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
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
Many of those grandfathers — Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong — lived in New Orleans, and McCusker deaccelerated by several sites where they once performed or resided.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018
On the 17th I have a meeting to close up all claims from Madame Bechet and Werdet.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd
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