Bix Beiderbecke
Though he was a white kid from Iowa, cornetist Bix Beiderbecke immediately connected to the 1920s jazz sounds coming out of the south from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory. Coming into adulthood he fashioned his own highly influential style informed by those sounds, and became known as one the key jazz figures working in New York and Chicago. Bix's approach has been said to have prefigured the "cool jazz" sound that would become popular 20 years later. He also composed a few highly regarded piano pieces influenced by French classical music, and gained notoriety as a member of Paul Whiteman's band, but all his promise and talent was sadly snuffed out at the tender age of 28. Though he wasn't around for long, Beiderbecke made enough of a mark to become a seminal artist in the history of jazz.
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Albums
- (2006) Bix Beiderbecke And The Chicago Cornets
- (1997) Great Original Performances 1924-1930
- (1995) The Indispensable Bix Beiderbecke (1925-1930)
- (1992) Jazz Tribune No. 48: The Indispensable Bix Beiderbecke (CD2)
- (1927) Vol. Ii: At The Jazz Band Ball
- (1927) Bix Beiderbecke, Volume I, Singin' The Blues
Top Tracks
- Copenhagen
- 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
- Blue River
- Singin' the Blues
- All the Jazz Band Ball
Related Artists
- Fletcher Henderson
- Louis Armstrong
- Sidney Bechet
- Cootie Williams
- Duke Ellington
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- The Dukes of Dixieland
- Art Tatum
- Al Hirt
- Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
- Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band
- Pete Fountain
- Dr. Henry Levine's Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic
- Ory's Creole Jazz Band
- Matty Matlock & His Dixie Men
- Eddie Condon
- Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
- Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
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