Sidney Bechet

ALay your racket
BI want you tonight

Label: Bluebird
Catalogue number: 10472
Genre: Jazz
Condition: Excellent−
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #6999

Sidney Bechet, the pioneering New Orleans soprano saxophonist and clarinettist, recorded 'Lay Your Racket' and 'I Want You Tonight' for Bluebird in the 1940s.

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