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Transatlantic Blues

on BBC Radio 3

4: Sidney Bechet
A New Orleans jazz musician of the first generation, Bechet was an ideal leader for the post-war jazz revival in Europe. Dave Gelly introduces records made in France, where Bechet made his home from 1951.

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Sidney Bechet
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Europe. Dave Gelly

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