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Sidney Bechet. Sidney Joseph Bechet ( / bɛˈʃeɪ / beh-SHAY; May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. [1] His erratic temperament hampered his career, and not until the late ...
Petite Fleur" is an instrumental written by Sidney Bechet and recorded by him in January 1952, first with the Sidney Bechet All Stars and later with Claude Luter and his Orchestra. [1] Chris Barber recording [ edit ]
1953. Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen with "Wild Bill" Davison, Vol. 2. BLP 7015. 1953. Art Hodes' Hot Seven with Max Kaminsky and Bujie Centobie. Dixieland Clambake. BLP 7016. 1953. Sidney DeParis' Blue Note Stompers with Jimmy Archey and Omer Simeon.
Leonard Ware, Sidney Bechet. " Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) ", commonly known as " Hold Tight ", is a 1938 Sidney Bechet song, composed by Bechet's guitarist Leonard Ware and two session singers with claimed contributions from Bechet himself. The song became known for what at the time were considered suggestive lyrics, and ...
I've Found a New Baby. " I've Found a New Baby ", also known as " I Found a New Baby ", is a popular song written by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams. It was introduced by Clarence Williams ' Blue Five in 1926 and has since been recorded by many artists, making it a popular jazz standard. [1] Popular versions in 1926 were by Ted Lewis and by ...
The Smithsonian Collection of Big Band Jazz. (1985) The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz is a six-LP box set released in 1973 by the Smithsonian Institution. Compiled by jazz critic, scholar, and historian Martin Williams, the album included tracks from over a dozen record labels spanning several decades and genres of American jazz, from ...
The song took time to catch on as a jazz standard, possibly because it was 72 measures long. When Sidney Bechet recorded it in 1947, the song was not yet a regular jazz number. "Memories of You" first appeared in the musical revue Blackbirds of 1930. It was composed by Eubie Blake and lyrics were written by Andy Razaf.
The "Maple Leaf Rag" is a multi- strain ragtime march with athletic bass lines and offbeat melodies. Each of the four parts features a recurring theme and a striding bass line with copious seventh chords. The piece may be considered the "archetypal rag" due to its influence on the genre; its structure was the basis for many other rags ...