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Sidney Bechet

1897 - 1959

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Sidney Joseph Bechet ( beh-SHAY; May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temperament hampered his career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Bechet spent much of his later life in France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Bechet is the 331st most popular musician (down from 285th in 2019), the 2,035th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,614th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Musician.

Sidney Bechet is most famous for being a jazz clarinetist. He was also a saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and arranger.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sidney Bechet ranks 331 out of 3,175. Before him are XXXTentacion, Beck, Don Airey, Cozy Powell, Narciso Yepes, and Sean Lennon. After him are Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Joe Zawinul, Fats Domino, Friedrich Gulda, and André Previn.

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Among people born in 1897, Sidney Bechet ranks 74. Before him are Sepp Herberger, Yuri Kondratyuk, Hans Baur, Marcel Petiot, Karl Löwith, and Bernard Lyot. After him are Philippe Soupault, Ana Aslan, Lester B. Pearson, Jean Epstein, Tarjei Vesaas, and Rouben Mamoulian. Among people deceased in 1959, Sidney Bechet ranks 43. Before him are Arthur Cecil Pigou, Edward C. Tolman, John Foster Dulles, Ichirō Hatoyama, Mario Lanza, and Sisavang Vong. After him are Rudolf Caracciola, Olga Knipper, Barthélemy Boganda, Zhang Jinghui, Grock, and Elias, Duke of Parma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Bechet ranks 2,035 out of 20,380. Before him are Gene Tierney (1920), Sean Lennon (1975), Ed Lauter (1938), Don Ameche (1908), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), and George W. De Long (1844). After him are James Baldwin (1924), Spiro Agnew (1918), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Adam Scott (1973), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), and Fats Domino (1928).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sidney Bechet ranks 93. Before him are Will.i.am (1975), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Ike Turner (1931), XXXTentacion (1998), Beck (1970), and Sean Lennon (1975). After him are Fats Domino (1928), Kirk Hammett (1962), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Jack White (1975), John Densmore (1944), and Hugh McDonald (1950).

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