Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection, Sidney Bechet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000050HVN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only so-so compilation, March 24, 2007

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Eduardo Nietzsche (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet (Audio CD)

I normally love most things Ken Burns, but this was rather disappointing...the selections here are unremarkable and even dull often, just don't have the effortless joyful schwing of Bechet's best work but rather seem too analytical and academic.

I'd much more recommend "The Legendary Sidney Bechet" and "The Best of Sidney Bechet" for those looking for an intro to Bechet's special genius.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Soprano - EVER!, July 16, 2003

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Gunnar A. Jacobsen (Sarasota, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet (Audio CD)

One is grateful to Ken Burns calling attention to Jazz with his series and, there it ends! Sidney Bechet is without a doubt the greatest soprano player ever. His power was absolutely amazing. Pity the trumpet players who had to play with him, he could, and did, drown them out. I saw and heard him in person in the late 50s and I have never forgotten that evening! If it wasn't for Sidney, we wouldn't have Hodges, Wilber and many others. I have an awful lot of Bechet on recordings and I never tire of him!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How a soprano sax should sound, September 26, 2001

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G. Sawaged - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet (Audio CD)

This was another great jazz artist that I didn't know much about prior to this Ken Burn's release. I never thought that I could love the sound of the soprano sax this much. Up until this album, whenever I thought of soprano sax, Kenny G and his mind numbing music would come to mind, and I would cringe. But, this album opened up a whole new world of music to me .. now THIS is how a soprano sax should sound. It is beautiful. Sidney Bechet is (or was) a true genius, the way he made the horn almost operatic in sound, with the wonderful throbbing vibratos. No wonder he was sometimes billed as "The Talking Saxophone". There is such depth and emotion in his playing. I highly recommend this album to all jazz fans. The booklet includes photos and an interesting essay.