Bechet
Americannoun
noun
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In 1939, Sidney Bechet recorded a dazzling, impassioned version on soprano saxophone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Billie Holiday and Sidney Bechet are among the jazz greats who enjoy cult status.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2022
His great uncle, George Baquet, recorded with Bessie Smith, helped establish the clarinet in jazz and discovered Sidney Bechet.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2021
She is now 49 and has been with Allen for 28 years, married for 23, and raised two daughters, Bechet, 23, and Manzie, 20.
From The Guardian • May 29, 2020
The widow Bechet has been sublime: she had taken upon herself the expense of more than four thousand francs of corrections, which were set down to me.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
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