Sidney Bechet, prodigious saxophonist and composer, who has played with Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, will be honored with the Sidney Bechet Quintet orchestra. Duke Ellington said of him that he was "the greatest soloist and creator in the history of Jazz". To pay homage to his father, Daniel Bechet, only son of Sidney Bechet, being himself on the drums, surrounded himself with the orchestra of Olivier Franc, clarinettist and soprano saxophonist, unanimously recognized as the best disciple of Sidney Bechet. Awarded by "The Jazz Academy" then by the "Hot Club de France" Olivier Franc is regularly invited by Wynton Marsalis for tributes to Sidney Bechet, and for some years he has had the privilege of playing Sidney's personal saxophone Bechet. With Jean-Baptiste Franc, Piano Stride World Champion on piano, Gilles Chevaucherie on double bass, Daniel Bechet on drums who was a student of the great Art Taylor and Olivier Franc on soprano saxophone and Benoît de Flamesnil on trombone, the quintet performs the most famous compositions by Sidney Bechet, but also lesser known and unpublished works, as well as some original compositions by the orchestra, and of course, great jazz standards. In the background, selected moments from the life of Sidney Bechet parade on the big screen, and sometimes, Sidney's voice-over tells us anecdotes in French in the text! The Sidney Bechet Quintet orchestra has performed in venues as prestigious as the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Frankfurt and Dresden Operas in Germany, but also at the Olympia in Paris in October 2015, and at Victoria Hall of Geneva in 2019, where his performances were greeted with standing ovations....
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Sidney Bechet, prodigious saxophonist and composer, who has played with Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, will be honored with the Sidney Bechet Quintet orchestra. Duke Ellington said of him that he was "the greatest soloist and creator in the history of Jazz". To pay homage to his father, Daniel Bechet, only son of Sidney Bechet, being himself on the drums, surrounded himself with the orchestra of Olivier Franc, clarinettist and soprano saxophonist, unanimously recognized as the best disciple of Sidney Bechet. Awarded by "The Jazz Academy" then by the "Hot Club de France" Olivier Franc is regularly invited by Wynton Marsalis for tributes to Sidney Bechet, and for some years he has had the privilege of playing Sidney's personal saxophone Bechet. With Jean-Baptiste Franc, Piano Stride World Champion on piano, Gilles Chevaucherie on double bass, Daniel Bechet on drums who was a student of the great Art Taylor and Olivier Franc on soprano saxophone and Benoît de Flamesnil on trombone, the quintet performs the most famous compositions by Sidney Bechet, but also lesser known and unpublished works, as well as some original compositions by the orchestra, and of course, great jazz standards. In the background, selected moments from the life of Sidney Bechet parade on the big screen, and sometimes, Sidney's voice-over tells us anecdotes in French in the text! The Sidney Bechet Quintet orchestra has performed in venues as prestigious as the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Frankfurt and Dresden Operas in Germany, but also at the Olympia in Paris in October 2015, and at Victoria Hall of Geneva in 2019, where his performances were greeted with standing ovations.
Sidney Bechet, prodigieux saxophoniste et compositeur, qui a joué avec Joséphine Baker, Louis Armstrong et Duke Ellington, sera à l’honneur avec l’orchestre Sidney Bechet Quintet. Duke Ellington disait de lui qu’il était « le plus grand soliste et créateur de l’histoire du Jazz ».Pour rendre hommage à son père, Daniel Bechet, fils unique de Sidney Bechet, étant lui-même à la batterie, s’est entouré de l’orchestre d’Olivier Franc, clarinettiste et saxophoniste soprano, unanimement reconnu comme le meilleur disciple de Sidney Bechet. Primé par «L’Académie du Jazz » puis par le «Hot Club de France» Olivier Franc est régulièrement invité par Wynton Marsalis pour des hommages à Sidney Bechet, et depuis quelques années, il a le privilège de jouer sur le saxophone personnel de Sidney Bechet.Avec Jean-Baptiste Franc, champion du Monde de Piano Stride au piano, Gilles Chevaucherie à la contrebasse, Daniel Bechet à la batterie qui fut éleve du grand Art Taylor et Olivier Franc au saxophone soprano et Benoît de Flamesnil au trombone, le quintet interprète les plus célèbres compositions de Sidney Bechet, mais aussi des oeuvres moins connues et des inédites, ainsi que quelques compositions originales de l’orchestre, et bien sûr, des grands standards du Jazz. En fond de scène, des moments choisis de la vie de Sidney Bechet défilent sur grand écran, et parfois, la voix off de Sidney nous raconte des anecdotes en français dans le texte!L’orchestre Sidney Bechet Quintet s’est produit dans des salles aussi prestigieuses que le Lincoln Center de New York City, les Opéras de Francfort et de Dresde en Allemagne, mais aussi à l’Olympia de Paris en octobre 2015, et au Victoria Hall de Genève en 2019, où ses prestations ont été saluées par des standing ovations.
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