SIDNEY BECHET

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Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) was a U.S. jazz clarinettist and soprano saxophonist.

Bechet was born in New Orleans on 14th May 1897. From a young age he was able quickly to master any musical instrument he encountered. Some New Orleanians remembered him as a cornet hot-shot in his youth. At first, though, he decided on the clarinet as his main instrument, and Bechet remained one of jazz's greatest clarinetists for decades. He is, however, perhaps best remembered as the master of the soprano saxophone. Bechet was the first notable jazz saxophonist of any sort, his playing characterised by forceful delivery, well conceived, improvised ideas, and a distinctive wide vibrato.

Bechet had experience playing in travelling shows even before he left New Orleans at the age of twenty. Never long content in one place, he alternated between Chicago, New York, and Europe as his base of operations until finally he settled in
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SIDNEY BECHET A Jazz Masterwork album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Jazz Masterwork
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1948
SIDNEY BECHET Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1950
SIDNEY BECHET Jazz Classics Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Classics Vol. 1
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1950
SIDNEY BECHET Jazz Classics Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Classics Vol. 2
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1950
SIDNEY BECHET Sidney Bechet - Bunk Johnson ‎: Days Beyond Recall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sidney Bechet - Bunk Johnson ‎: Days Beyond Recall
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1951
SIDNEY BECHET Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter ‎: On Parade album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter ‎: On Parade
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1951
SIDNEY BECHET Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter, André Réwéliotty Et Son Orchestre : Bechet-Souvenirs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter, André Réwéliotty Et Son Orchestre : Bechet-Souvenirs
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1951
SIDNEY BECHET Sidney Bechet / Muggsy Spanier : Jam Session album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sidney Bechet / Muggsy Spanier : Jam Session
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1952
SIDNEY BECHET Sidney Bechet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sidney Bechet
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1952
SIDNEY BECHET Port Of Harlem Six album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Port Of Harlem Six
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1952
SIDNEY BECHET Soprano Sax Solos album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soprano Sax Solos
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1952
SIDNEY BECHET French Movies album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
French Movies
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2014

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SIDNEY BECHET Bechet , Luter : Pleyel Jazz Concert - Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bechet , Luter : Pleyel Jazz Concert - Vol. 1
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1952
SIDNEY BECHET Jazz Festival Concert Paris 1952 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Festival Concert Paris 1952
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1953
SIDNEY BECHET Le Soir où... l'on Cassa l'Olympia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Le Soir où... l'on Cassa l'Olympia
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1969

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SIDNEY BECHET The Complete Sidney Bechet, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Sidney Bechet, Volume 1
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1979
SIDNEY BECHET The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1986
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1937-1938 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1937-1938
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1991
SIDNEY BECHET Blues in Thirds 1940-1941 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues in Thirds 1940-1941
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1991
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1940
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1991
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1938-1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1938-1940
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1991
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1923-1936 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1923-1936
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1991
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1940-1941 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1940-1941
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1992
SIDNEY BECHET 1924-1938 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
1924-1938
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1992
SIDNEY BECHET The Best of Sidney Bechet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Sidney Bechet
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1994
SIDNEY BECHET Storyville Masters of Jazz, Volume 4: Sidney Bechet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Storyville Masters of Jazz, Volume 4: Sidney Bechet
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1994
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1941-1944 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1941-1944
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1996
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1945-1946 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1945-1946
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1997
SIDNEY BECHET Planet Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Planet Jazz
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1997
SIDNEY BECHET Masters of Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1999
SIDNEY BECHET Up a Lazy River album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Up a Lazy River
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1999
SIDNEY BECHET Summertime: 1932-1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Summertime: 1932-1940
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1999
SIDNEY BECHET Dear Old Southland: The Quintessential Blue Note Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dear Old Southland: The Quintessential Blue Note Recordings
Classic (1920s) Jazz 1999
SIDNEY BECHET Jazz In Paris: Sidney Bechet Et Claude Luter album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz In Paris: Sidney Bechet Et Claude Luter
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2000
SIDNEY BECHET Ken Burns Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ken Burns Jazz
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2000
SIDNEY BECHET Summertime album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Summertime
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2000
SIDNEY BECHET The Sidney Bechet Story album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sidney Bechet Story
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2001
SIDNEY BECHET The Fabulous Sidney Bechet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Fabulous Sidney Bechet
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2001
SIDNEY BECHET At The Jazzband Ball album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At The Jazzband Ball
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2001
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1949, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1949, Volume 2
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2002
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1949, Volume 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1949, Volume 3
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2002
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1950 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1950
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2003
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1950-1951 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1950-1951
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2004
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1951-1952 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1951-1952
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2004
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1952 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1952
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2005
SIDNEY BECHET Petite fleur album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Petite fleur
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2006
SIDNEY BECHET The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1952, Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1952, Volume 2
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2007
SIDNEY BECHET Charleston album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Charleston
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2014
SIDNEY BECHET Five Classic Albums album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Five Classic Albums
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2017

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