- Le rôle de sa vie · 2001
- Si tu vois ma mère (From the Movie 'Midnight in Paris') - Single · 1951
- The Best of Sidney Bechet · 1994
- Ragtime Jazz · 1973
- The Best of Sidney Bechet · 1994
- Le rôle de sa vie · 2001
- Petite fleur · 1955
- The Legend Collection: Sidney Bechet · 2012
- The Legendary Sidney Bechet · 1941
- Strange Fruit (Sidney Bechet - Vol. 2) · 1951
- The Fabulous Sidney Bechet · 1958
- A Portrait of Sidney Bechet In Paris · 2004
- St. Louis Blues (Version 2) [Remastered] - Single · 1951
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- 2001
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.
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
- May 14, 1897
- GENRE
- Jazz