
by Desmond Flower (Foreword), SidneyBechet (Author)
This autobiography was taken down in interviews with John Ciardi and Joan Reid, and put into book form by Desmond Flower. In it, Bechet reacalls his life in music, highlighting his narrative with tales of Sunday afternoon bucking contests between black and Creole musicianers, his deportation from London, and the gunfight that put him in jail in Paris.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 251
Edition: 1st Paperback Ed
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
Published: 30 Sep 1975
ISBN 10: 0306800861
ISBN 13: 9780306800863