Credit: William P. Gottlieb

Sidney Bechet

One of the founding fathers of New Orleans jazz and a pioneering soloist on clarinet and soprano sax.

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1900s - 1950s

May 14, 1897 in New Orleans, LA

May 14, 1959 in Paris, France

Jazz

Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz

Sugar Johnnie's New Orleans Creole Orchestra, The New Orleans Feetwarmers, Bechet-Spanier Big Four

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