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Treat it gentle : an autobiography / by Sidney Bechet ; with a new preface by Rudi Blesh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2002.Edition: 2nd Da Capo Press edDescription: 245 p. : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0306811081
  • 9780306811081
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Treat it gentle.DDC classification:
  • 788/.66/0924
LOC classification:
  • ML419.B23 A3 2002
Action note:
  • Hampshire copy: EAST commitment
Abstract: A legend on both the clarinet and the soprano saxophone, one of the most brilliant exponents of New Orleans jazz, Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) played with such fellow jazz legends as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Jelly Roll Morton. Here is his vivid story written in his own words. Expressive, frank, and hilarious, this classic in jazz literature re-creates a man, a music, and an era.
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Book Book Vermont Jazz Center Book Collection Archive Room ML419.B23A3 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Eugene Uman Collective 390880001161

"A catalogue of the recordings of Sidney Béchet, compiled by David Myline" (p. 221-240).

Includes index.

A legend on both the clarinet and the soprano saxophone, one of the most brilliant exponents of New Orleans jazz, Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) played with such fellow jazz legends as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Jelly Roll Morton. Here is his vivid story written in his own words. Expressive, frank, and hilarious, this classic in jazz literature re-creates a man, a music, and an era.

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