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
Bechet moved north in 1917, years before Benny and Clovis Martin had even arrived in the city.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2016
Madame Bechet has become singularly ill-natured and will hurt my interests very much.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Juanita Helm Floyd
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