- Ragtime Jazz · 1973
- Si tu vois ma mère (From the Movie 'Midnight in Paris') - Single · 1951
- Le rôle de sa vie · 2001
- Olympia Concert, 8 Decémbre 1954 (Live) · 2018
- Petite fleur · 1955
- Giants of Jazz (Mono Version) - EP · 1957
- Petite fleur · 1951
- A Portrait of Sidney Bechet In Paris · 2004
- Giants of Jazz (Mono Version) - EP · 1957
- Down in Honky Tonk Town · 1989
- Giants of Jazz (Mono Version) - EP · 1957
- High Society, Vol. 5 · 1956
- Classic Sides 1937-1939 (CD B) · 2007
Artist Playlists
- The first jazz musician to make the soprano sax sing and swing.
- Jazz's first great soprano saxophonist was rooted in the blues.
- 2017
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
Appears On
- Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers & Sidney Bechet
- Bob Wilber and His Famous Jazz Band
- Sidney Bechet
About Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on records in history (beating Louis Armstrong by a few months). A brilliant soprano saxophonist and clarinetist with a wide vibrato that listeners either loved or hated, Bechet's style did not evolve much through the years, but he never lost his enthusiasm or creativity. A master at both individual and collective improvisation within the genre of New Orleans jazz, Bechet was such a dominant player that trumpeters found it very difficult to play with him; he wanted to play lead and it was up to the other horns to stay out of his way. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- New Orleans, LA, United States
- BORN
- 14 May 1897
- GENRE
- Jazz