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
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
“This is the only vacant lot on the tour,” he said, as we looked through the car window at the former home of Bechet, the legendary saxophonist and clarinetist.
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018
It is possible that Bechet learned of the po-boy later and embellished the story of his early gig with Armstrong.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016
She convinced him that he should leave Madame Bechet and become Balzac's sole publisher; this he was for five years, and, moreover, served him as his banker.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
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