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Portrait of Sidney Bechet (Podcast #26-004)
“Sidney Bechet was one of the truly great originals. I shall never forget the first time I heard him play, at the Howard Theatre in Washington around 1921. I had never heard anything like it. It was a completely new sound and conception to me.”
– Duke Ellington, Music is my Mistress
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The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
CD: “The Legendary Sidney Bechet” Bluebird – 6590-1-RB
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Recorded 14 October 1941, New…
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