Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1959
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The blue Bechet
- Sidney Bechet
- Treat It Gentle (The Roots of jazz)
- Treat it gentle
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- The Harlem Renaissance — Self (archive footage)2004
- Jazz — Self (archive footage)2001
- What a Team! — Candy1957
- L'inspecteur connaît la musique — Self1956
- Série noire — Self / En personne1955
- Piédalu député1954
- Saluti e baci — himself1953
- Moon Over Harlem — Himself - Clarinetist1939
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 366,692
- Total plays
- 2,877,567
Tags
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Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz (beating cornetist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the recording studio by several months and later playing duets with Armstrong), and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist. Forceful delivery, well-constructed improvisations, and a distinctive, wide vibrato characterized Bechet's playing. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sidney+B
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,678x
- Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome
· 2009 · cited 12,372x
- Studies of Illness in the Aged
· 1963 · cited 9,580x
- Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome
· 2005 · cited 9,337x
- Voice and Equality
· 1995 · cited 6,405x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1897-05-14 ) May 14, 1897, New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
- Died
- May 14, 1959 (1959-05-14) (aged 62), Garches , France
- Genres
- Jazz , New Orleans jazz
- Occupations
- Musician, composer
- Instruments
- Clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Years active
- 1908–1957
- Formerly of
- Louis Armstrong , Tommy Ladnier
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 14 May 1897
- Died
- 14 May 1959
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Garches
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Louis Nelson Delisle
- Genre
- jazz
Article
Sidney Joseph Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) 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 career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Bechet spent much of his later life in France.
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1897 births1959 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American jazz composers20th-century American male composers20th-century American saxophonists20th-century Roman CatholicsAfrican-American CatholicsAfrican-American jazz musiciansAmerican emigrants to FranceAmerican jazz clarinetistsAmerican jazz soprano saxophonists