BECHET, SIDNEY. Jazz saxophonist ( in New Orleans, Louisiana; in Paris, France). Two of his brothers, Leonard and Joseph, played musical instruments. He began clarinet study at the age of six with
George Baquet
. Later he studied with
Lorenzo Tio
and briefly with
Louis (Big Eye
) Nelson DeLisle
. He began playing with various local orchestras and brass bands when he was about twelve; thereafter he played in his brother Leonard's band, the Silver Bells...