Although a widely respected star in New Orleans and in trad circles elsewhere, Jacques Gauthe is little known outside of this media-ignored underground scene, an especial pity because as a soprano ...

10 September 1956: Performing in Manchester, his saxophone was already at his lips as he walked on to the platform, its unique tone soon heard above the band The purifying jazz of Sidney Bechet, ...

At Paris’ Olympia music hall, vaudeville was in full flower. There were acrobats, unicyclists, a juggler, Mexican guitarists. But the attraction that filled the 2,000-seat house last week was strictly ...

Sidney Bechet was the original saxophone colossus. The New Orleans pioneer displayed such a larger-than-life presence on soprano saxophone and clarinet at such an early juncture in jazz history that ...

If you're new to jazz, go to our Getting Into Jazz primer for some hints on how to listen. Two hot jazz legends melt the thermometer, pushing each other to produce the most inspired work of their ...

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Star saxophonist Courtney Pine's new album Transition in Tradition is dedicated to Sidney Bechet – a New Orleans jazz pioneer who died half a century ago. His name is probably unknown to music lovers ...

There is not enough of this music recorded. If Wycliffe Gordon is not the best DAMN trombone player performing in jazz today, I will eat my hat. If you do not believe me, just cue up track four on ...

Suivre Radio France sur Google Ouverture dans un nouvel onglet L'Ellipsos Chamber Big Band interprète "Petite Fleur" de Sidney Bechet, arrangé par Matthieu Naulleau. Petite Fleur naît en 1952 sous la ...