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
She evidently relented, for he wrote later that Madame Bechet had paid him the entire thirty-three thousand francs.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
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