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Sep 25, 2023 · In addition, Dick Hyman recorded a solo piano version of “Clementine” that includes Bix’s solo along with some inventive variations. Released as a single CD 20 years ago by Arbors but long unavailable, the original program plus three previously unreleased performances has now been brought back as a two-CD set by the Turtle Bay label.
Jan 9, 2024 · The repertoire mixes famous classics with less familiar tunes, and a few vocals are added in appropriate style. CD1 closes with guest Dick Hyman’s remarkable encapsulation of Clementine as a virtuoso piano solo. On CD2 There’ll Come A Time (excellent Kellso), Borneo, San and Trumbology are standout-tracks.
- Hugh Rainey
Sep 21, 2023 · The jovial essence of this album is infectious. Further, the enclosed essays provide the perfect backstory to Bix, the Wolverines, and the development of this fine production. Whether one is new to Bix, a trad jazz fan, bebopper, or avant-garde lover, the performances on Celebrating Bix! are impressive. It is the perfect partner for a long ride ...
Sep 14, 2023 · Here's a new album by the Bix Centennial All Stars honoring the legacy of the renowned cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. Sort of. Actually, most of the music on Celebrating Bix! was recorded and released in March 2003, the actual centenary of Beiderbecke's birth in Davenport, Iowa. This expanded twentieth anniversary edition includes a trio of songs ...
- Jack Bowers
Celebrating Bix! (The Bix Centennial All Stars Celebrate His 100th Birthday) ( CD, Album) Arbors Records. ARCD 19271. US. 2003. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2023 CD release of "Celebrating Bix! " on Discogs.
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Aug 25, 2023 · Celebrating Bix! (20th Anniversary Edition) by The Bix Centennial All Stars, released 25 August 2023 1. At the Jazz Band Ball 2. Proud (Of a Baby Like You) 3. Deep Harlem 4. Riverboat Shuffle 5. Davenport Blues 6. The Jazz Me Blues 7. Blue River 8. I Need Some Pettin' 9. I'm Coming Virginia 10. Lonely Melody 11. Clementine (From New Orleans) 12.
May 3, 2003 · A photo of the 1924 Wolverines with Bix seated second from right is reproduced on the cover with members of the All-Stars (Kellso, Giordano, Levinson, Alden, Joe Ascione, Shane, Barrett) dressed in period costume and posed exactly as the Wolverines were, “sitting in” with Bix whose image is superimposed. The album, Sandke writes, “is ...
