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Sidney Bechet (14 May 1897 - 14 May 1959)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (133)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. A Treasury of Immortal Performances 1951
  2. Le Disque d'or de Sidney Bechet 1965
  3. Portrait in Musik 1965
  4. La Grande Parade de Sidney Bechet 1973
  5. The Best Original Sessions Of Sidney Bechet 1973
  6. Blues in Paris 1975
  7. Salute to Sidney Bechet 1975
  8. Le Double Disque d’or de Sidney Bechet 1976
  9. Platinum for Sidney Bechet 1984
  10. What a Dream 1985
  11. The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet 1985
  12. Master of Jazz 1986
  13. The Essential Sidney Bechet, Volume 1: 1932-1938 Jun 1989
  14. L'album Souvenir 1989
  15. 1924-1938 1989
  16. Sidney Bechet and Friends 1989
  17. Master Takes: Victor Sessions (1932-1943) 20 Sep 1990
  18. Summertime 1990
  19. Rare Recordings 1947-1953 1990
  20. Summertime: 1932-1940 1991
  21. The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1938-1940 1991
  22. The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1923–1936 1991
  23. The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1940 1991
  24. The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1937-1938 1991
  25. Les Originaux 1991
  26. Sidney Bechet, Volume 1: 1923 1991
  27. The Complete Sidney Bechet, Volumes 1/2 (1932–1941) 1992
  28. Sidney Bechet, Volume 3: 1931-1937 1992
  29. The Chronological Classics: Sidney Bechet 1940-1941 1992
  30. The ★ Collection 1992
  31. Série Noire 1993
  32. Sidney Bechet 1993
  33. Jazz Classics - Volume 2 1993
  34. Really the Blues 1993
  35. Jazz Classics - Volume I 1993
  36. The Best of Sidney Bechet 03 May 1994
  37. The Complete Sidney Bechet, Vol. 5 (1941–1943) Plus Ladnier/Mezzrow/Newton (1938–1939) 16 May 1994
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Album - Live

  1. Jazz Festival Concert, Paris 1952, Volume 2 1952
  2. In Concert: Olympia 8 décembre 1954 - Paris 1987
  3. Concert Pleyel Paris 1952-03-12 1990
  4. Lives in Paris 26 Sep 1994
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Album

  1. Sidney Bechet 1952
  2. Ambiance Bechet 1952 (as Sidney Bechet All Stars)
  3. The Grand Master of the Soprano Saxophone and Clarinet 1956
  4. Swings French Pop Songs 1970
  5. Volume II 1976
  6. Vol 2 1980
  7. Sidney Bechet and His American Friends 1986
  8. Jazz at Storyville 1988
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Relationships (20)

Teachers

  1. Lorenzo Tio, Jr.

Member Of

  1. Sidney Bechet & His All Star Band original
  2. Sidney Bechet and Martial Solal Quartet original, soprano saxophone
  3. Bechet-Mezzrow Feetwarmers original, principal, eponymous, soprano saxophone
  4. Sidney Bechet's Hot Six original, additional, clarinet
  5. Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen original, eponymous, soprano saxophone
  6. Red Onion Jazz Babies (1924 - 1925)
  7. Sidney Bechet Trio
  8. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  9. Sidney Bechet’s One Man Band tenor saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, piano, double bass, membranophone
  10. Sidney Bechet and His Circle Seven
  11. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five clarinet, soprano saxophone
  12. The Harlem Trio
  13. Sidney Bechet, Muggsy Spanier and the All-Stars
  14. The King Bechet Trio
  15. Noble Sissle and His Orchestra
  16. Olympia Orchestra
  17. Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
  18. Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers

Siblings

  1. Leonard Bechet

Recordings by (771)

  1. Sweetie Dear ?:?? (1951)
  2. The Mooche ?:?? (1951)
  3. Strange Fruit ?:?? (1951)
  4. Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me 3:24 (1951)
  5. Together 3:04 (1951)
  6. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 3:00 (1951)
  7. Kansas City Man Blues 3:44 (1951)
  8. Apex Blues 3:09 (1951)
  9. Sleepy Time Gal 2:55 (1951)
  10. Darling Nelly Gray 2:48 (1951)
  11. Sidney's Wedding Day 3:31 (1951)
  12. High Society ?:?? (1952)
  13. Maryland ?:?? (1952)
  14. Casey Jones ?:?? (1952)
  15. Petite Fleur ?:?? (1952)
  16. Sweet Georgia Brown ?:?? (1952)
  17. I've Found a New Baby ?:?? (1952)
  18. That Old Black Magic 2:54 (1952)
  19. Because Of You (Sans ton amour) 3:04 (1952)
  20. Petite Fleur 3:10 (1952)
  21. I Get A Kick Out Of You 3:03 (1952)
  22. Blues 2:57 (1952)
  23. Girl's Dance 2:55 (1952)
  24. It's No Sin (Est-ce un pêché ?) 3:19 (1952)
  25. You're Lucky To Me 3:30 (1952)
  26. Milenberg Joys 2:52 (01 Nov 1953)
  27. Limehouse Blues 3:24 (01 Nov 1953)
  28. The Blue Room 3:16 (01 Nov 1953)
  29. Ol' Rockin' Chair 2:45 (01 Nov 1953)
  30. Big Butter and Egg Man 3:00 (01 Nov 1953)
  31. My Melancholy Baby 3:39 (01 Nov 1953)
  32. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 2:57 (01 Nov 1953)
  33. Black Bottom 3:29 (01 Nov 1953)
  34. On the Sunny Side of the Street 3:25 (1955)
  35. Love for Sale 3:24 (1956)
  36. I Had It, but It's All Gone Now 3:23 (1956)
  37. Jungle Drums 2:34 (1956)
  38. Buddy Bolden Stomp 2:50 (1956)
  39. My Woman's Blues 3:01 (1956)
  40. Laura 3:10 (1956)
  41. Just One of Those Things 3:17 (1956)
  42. Shake 'em Up 2:39 (1956)
  43. Chant In The Night 2:34 (1956)
  44. The Song of Songs 2:56 (1956)
  45. What a Dream 2:51 (1956)
  46. Tiger Rag 3:00 (1957)
  47. Royal Canadian Blues 3:44 (1957)
  48. Dardanella 2:52 (1964)
  49. Songe d'automne 3:16 (1964)
  50. Willow Weep for Me 2:17 (1964)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Bechet Parades the Blues 4:22 Sidney Bechet and His V‐Discers (Apr 1947)
  2. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 3:00 Sidney Bechet (1951)
  3. Together 3:04 Sidney Bechet (1951)
  4. Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me 3:24 Sidney Bechet (1951)

Instruments

  1. Shreveport Blues 3:00 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1924) soprano saxophone
  2. Mean Blues 2:58 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1924) soprano saxophone
  3. Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home 2:58 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (Apr 1925) soprano saxophone
  4. Viper Mad 3:04 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1938) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  5. Sweet Patootie 3:19 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1938) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  6. Summertime 4:11 Sidney Bechet Quintet (1939) soprano saxophone
  7. Blues for Tommy (in memory of Tommy Ladnier) 4:25 Port of Harlem Seven (1939) clarinet, clarinet, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophone
  8. After Hour Blues 4:09 Frankie Newton Quintet (1939) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  9. Coal Cart Blues 2:56 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (27 May 1940) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  10. China Boy 3:55 Bechet-Spanier Big Four (1940) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  11. Bechet’s Steady Rider 2:55 Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Quartet (1940) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  12. Lonesome Blues 4:07 Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Quartet (1940) soprano saxophone
  13. Dear Old Southland 4:04 Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Quartet (1940) clarinet, soprano saxophone
  14. Saturday Night Blues 2:58 Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Quartet (1940) clarinet, reeds, soprano saxophone
  15. Sweet Sue, Just You 4:06 Bechet-Spanier Big Four (1940) reeds, soprano saxophone
  16. Squeeze Me 3:56 Bechet-Spanier Big Four (1940) soprano saxophone
  17. Four or Five Times 4:07 Bechet-Spanier Big Four (1940) clarinet
  18. Les Oignons 2:50 Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter et son orchestre (1949) soprano saxophone
  19. Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me 3:24 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  20. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 3:00 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  21. The Mooche ?:?? Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  22. Strange Fruit ?:?? Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  23. Oh! Lady Be Good 2:27 Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers (1951) soprano saxophone
  24. Apex Blues 3:09 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  25. Rose Room 2:36 Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers (1951) soprano saxophone
  26. Sweetie Dear ?:?? Sidney Bechet (1951) clarinet
  27. Together 3:04 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  28. I'm Coming, Virginia 2:38 Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers (1951) soprano saxophone
  29. Kansas City Man Blues 3:44 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  30. Sleepy Time Gal 2:55 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  31. Darling Nelly Gray 2:48 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  32. Sidney's Wedding Day 3:31 Sidney Bechet (1951) soprano saxophone
  33. South ?:?? Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  34. Petite fleur ?:?? Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  35. Sweet Georgia Brown ?:?? Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  36. I Get A Kick Out Of You 3:03 Sidney Bechet (1952) soprano saxophone
  37. Blues 2:57 Sidney Bechet (1952) soprano saxophone
  38. It's No Sin (Est-ce un pêché ?) 3:19 Sidney Bechet (1952) soprano saxophone
  39. Le marchand de poissons 2:46 Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  40. Dans les rues d'Antibes 3:27 Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  41. Sleepy Time Down South 2:55 Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's Band (1952) soprano saxophone
  42. High Society ?:?? Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  43. Patte de mouche 2:43 Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone
  44. That Old Black Magic 2:54 Sidney Bechet (1952) soprano saxophone
  45. You're Lucky To Me 3:30 Sidney Bechet (1952) soprano saxophone
  46. Strike up the Band 3:08 Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter (1952) soprano saxophone

Credited as (141)

  1. Sidney Bechet
  2. Sidney Bechet and Albert Nicholas
  3. Django Reinhardt & Sidney Bechet
  4. Sidney Bechet & Muggsy Spanier
  5. Sidney Bechet & Bunk Johnson
  6. Sidney Bechet & James P. Johnson
  7. Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter et son orchestre
  8. Sidney Bechet with The Michel Attenoux Orchestra
  9. Sidney Bechet with Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
  10. Sidney Bechet & Martial Solal
  11. Sydney Bechet
  12. Sidney “Pops” Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
  13. Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter et son orchestre
  14. Sidney "Pops" Bechet with Noble Sissle's Swingsters
  15. Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers with Claude Luter et son orchestre
  16. Sidney Bechet and Noble Sissle's Swingsters
  17. Sidney Bechet & Dr. Henry Levine's Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic
  18. Mezzrow-Bechet
  19. Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's Band
  20. Clarence Williams' Blue Five with Sidney Bechet
  21. Sidney Bechet en the Orchestra of the Dutch Swing College
  22. Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter & André Réwéliotty et son orchestre
  23. Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter
  24. Noble Sissle and His Orchestra feat. Sidney Bechet
  25. Sidney Bechet feat. Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra
  26. Sidney Bechet with Bob Wilber and His Band
  27. Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra with Sidney Bechet
  28. The New Orleans Feetwarmers with Sidney Bechet
  29. Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen with Sidney Bechet
  30. Dr. Henry Levine's Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic feat. Professor Sidney Bechet
  31. Mezz Mezzrow & Sidney Bechet
  32. Sidney Bechet avec Claude Luter et son orchestre
  33. Professor Sidney Bechet with Dr. Henry Levine's Barefooted Dixieland Philharmonics
  34. Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet
  35. Sidney Bechet with Bob Scobey's Jazzband
  36. Sidney Bechet & The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
  37. Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band
  38. Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter Orchestra
  39. Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter et son orchestre
  40. Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter
  41. Sidney Bechet & Harold Arlen
  42. Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter and his orchestra
  43. Sidney Bechet, with Wilbur de Paris, Wild Bill Davison, Ralph Sutton and George Wettling
  44. Sidney Bechet with Claude Luter and his Orchestra
  45. Sidney Bechet & Martial Solal feat. Kenny Clarke
  46. Sidney Bechet, Meade Lux Lewis, Teddy Bunn, Johnny Williams & Sid Catlett
  47. Sidney Bechet, Teddy Bunn, George "Pops" Foster & Sid Catlett
  48. Sidney Bechet,Sidney De Paris,Vic Dickenson, Art Hodes, George "Pops" Foster & Manzie Johnson
  49. Sidney Bechet, Max Kaminsky, George Lugg, Art Hodes, George "Pops" Foster & Freddie Moore
  50. Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson, Sandy Williams, Cliff Jackson, George "Pops" Foster & Manzie Johnson
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Works (53)

Arranged

  1. I'm Going Way Down Home
  2. Frankie and Johnny
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Wrote

  1. Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone)
  2. My Petite Fleur
  3. I Want You Tonight
  4. Lay Your Racket
  5. Viper Mad
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Composed

  1. I Had It, but It's All Gone Now (1947)
  2. Dans les rues d'Antibes (1952)
  3. Up in Sidney's Flat
  4. Jungle Drums
  5. Lord, Let Me in the Lifeboat
  6. Pounding Heart Blues
  7. Blues for Tommy Ladnier
  8. Old Stack O'Lee Blues
  9. Blues in the Air
  10. Pequeña flor
  11. Passport to Paradise
  12. Shag
  13. Blue Horizon
  14. Egyptian Fantasy
  15. Georgia Cabin
  16. Ghost of the Blues
  17. I'm Speaking My Mind
  18. Swing Parade
  19. A Time to Live, a Time to Cry
  20. Vieux Sidney (Les Oignons)
  21. Song of Medina - Casbah
  22. Days Beyond Recall
  23. En attendant le jour
  24. Lastic
  25. Premier Bal
  26. Les Oignons
  27. Chant in the Night
  28. Le Marchand de poissons
  29. House Party
  30. Where Am I?
  31. Bowin' the Blues
  32. T.V.A. T.V.A. (À moi d’payer)
  33. Okey Doke
  34. Polka Dot Rag
  35. Petite Fleur
  36. Petite fleur
  37. Fish Seller
  38. When the Sun Sets Down South
  39. Si tu vois ma mère
  40. Ooh! Boogie
  41. Promenade aux Champs-Élysées
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Lyrics

  1. Shag
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Dedicated Works

  1. Madame Bécassine
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Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Pescara Jazz 2014

Links (24)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.sidneybechet.org/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81097894
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81097894
  3. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1861027A
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6qn6nwp
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sidney_bechet
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138912803
  7. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=31429
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-818271
  9. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103288
  10. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118654284

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/258422

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000033234

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065000/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/37101038

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313519

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/55667
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RsmXc1ZqW3WBs9iwxiSwk

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/2225

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12282
  2. http://redhotjazz.com/bechet.html

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bechet.gif

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/bf1b23ea-9b76-42cf-a5f6-4a691e81af5e