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
John McCusker explores the city’s rich musical history and its legendary performers, such as Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet.
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018
Bechet came back to New Orleans for 10 days in 1944, then played a one-night stand at Municipal Auditorium in 1945, a dark period when the po-boy seemed at risk of extinction.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2016
Balzac often caused his publishers serious annoyance by re-writing his stories frequently, but at the beginning of this business relation he agreed with Madame Bechet about the cost of corrections.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
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