[Dixielandjazz] Bechet on clarinet

[Bill Haesler]

Paul Edgerton wrote [in part]:
> A sarrusophone is an obsolete woodwind instrument with a brass body
> having small conical bore and saxophone-like keywork which uses a
> double reed rather than a single reed mouthpiece...................and 
> that is the one Sidney Bechet used on his famous one-man-band 
> recording.   [hint: use Google]

Dear Paul,
A good description, but don't believe everything your read on Google.
Sidney Bechet did NOT play sarrusophone on his one man-man-band record 
date for Victor on 8 Jan 1941.
He used clarinet, sop sax; tenor sax and piano for "Blues of Bechet" 
and added string bass and drums for "The Sheik Of Araby".
His sarrusophone efforts were confined to a Clarence Williams' Blue 
Five session for Okeh on 17 Dec 1924 and the ensembles and a 32-bar 
solo on "Mandy Make Up Your Mind".
Check it out on:
    redhotjazz.com
And pay particular attention to Louis Armstrong's superb contribution 
throughout.
After 60 years, it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand 
out!
Kind regards,
Bill.