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Curved vs straight soprano saxophone3/24/2024 The first record that I found featuring Bechet on a serpentine soprano solo was from Clarence Williams Blue Five recording of "Wild Cat Blues" recorded on Jin NYC. While certainly the most celebrated player of his era, he was not the only practitioner of this quirky horn back in the twenties. Bechet is considered by many to be the father of the soprano saxophone in jazz. In the soprano, he found that the bright, piercing sound of the instrument had the strong, clear voice he was looking for and people started to notice. Bechet, who was a world class clarinetist, wanted a solo instrument that could better stand up to the louder brass cornets and trombones of the era. It has been said that the great Sidney Bechet, a New Orleans born classically trained musician, discovered a quality soprano saxophone while on tour in England with Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra, sometime around 1920.
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