who was the greatest blues singer? Off the top, I'd vote Little Jimmy Rushing. Max Ebb