Editing Sidney Bechet (section)

=== Bechet in France ===
[[File:Bechet.gif|thumb|Bechet in 1922]]

On September 15, 1925, Bechet and other members of the ''Revue Nègre'', including [[Josephine Baker]], sailed to Europe, arriving at [[Cherbourg, France|Cherbourg]], France, on September 22. The revue opened at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]]<ref name=":2">{{cite book|last=Shack|first=William A.|url=https://archive.org/details/harleminmontmart00shac/page/35|title=Harlem in Montmartre|publisher=University of California Press|year=2001|isbn=0-520-22537-6|location=Berkeley|page=[https://archive.org/details/harleminmontmart00shac/page/35 35]|url-access=registration}}</ref> in [[Paris]] on October 2. The show was an example of [[negrophilia]] in France at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Travels of Josephine Baker and Sidney Bechet {{!}} Musical Geography|url=https://musicalgeography.org/project/the-travels-of-josephine-baker-and-sidney-bechet/|access-date=2021-11-17|language=en-US}}</ref> He toured Europe with multiple bands, reaching as far as Russia in mid-1926. In 1928, he led his small band at Chez [[Ada "Bricktop" Smith|Bricktop]] (run by the popular [[Ada "Bricktop" Smith]]) in [[Montmartre]], Paris.

In France, Bechet found that he was appreciated by a wider audience and had more general freedom than he did in the United States.<ref name=":1" />

He was imprisoned in Paris for eleven months.<ref name="Cohassey2">{{cite web|last1=Cohassey|first1=John|title=Sidney Bechet|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/sidney-bechet|access-date=10 September 2018|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA2">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Sidney Bechet: Master Musician|year=1976|first=Robert|last=Palmer|publisher=[[Bluebird Records]]}}</ref> In his autobiography, he wrote that he accidentally shot a woman when he was trying to shoot a musician who had insulted him. He had challenged the man to duel and said, "Sidney Bechet never plays the wrong chord."<ref name="struggle2">{{cite web|title=The struggle in Paris|url=https://sidneybechet.weebly.com/blog/the-struggle-in-paris|access-date=10 September 2018|website=My Life - Sidney Bechet}}</ref> After his release, he was deported to New York, arriving soon after the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|stock market crash of 1929]]. He joined with [[Lorenzo Tio]] and also came to know trumpeter [[Roy Eldridge]].<ref name="Horricks2" />

In 1932, Bechet returned to New York City to lead a band with [[Tommy Ladnier]]. The band, comprising six members, performed at the [[Savoy Ballroom]]. He played in [[Noble Sissle]]'s orchestra, which toured in Germany and Russia.