If anyone knows about this and Bechet's use of a Conn Soprano Sax, please let me know! It would be interesting to find out if there is any documentation of when he played this other than the video.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Conn or Buescher? The Question of Sidney Bechet's Soprano Sax
Conventional wisdom and several websites suggest that Sidney Bechet played a Buescher True Tone Soprano Sax from the 1920s throughout his later career. I'm pretty sure I've seen plenty of footage and photographs of him with that Buescher, so this video surprised me. In it, he seems to be playing not a Buescher but a Conn, with the distinctive right hand thumb ring clearly displayed in the first number on this video ("Buddy Bolden's Stomp").
If anyone knows about this and Bechet's use of a Conn Soprano Sax, please let me know! It would be interesting to find out if there is any documentation of when he played this other than the video.
If anyone knows about this and Bechet's use of a Conn Soprano Sax, please let me know! It would be interesting to find out if there is any documentation of when he played this other than the video.
