Bix Beiderbecke - Wikipedia
WEBLeon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (/ ˈ b aɪ d ər b ɛ k / BY-dər-bek; [1] March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer.
Bix Lye - Wikipedia
WEBBix Lye (February 19, 1937 – January 10, 2023) was a British-American artist specializing in sculpture and printmaking. Born in London to New Zealand-born artist and filmmaker Len Lye and South African dance teacher Jane Lye (nee Florence Winnifred Thompson), he was named after the jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. [1]During the Second World War, Bix and Jane Lye (and accompanied by Yancy Lye ...
Bix: the Story of a Young Man and His Horn | Smithsonian
WEBJun 30, 1997 · Bix Beiderbecke taught himself to play the cornet when he was in his teens and died in 1931 at the age of 28. During his brief career, says author Fred Turner, he became one of the true...
Bix Beiderbecke - Discogs
WEBBix Beiderbecke. American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer (born March 10, 1903, Davenport, Iowa, USA - died August 6, 1931, Queens, New York, USA), regarded as one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920's together with Louis Armstrong.
Bix Beiderbecke Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & ... | AllMusic
WEBBix Beiderbecke. Coronet player whose innovative, groundbreaking style made him one of the most influential jazz artists of the 1920s. Read Full Biography.
Bix Beiderbecke - NPR
WEBAug 1, 2001 · January 2, 2009 • A cornetist and jazz scholar, Sudhalter remembers overlooked cornetist Bix Beiderbecke with Marian McPartland. Beiderbecke had a short career in the 1920s, but he influenced a...
Bix Beiderbecke | Biography, Music, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 2, 2024 · Bix Beiderbecke, American jazz cornetist who was an outstanding improviser and composer of the 1920s and whose style is characterized by lyricism and purity of tone. He was the first major white jazz soloist. Such recordings as ‘I’m Coming, Virginia’ and ‘Singin’ the Blues’ remain jazz classics.
“Bix” Is a Jazz Documentary That Resonates Far Beyond Its Subject
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · Bix Beiderbecke, the innovative jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer, died, in 1931, at the age of twenty-eight, leaving behind a few hundred 78s, a legend of a self-destructive artist, and a...
Bix Beiderbecke: Expert insights into this great jazz artist
WEBOn February 18, 1924, less than a year after Armstrong cut his first records, a young cornetist from Davenport, Iowa named Bix Beiderbecke made his recording debut. By the late twenties he had ushered in a striking new approach to the jazz solo concept by making it …
Bix article - All About Jazz
WEBAug 11, 2020 · Bix is like an inkblot: people see what they want to see in him. This is a graphic biography, and Chantler found his own path through the story, depicting scenes that may be apocryphal, combining characters, compressing and reordering events, and making his own judgements on the truthfulness of events (a …
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