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	Sidney Bechet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was a Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
		Bechet was an important influence to alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who studied with Bechet as a teenager.
		Bechet is also said to have served as a prototype for the saxophonist Pablo in the novel Steppenwolf, since it was almost certainly through listening to his playing in Europe in the 1920s that Hermann Hesse became acquainted with the world of jazz music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sidney_Bechet (438 words)

	NPR's Jazz Profiles: Sidney Bechet
		Sidney Bechet was the undisputed the king of the soprano saxophone and also one of the most innovative and original clarinetists in jazz.
		Bechet has left a profound mark on the way the clarinet and the soprano saxophone are played today in jazz.
		Bechet was a great improviser, with a passion for life as well as music.
	www.npr.org /programs/jazzprofiles/archive/bechet.html (422 words)

	Sidney Bechet Bio
		Bechet left New Orleans for the first time when he was 19, traveling to Chicago with pianist, Clarence Williams and his variety show.
		Bechet played both the clarinet and soprano saxophone with a broad vibrato, a characteristic that gave passion and intensity to his playing.
		Bechet taught Wilber the rudiments of both the clarinet and soprano saxophone.
	www.sidneybechet.org /bio.html (885 words)

	Sidney Bechet, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on records in history (beating Louis Armstrong by a few months).
		Bechet wanted to play lead and it was up to the other horns to stay out of his way.
		Bechet's last decade was filled with exciting concerts, many recordings, and infrequent visits back to the U.S. before his death from cancer.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10562/10562121.html (656 words)

	Sidney Bechet
		Bechet's style of playing clarinet and soprano sax dominated many of the bands that he was in.
		Bechet was a popular figure of the Dixieland revival of the late Forties often recording with Mezz Mezzrow.
		Sidney Bechet was at the RCA studios on April 18th, 1941 (before tape) and the engineers fiddled with some early multiple recordings.
	www.redhotjazz.com /bechet.html (551 words)

	Sidney Bechet - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sidney Bechet was a child prodigy in New Orleans.
		Bechet's style of playing clarinet and soprano sax dominated many of the bands that he played in.
		Bechet returned to France in 1952 and was warmly recieved there.While in France he recorded hit records, that rivaled the sales of pop stars.
	afgen.com /bechet.html (411 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Sidney Bechet
		Bechet, Sidney (Joseph) (1897-1959) Clarinetist and soprano saxophonist
		Sidney Bechet grew up in a musical family, and all of his four brothers played instruments; Leonard (Victor) Bechet (1886-1952) was briefly a professional trombonist before becoming a dentist, and his son, Leonard, Jr.
		Bechet had by this time acquired a capacity to swing that was matched only by that of Louis Armstrong, and his example led the band further towards jazz.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_bechet_sidney.htm (823 words)

	Sidney Bechet MP3 Downloads - Sidney Bechet Music Downloads - Sidney Bechet Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		One of the most competitive of all jazzmen, Bechet was well-teamed with the Louis Armstrong-influenced trumpet of Teddy Buckner on this spirited set from late in Bechet's life.
		Sidney Bechet's historic recordings for Blue Note and RCA Victor tend to overshadow some of his other work because they have been reissued more frequently, though there are lesser-known dates worth acquiring as well.
		Taken from Sidney Bechet's last major tour of the United States, this live session teams his passionate soprano with the subtle wit of trombonist Vic Dickenson and a fine rhythm section (including George Wein on piano).
	www.mp3.com /sidney-bechet/artists/40892/discography.html (427 words)

	African American Registry: Sidney Bechet played and taught jazz
		Born in New Orleans, a young and primarily self-taught Bechet was highly influenced by trumpeter Freddie Keppard.
		To his surprise, Bechet's appearance at the French Salle Pleyel Jazz Festival was a monumental success, with the adoration leading him to move permanently to Paris in the early '50s.
		Bechet was a defining figure in creating the vocabulary for his instruments, giving lessons to figures as diverse as Jimmie Noone and Johnny Hodges.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/190/Sidney_Bechet_played_and_taught_jazz (371 words)

	Treat It Gentle: The Sidney Bechet Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a portrait of Sidney Bechet, the innovative jazz soloist known for his amazing talent at improvisation on both clarinet and soprano sax.
		Bechet was one of the pioneers of early jazz.
		Sidney Bechet was a child prodigy who soloed with Bunk Johnson’s Orchestra in New Orleans at the age of eleven.
	www.riverwalk.org /proglist/showpromo/bechet_blackhist.htm (387 words)

	Bluebird Jazz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Bechet freelanced locally but drifted from home by 1916, taken with the life of the itinerant musician.
		Bechet was finally back in the US for Christmas 1930, and he toured with Noble Sissle?s band, off and on, for the next fifteen months.
		Still, by 1948 Bechet was invited to play a festival in Nice, and he was invited the next year to appear at a Paris festival.
	www.bluebirdjazz.com /artists/artist.jsp?id=100778 (930 words)

	Solid! -- Sidney Bechet
		Considered one of the most important jazz musicians of all time, Sidney Bechet was the king of the soprano saxophone and an innovative clarinetist.
		Bechet could not read music but was featured in blues numbers.
		Sidney Bechet passed away on his 62nd birthday in 1959.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_bechets.html (389 words)

	Sidney Bechet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sidney Bechet studied clarinet in New Orleans with Lorenzo Tio, Big Eye Louis Nelson, and George Baquet and he developed so quickly that as a child he was playing with some of the top bands in the city.
		Back in the U.S., Bechet made his recording debut in 1923 with Clarence Williams and during the next two years he appeared on records backing blues singers, interacting with Louis Armstrong and playing some stunning solos.
		Bechet worked regularly in New York, appeared on some of Eddie Condon's Town Hall concerts, and in 1945 he tried unsuccessfully to have a band with the veteran trumpeter Bunk Johnson (whose constant drinking killed the project).
	www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++198458 (567 words)

	Sidney Bechet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 -May 14, 1959) was a Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist,and composer.
		In a 1941 early experiment in over-dubbing, he recorded on 6 different instruments.) At first he decided on the clarinet as his main instrument, and Bechet remained one of jazz's greatestclarinetists for decades.
		Bechet is also said to have served as a prototype for the saxophonist Pablo in the novel Steppenwolf, since it was almost certainly throughlistening to his playing in Europe in the 1920s that Hermann Hesse becameacquainted with the world of jazz music.
	www.therfcc.org /sidney-bechet-73769.html (362 words)

	Sidney Bechet
		Sidney Bechet was a proponent of Dixieland Jazz who played the clarinet and was the first person to play Jazz on a Soprano Saxophone.
		All of Bechet’s brothers were keen musicians, but Sidney was the most talented.
		In addition to his love of traveling, Bechet was also well known for his love of the opposite sex, a fact that often got him into serious trouble.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/5853/sid.html (1126 words)

	World Book \|\| Sidney Bechet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Bechet's driving, passionate playing, primarily in the New Orleans style, was widely influential.
		Bechet's recordings with Louis Armstrong in 1924 and 1925, including "Cake Walking Babies," are some of the most important jazz statements of the period.
		Sidney Bechet Biography offers a information of the life and career of the jazz clarinet and saxophone player.
	www2.worldbook.com /features/aamusic/html/bechet.htm (200 words)

	Sidney Bechet
		A twin reeded instrument sounding like a cross between a bassoon and a bass saxophone, the sarrusophone was often used in the pre-electric recording era as a replacement for a double bass, which did not have the carrying power to record satisfactorily.
		Although Bechet plays wonderfully throughout on both soprano sax and sarrusophone, the star of "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" is Louis his lead in the final chorus is overwhelming in its power and intensity, which comes over clearly despite his being placed some distance from the recording horn.
		Bechet returned to France in 1952 and was warmly recieved there.
	atj.8k.com /noartist/atjbechet.html (868 words)

	Sidney Bechet Biography / Biography of Sidney Bechet Biography Biography
		Musically educated on the streets and cabarets of New Orleans, clarinetist and alto-saxophonist Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) emerged as a major exponent of early jazz.
		Bechet helped set the standard for his instrument, inspiring jazzmen like John Coltrane to study the New Orleans master's tone and immaculate phrasing.
		One of seven children, Sidney Bechet was born on May 14, 1897, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-sidney-bechet/index.html (237 words)

	Sidney Bechet Information - TextSheet.com
		In a 1941 early experiment in over-dubbing, he recorded on 6 different instruments.) At first he decided on the clarinet as his main instrument, and Bechet remained one of jazz's greatest clarinetists for decades.
		Forceful delivery, well conceived ideas, and a distinctive wide vibrato characterized Bechet's playing.
		Bechet was an important influence to alto saxaphonist Johnny Hodges who studied with Bechet as a teenager.
	www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sidney_bechet.html (321 words)

	1201 Music - Sidney Bechet - Jazz at Storyville
		SEA BRIGHT, NJ February, 2000 Presenting three great artists at three different stages of their careers: Sidney Bechet in the final decade of his life, Miles Davis barely out of his teens, and Slide Hampton in his mid-forties, at the height of his still-formidable powers.
		In the 1920s, Sidney Bechet was the first great saxophone soloist in that new art form called jazz.
		Sidney Bechet at Storyville catches him on a Sunday afternoon in 1953, six years before his death.
	www.1201music.com /press/90142.html (418 words)

	Sidney Bechet
		According to Internet sources given below, Sidney Bechet was born in New Orleans, just three years before his compatriot, Louis Armstrong.
		Sidney Bechet, who was of Creole ancestry, grew up in a middle class environment whereby his father and four brothers also played instruments.
		Here Bechet came to the attention of the noted Swiss Conductor, Ernst Ansermet, who conducted the music of Igor Stravinsky for the Ballets Russa.
	www.grainger.de /music/composers/bechet.html (161 words)

	Treat It Gentle, Sidney Bechet
		SIDNEY BECHET (1897-1959) was one of the most brilliant exponents of New Orleans jazz.
		A prodigy on the clarinet, he soloed with Bunk Johnson's orchestra at age eleven, was improvising cornet-clarinet duos with Buddy Petit at age fifteen.
		Leaving New Orleans in the 1920s, Bechet took his Creole sound and spirit to New York, where he adopted the soprano saxophone, and soon developed the unique style that marked his special artistry.
	www.jazzscript.co.uk /books/bechetbechet.htm (193 words)

	The Legendary Sidney Bechet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Classics included in THE LEGENDARY SIDNEY BECHET such as "Muskrat Ramble," "What Is This Thing Called Love," "Mood Indigo," and "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" lead one to suspect that this album's title is not an overstatement.
		Not only was Sidney Bechet one of the key figures in the development of jazz, he was also an original and often overlooked stylist, employing a vibrato-rich tone and a fiery, powerful attack in both his clarinet and soprano sax playing.
		Though Bechet's career was not at its most commercially successful when these recordings were made in the 1930s and early 1940s, the musicianship displayed here ranks with his finest work.
	musicstore.mymmode.com /album.do?albumID=6256131 (199 words)

	VH1.com : Sidney Bechet : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on records in history (beating Louis
		However, from 1925-1929 Bechet was overseas, traveling as far as Russia but getting in trouble (and spending jail time) in France before being deported.
		Jobs began to dry up about this time, and Bechet opened up what he hoped would be a music school.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/bechet_sidney/bio.jhtml (613 words)

	Sidney Bechet MP3 Downloads - Sidney Bechet Music Downloads - Sidney Bechet Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, at the height of his fame, performs seven songs apiece with the bands of clarinetists Claude Luter and Andre Reweliotty, and four numbers with their combined combos,...
		Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, at the height of his fame, performs seven songs apiece with the bands of clarinetists Claude Luter and Andre Reweliotty, and four numbers with their combined combos, before a very enthusiastic audience.
		Although there are short spots for the clarinetists and a few of their sidemen, Bechet is the dominant force throughout, playing his typical repertoire from the era.
	mp3.cnet.com /albums/362916/summary.html (268 words)

	Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz, John Chilton
		Fifty years after hearing Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) in 1923, Duke Ellington recalled, "I have never forgotten the power and imagination with which he played." The first great jazz soloist, Bechet was a genius of the clarinet and the notoriously difficult soprano saxophone.
		Bechet was a giant in early New Orleans jazz and a pioneer of improvisation whose contribution to the music, from the traditional to the avant-garde, has been a vital and lasting one.
		"Sidney Bechet was somehow larger than life, but Chilton sees him whole.
	www.jazzscript.co.uk /books/bechetchilton.htm (323 words)

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