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Definition of
Sidney Bechet
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Sidney
Bechet
/ˌsɪdni ˈbeʃeɪ/
/ˌsɪdni ˈbeʃeɪ/
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(1897-1959) a US jazz musician who played the
saxophone
and the
clarinet
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Sidney Bechet
Nearby words
bêche-de-mer
noun
Becher's Brook
Sidney Bechet
beck
noun
St Thomas Becket
previously
adverb
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