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title: "Treat It Gentle: An Autobiography"
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# Treat It Gentle: An Autobiography

**Brand:** sidney bechet
**Price:** € 38.52
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- **What is this?** Treat It Gentle: An Autobiography by sidney bechet
- **How much does it cost?** € 38.52 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Bechet's way or No Way
  

*by Q***L on Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2013*

This is a fascination confession of one of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth-century. I say 'confession' because Bechet was a 'controversial' man. He seemed to want to dominate every musical undertaking, especially the jazz jam in which each person is supposed to be equal to everyone else. Bechet would have none of this. It was his way or no way. This book helps us to understand his deep-seated insecurities and helps to explain why whenever he plays his soprano saxophone or clarinet, his is the loudest and most emphatic solo on the recording. He was a great technician and composed some of the most emotional songs of Nawlins music. It is written in first-person narrative, which keeps the book close to the reader. It is as if you are there when some of the most important moments in early jazz happen.

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    Greatest soprano saxophonist ever, his life in full!
  

*by B***L on Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021*

Comprehensive biography, from New Orleans beginning to New York to Paris, and many points in between. Honest, and well written.

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    The Greatest Jazz Biography
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2009*

Sicney Bechet was one of the few geniuses jazz has produced. His authobioraphy is the best book anyone has published about the roots, development and meaning of jazz. His accounts of racial struggles, his travels, and most of all. his opinions about music and musicians provide more and more unique insights than any other volume I have ever read. Introduced by Rudi Blesh who has written two excellent books himself, this work is a necessary addition for anyone interested in Black history, American history, jazz history, music, and the experience of a great man in those contexts.

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