Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazz Men Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Noble Sissle And His Orchestra Count Basie, His Instrumentalists And Rhythm Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra The New Orleans Feetwarmers Tommy Ladnier And His Orchestra The Mezzrow-Bechet Septet The Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet Sidney Bechet Quintet Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen Noble Sissle And His International Orchestra Noble Sissle Swingsters Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers Sidney Bechet And His Trio Harlem Trio Sidney Bechet’s Jazz Ltd. Orchestra Sidney Bechet & His All Star Band Sidney Bechet Quartet Bunk Johnson - Sidney Bechet And Their Orchestra Sidney Bechet & His Circle Seven Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Quartet Sidney Bechet’s One Man band The Bechet / Spanier Big Four Clarence Williams’ Trio Ladnier-Mezzrow All-Stars Joe Sullivan Jazz Quartet Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers Sidney Bechet And His All-Stars Sidney Bechet’s Seven Josh White Trio Port Of Harlem Jazzmen The King Bechet Trio Haitian Orchestra Sidney Bechet & His Hot Six Art Hodes’ Hot Five Sidney Bechet’s Jazz Band Sidney Bechet And His Vogue Jazzmen Bechet-Luter Quintet Sidney Bechet And His Rhythm Sidney Bechet And His Band Christopher Columbus And His Swing Crew Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
Born: May 14, 1897 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Died: May 14, 1959 in Paris, France.
He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist.
Forceful delivery, well-constructed improvisations, and a distinctive, wide vibrato characterized Bechet’s playing.
Bechet’s erratic temperament hampered his career, however, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim.
He began his career when he was not even 19, playing in the jazz bands of Bunk Johnson and then of Clarence Williams.
From the 1920s onwards, he played mainly abroad (London & Paris) and also in New York.
In 1932 he founded The New Orleans Feetwarmers with Tommy Ladnier.
After World War II, he mostly lived in Paris.
