This installment of the 'In Session' series presents Chicago saxophonist Oett 'Sax' Mallard. As a session man he played with some of RCA Victor's top blues singers, playing alto sax with Roosevelt Sykes and Tampa Red from 1946 then a year later clarinet with Washboard Sam. A move to the Chess Brothers' Aristocrat label saw sessions under his own name and in 1950 another release by Mallard this time with Andrew Tibbs as vocalist. He recorded with Roosevelt Sykes Honey Drippers & a session  with Big Bill Broonzy and two more instrumentals including 'Accent on Youth' where his overdubbed alto & tenor creating what has been described as 'an impossible sonic perspective'. These 26 tracks just scratch the surface of his Chicago recording career but give an insight to what a great artist he was as a session man or in his own right.......

ROOSEVELT SYKES AND HIS ORIGINAL HONEYDRIPPERS
1. FLAMES OF JIVE
2. BOP DE BIP
TAMPA RED
3. YOU MAY BE DOWN SOMEDAY
4. SHE'S A SOLID KILLER DILLER
WASHBOARD SAM AND HIS WASHBOARD BAND
5. FACING LIFE
6. LOVE ME OR LET ME BE
SAX MALLARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA
7. ROLLING TEARS
SAX MALLARD & ORCH.
8. THE MOJO
SAX MALLARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA
9. SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE
SAX MALLARD AND HIS SEXTET
10. YOU CAN'T WIN
11. ACHING HEART
SAX MALLARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA
12. SLOW CABOOSE
ROOSEVELT SYKES AND HIS HONEY DRIPPERS
13. FINE AND BROWN
14. HEAVY HEART
BIG BILL BROONZY
15. LEAVIN' DAY
16. TOMORROW
SAX MALLARD WITH ORCHESTRA
17. THE BUNNY HOP
SAX MALLARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA
18. ACCENT ON YOUTH
19. LEAP YEAR BLUES
SAX MALLARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA
20. I'M YOURS
21. TEEN TOWN STRUT!
MITZI MARS WITH SAX MALLARD AND ORCHESTRA
22. I'M GLAD
23. ROLL 'EM
THE CORONETS WITH SAX MALLARD AND COMBO
24. SHOULD I
25. BABY'S COMING HOME
GUITAR SLIM AND HIS BAND
26. LATER FOR YOU BABY