Exactly 100 years ago this winter, two recordings features Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet marked the triumph of New ...

Altoist and multi-instrumentalist Jimmie Lunceford drilled his band throughout the 30s in a gruelling nationwide schedule of ...

The other great soloist in early jazz was soprano saxophonist and clarinettist Sidney Bechet. He was a different sort of virtuoso from Louis, and as well as spontaneous creation he composed ...

and the soprano-saxophonist Sidney Bechet, four years Armstrong’s senior. They were brought together by band leader/pianist Clarence Williams of Plaquemine, Louisiana, and joined by New ...