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Word: reedier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost a decade has passed since Sidney Bechet replaced Louis Armstrong as the unquestioned King of Jazz. Bechet is a complete original. He invented his own instrument, the soprano saxophone, a metal clarinet which is both reedier and brassier than the wooden version. With it he produces soaring, melodious, and fanciful clarinet passeges; deep, throaty, and emotional "trombone" interjections; and the clear, fiercely driving attack associated with the trumpet. Usually he does all at once, with a tone so magnificent one feels he could drive a truck down it and with such imagination and variety that one actually...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: The Jazzgoer | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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