Tribute captures much of Bechet

From: The Boston Globe | Date: November 24, 1997| Author: Bob Blumenthal, Globe Correspondent | Copyright information
THE WIZARD AT 100: SIDNEY BECHET Performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra At: Symphony Hall, Friday night

There may be no more daunting task in jazz repertory than assuming the role of clarinet and soprano sax pioneer Sidney Bechet. Four musicians took the challenge at the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's Bechet tribute on Friday night -- featured soloists Michael White and Bob Wilber as well as LCJO members Victor Goines and Joe Temperley -- and each could only approximate Bechet's...

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