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Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on records in history (beating Louis Armstrong by a few months). A brilliant soprano saxophonist and clarinetist with a wide vibrato that listeners either loved or hated, Bechet's style did not evolve much through the years but he never lost his enthusiasm or creativity. A master at both individual and collective improvisation within the genre of New Orleans jazz, Bechet was such a dominant player that trumpeters found it very difficult to…

Sidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist.

Sidney Bechet

by Maggie Burch In the early twentieth century, France – specifically Paris – was a center of knowledge, cosmopolitanism, and entertainment. For many Americans, Paris represented a change of pace a…

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Petite Fleur was introduced in 1952 by clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Sidney Bechet during his years in France. Bechet recorded the song twice that year, first with the Sidney Bechet All Sta…

Jazz star Sidney Bechet's son launches memoir with special concert as plans are revealed for a London plaque to commemorate the New Orleans musician