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ARENA: TREAT IT GENTLE - SIDNEY BECHET
(1997)
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Production countries
- Great Britain
- France
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Library Synopsis
Documentary on the life and career of the great jazz saxophonist Sidney Bechet. This year, 1997, is the centenary of the birth of Bechet, one of the pioneering New Orleans musicians who can be credited with inventing jazz. The film journeys from his birthplace near Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, to his first visit to London in 1919...
Top five credits
- Director
- LEWENS, Alan
- Production Company
- Tracebridge
- Commissioning Company
- NVC Arts
- Commissioning Company
- BBC
- Producer
- LUSTIG, Jo
Top five cast
- Interviewee
- ALLEN, Woody
- Interviewee
- MARSALIS, Wynton
- Interviewee
- WILBER, Bob
- Interviewee
- LYTTELTON, Humphrey
- Interviewee
- LUTER, Claude