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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (/ ˈ b aɪ d ər b ɛ k / BY-dər-bek; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer.
Bix Beiderbecke (born March 10, 1903, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.—died August 6, 1931, Long Island, New York) was an 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.
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Learn about the life and music of Bix Beiderbecke, a jazz pioneer and cornetist who died at 28 in 1931. Discover his family background, education, career, compositions, and hidden photos from his high school R.O.T.C. unit.
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Mar 13, 2023 · Learn about the life and music of Bix Beiderbecke, one of the earliest jazz legends and a cornetist with a unique tone and style. Discover his recordings with the Wolverines, Jean Goldkette, Frankie Trumbauer, and Paul Whiteman.
Learn about the life and music of Leon Bismarck \"Bix\" Beiderbecke, a pioneer of jazz cornet and piano. Explore his early years in Davenport, Iowa, his career in New York, his friendship with Louis Armstrong, and his tragic death at 25.
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Aug 5, 2021 · Born in 1903, Bix Beiderbecke didn’t live to be 30, but he made an impression on jazz that is still felt today. He was raised in Davenport, Iowa, in a strait-laced German American household. A...
Jun 30, 1997 · Learn about the life and music of Bix Beiderbecke, one of the most influential cornetists of the Jazz Age. Discover how he became a sensation, a symbol of youth and a tragic figure in the history of jazz.
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