Early jazz legend Leon Bismark [Bix] Beiderbecke was born on March 10, 1903, in Davenport, Iowa, a mid-sized midwestern city. He attended Davenport schools until 1920 and showed an early aptitude for ...

JUST RELEASED - a new two-CD set “The Influence of Bix Beiderbecke" The legendary cornetist Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) had a determining influence on many other jazz musicians during the 1920s; some ...

A book about widely honored jazz player Bix Beiderbecke has been making waves in his hometown of Davenport. “Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend,” written by Davenport-native Brendan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival returns to the Quad Cities, celebrating one of the most influential jazz musicians in American ...

Bix Beiderbecke was one of the great jazz musicians of the 1920s. A brilliant cornet player with an amazing ear, he drank himself to death at the age of 28 with illegal Prohibition liquor. Although ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — With the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the 49th Bix Memorial Jazz Festival, some of Bix's biggest fans still paid tribute on the anniversary of his passing. The Bix Jazz Society ...

And yet, Armstrong has all but eclipsed Beiderbecke in the popular imagination: New Orleans is known as the "birthplace of jazz," giving us Jelly Roll Morton, Willie Humphrey, Harry Connick Jr. and ...

The composer and cornet player Bix Beiderbecke changed music forever in a very short life. A restored documentary from the ’80s goes into the details. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Museum officials say after two years of work the Bix Beiderbecke Museum is close to re-opening in its new space. According to a Facebook post, a free preview of the museum ...

Alyn Shipton explores the music of cornettist Bix Beiderbecke, covering key recordings including Singing the Blues and I'm Coming Virginia as well as later big band work. Show more Despite a recording ...

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 wide ...