Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician · United States · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1897 to 1959 · aged 62
Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temper hampered his music career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim.
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Will Marion Cook Bandmate in Southern Syncopated Orchestra
Lorenzo Tio Taught Sidney
Bob Wilber Studied under Sidney
Abbie Mitchell Bandmate in Southern Syncopated Orchestra
Louis Nelson Delisle Taught Sidney- Arthur Briggs Bandmate in Southern Syncopated Orchestra
Benny Goodman Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Count Basie Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Big Joe Turner Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Charlie Christian Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Sonny Terry Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Albert Ammons Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
John Hammond Produced From Spirituals to Swing
Meade Lux Lewis Duets: From Spirituals to Swing- Ida Cox Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Jimmy Rushing Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Helen Humes Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Hot Lips Page Duets: From Spirituals to Swing
Giorgio Simonelli Directed Saluti e baci (1953)- Maurice Labro Directed Saluti e baci (1953)
Mezz Mezzrow Influenced by Sidney
Claude Luter Also in Saluti e baci and Piédalu député- Jean Loubignac Directed Piédalu député (1954)
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About this person
Bechet spent much of his later life in France.
Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1959 · aged 62
