Sidney Bechet in Switzerland

Hardcover
216 pgs.
4 Audio CDs
Illustrated
(English/French)

This is the numbered edition box set of Sidney Bechet's 10 year period living in Europe, from 1949 to 1959, where he enjoyed unprecedented popularity, and a privileged relationship with Switzerland. Over 4 hours of rare or previously unreleased concerts, radio shows, and interviews, and approximately 250 photos and 140 documents, all rare or previously unseen from the vaults of Radio-Geneve, Radio-Lausanne, and a number of private sources. In the U.S., only available from the Jazz Record Center.