Broadcasts on MEZZO in 2009

SUMMARY of the Documentary
 
« Petite Fleur », « Rue d’Antibes », « Les Oignons », « Saint Louis Blues », Sidney Bechet’s tunes belong to our world music heritage !
Born in New Orleans in 1897, this American virtuoso is one of the founders of the blues. A pioneer in the art of improvisation, Sidney Bechet was also an outstanding composer with a unique style at the clarinet and saxophone soprano.
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death let us go back to the emotion and modernity of his work by listening to the unique testimonies of his fellow musicians, Poumy Arnaud and Christian Azzi, the memories of his son Daniel-Sidney Bechet, and of the famous jazz man Claude Bolling, Eric Luter, Christian Morin, Fabrice Zammarchi and singer-composer Laurent Voulzy complete this extraordinary portrayal of Sidney Bechet.

First Broadcasts on MEZZO in May & june 2009

CONCERT PRESENTATION
 
The jazz band “Sidney Bechet Memory All Stars” is composed of five fellow musicians of Sidney Bechet : Poumy Arnaud, Christian Azzi, Marcel Bornstein, Alph “Totol” Masselier, Benny Vasseur, accompanied by two other exceptional musicians, Olivier Franc (playing Bechet's saxo soprano !) and Alain Marquet.
The band gives a series of concert tours in honor of their distinguished maestro.
This concert was filmed in Paris in 2009.