Composer
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
1897–1959
20 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1959
- Birthplace
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Garches
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Sidney Joseph Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, first recording in July 1923, a few months after trumpeter Louis Armstrong's recording debut with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. His erratic temper hampered his music career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Bechet spent much of his later life in France.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; clarinetist; saxophonist; jazz musician; actor; musician; bandleader
- Teachers
- Lorenzo Tio; George Baquet; Louis Nelson Delisle
- Genres
- jazz
- Official website
- http://www.sidneybechet.org/
- Birth name
- Sidney Joseph Bechet
- Pseudonym
- Pops King
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 37101038
- ISNI
- 0000000081161383
- GND ID
- 118654284
- Library of Congress ID
- n81097894
- MusicBrainz ID
- bf1b23ea-9b76-42cf-a5f6-4a691e81af5e
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Voice, Piano, Double Bass, Guitar, percussion
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petite Fleur | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| When It's Sleepy Time Down South | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Quincy Street Stomp | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| American Rythhm | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Bagatelle | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Blues in Paris | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Dans les rues d'Antibes | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Frankie et Johnny | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| In The Groove | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Les Marchand de poissons | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Les Oignons | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Moulin a Cafe | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Passport to Paradise | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Promenade aux Champs-Elysees | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sidney's Wedding Day | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Souvenir de la Nouvelle Orleans | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Suey | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Temperamental | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I'll be proud of you | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sweet Louisiana | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 37101038. Portrait: The Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.