Sidney Bechet
Clarinet/soprano sax innovator Sidney Bechet stands alongside fellow New Orleans native Louis Armstrong as one of the most formative influences in jazz. Bechet's distinctive, vibrato-laden sound made him one of the first unique jazz sax stylists, and made him a valuable addition to the music of Duke Ellington, Noble Sissle, Armstrong, and others. In the 1920s, Bechet lived in Paris, but as a result of a gun fight, he spent a year in jail, and was subsequently deported. In 1952 he made a triumphant return to France, his music selling in record numbers. Until his death in Paris in 1959, Bechet enjoyed a reign as the jazz king of Europe, where he spent much of his time and was justly hailed as one of the genre's giants.
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Albums
- (2004) The Fabulous Sidney Bechet
- (1998) Runnin' Wild
- (1994) The Best Of Sidney Bechet
- (1992) Jazz Tribune No.10 The Complete Sidney Bechet Vol. 1 (1932-1941)
- (1992) Jazz Tribune No.10 The Complete Sidney Bechet Vol. 2 (1932-1941)
- (1988) The Legendary Sidney Bechet
- (1923) Ken Burns Jazz-Sidney Bechet
Top Tracks
- Summertime
- All of Me
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
Related Artists
- Louis Armstrong
- Duke Ellington
- Eddie Condon
- Coleman Hawkins
- Pete Fountain
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Al Hirt
- Kid Ory
- Bix Beiderbecke
- The Dukes of Dixieland
- Fletcher Henderson
- Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
- Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band
- Dr. Henry Levine's Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic
- Sidney Bechet Trio
- Fats Waller
- Matty Matlock & His Dixie Men
- Al Hirt, Pete Fountain
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