Sidney Bechet

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Early New Orleans jazzman, 1897-1959. Bechet played the clarinet and the soprano saxophone. According to legend, his talent was discovered when he was six. His family had hired Freddie Keppard's jazz band to perform at a birthday party, but their clarenetist didn't show up. Halfway through a number, a clarinet was heard improvising in the background. It turned out to be Sidney, using an older brother's instrument. Bechet was a strong soloist, but hard to play with. He collaborated with Louis Armstrong in 1924-1925, making a masterpiece recording of "Cake Walkin' Babies From Home", but a 1945 concert suffered from their competition. He moved to France in 1951, where he found great fame.

Paraphrased from Jazz: From its Origins to the Present, Porter & Ullman

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Cotton Club	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Mouth like Bechet	Sippie Wallace
J.C. Higginbotham	Buddy Bolden	Ken Burns	Louis Armstrong
Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue	soprano saxophone	clarinet	Dreyfus Jazz Reference Collection
Sarrusophone	Veronica Lake	Charlie Barnet	Jelly Roll Morton
Coleman Hawkins	Coming Through Slaughter	Yes	Sidney Paget
New Orleans, Louisiana	jazz	1897	1945

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