Sidney Bechet - High Society

Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers playing "High Society". This piece was extracted from an early Bechet album displaying him and his orchestra's seminal works, recorded from the years 1932 till 1939. Enjoy!

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[arianCF10I]

The commentators to this video sure are knowledgeable with regards to Bechet and classic Jazz.

@1chevellelover

Sorry for the misleading picture of Sidney. I tend to use one photo of each of the jazz artists I upload. I ought to have better sense and match their portraits with the musical context of the uploaded pieces.

[Easleytee]

Along with Armstrong, Parker and Tatum...Bechet was a stone cold master!

[1chevellelover]

While the picture above depicts him on the clarinet, the classic solo starting at 0:57 is a duet with Albert Nicholas with Sidney on the soprano sax,then Albert alone for a bit. The pic of Sidney shows an Albert system clarinet, definitely a nasty horn to play.

[MrJimmienoone]

I think this is one of the best renderings of the classic clarinet solo on High Society. Albert Nicholas' smooth and fluid sound is unsurpassed. What a pity there is no recorded version by Jimmie Noone.

[arianCF10I]

@oldtimejazzfan Thanks for the guidance oldtimejazzfan.

[oldtimejazzfan]

@Altoclarinets He plays soprano here, Albert Nicholas is on clarinet (with Sidney de Paris tp, Claude Jones tb, Happy Cauldwell ts, Jelly Roll Morton p, Lawrence Lucie g, Wellman Braud b, Zutty Singleton dr, Sept. 14, 1939)

[Altoclarinets]

Somebody tell me, was he playing the clarinet or soprano sax part on this? I know he played both at times, and both have solos in this.