- 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
- High Society, Vol. 5 · 1956
- Platinum Series: Sidney Bechet, Vol. 2 · 1951
- High Society, Vol. 5 · 1956
- Petite fleur · 1955
- The Best of Sidney Bechet · 1994
- The Fabulous Sidney Bechet · 1958
- 100 Wartime Classics · 1992
- Evening Jazz · 1992
- Platinum Series: Sidney Bechet, Vol. 2 · 1951
- Vol. 11 (1941-1942) · 1941
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