[Dixielandjazz] Sidney Bechet (was Monk and Pee Wee; other one-of-a-kinds?)

[Marek Boym]

On 7 November 2014 16:36, woodlanders <woodlanders at free.fr> wrote:

>  Sidney was definitely one of a kind. We French still have a very soft
> spot for him.
>


Sure.  Amd a disproportionately large number of soprano sax players.


> Any French man nowadays knows at least two jazzmen : Sidney and Louis.
>

My good friend, the soprano and tenor sax player Jacques Sany, argues that
Bechet was greater than Louis, and many French musicians would probably
agree with him.
Cheers

>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
> *To:* Louis <woodlanders at free.fr>
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> *Sent:* Friday, November 07, 2014 3:28 PM
> *Subject:* [Dixielandjazz] Sidney Bechet (was Monk and Pee Wee;other
> one-of-a-kinds?)
>
> Nobody carbon copied Bechet and sounded the same.  Not even Wilber.
> Some French players came closer, but never quite got the sheer power of
> Bechet's playing!
> Cheers
> On 7 November 2014 05:38, Shaw, Tim <Tim.Shaw at mh.org.au> wrote:
>
> > How could you forget Lester Young?
> >
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> > From: Dixielandjazz [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On
> > Behalf Of Charles Suhor
> > Sent: Friday, 07 November, 2014 2:10 PM
> > To: Shaw, Tim
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> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Monk and Pee Wee; other one-of-a-kinds?
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> > Well said. Two to add to my list-- Slam Stewart and Sidney Bechet.
> > (although Bob Wilber trasnparently carbon-copied Bechet in the late
> forties
> > before he went on to a swing-based style).
> >
> > Charlie Suhor
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