{"product_id":"treat-it-gentle-an-autobiography-paperback-1","title":"Treat It Gentle: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSidney Bechet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDesmond Flower\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most valuable and moving of all jazz biographies. -Nat Hentoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSidney Bechet (1897-1959) was one of the most brilliant exponents of New Orleans jazz. A prodigy on the clarinet, he soloed with Bunk Johnson's orchestra at age eleven, was improvising cornet-clarinet duos with Buddy Petit at age fifteen. Leaving New Orleans in the 1920s, Bechet took his Creole sound and spirit to New York, where he adopted the soprano saxophone and soon developed the unique style that marked his special artistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732783697983,"sku":"9781258668563","price":47.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f4c4c1a637fa0ad7901fcd2b0691ca53.webp?v=1765133646","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/treat-it-gentle-an-autobiography-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}