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Bix Beiderbecke
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Vinony files it under 1903 births, 1931 deaths and 20th-century American jazz composers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1931
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Bix Beiderbecke and the Wolverines
- Great cornet solos of Bix Beiderbecke
- Il leggendario Bix Beiderbecke
- The Bix Beiderbecke story
- Bix Beiderbeckeh
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1903
- Active to
- 1931
Discography
- The Bix Beiderbecke Story, Volume 2: Bix and Tram1952
- The Bix Beiderbecke Story, Volume 3: Whiteman Days1952
- Bix Beiderbecke and the Wolverines - Volume 21954
- The Bix Beiderbecke Story, Volume 1: Bix and His Gang1956
- Bixology "My Pretty Girl"1973
- Bix Beiderbecke and the Chicago Cornets1974
- Giants of Jazz: Bix Beiderbecke1979
- Bixology 1924–19301981
- Bix ’n’ Bing1986
- Great Original Performances 1924-19301986
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 142,992
- Total plays
- 986,757
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Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. It was widely believed, for many years, that Beiderbecke's real name was Leon Bismark Beiderbecke. It is now known that this — like so many other myths about Beiderbecke — is untrue. His real name was Leon Bix Beiderbecke. Bismark was a family name, reflecting the family's German origins, but it was not given to Beiderbecke. "Bix" was a family nickname of his father and older brother, given him as a proper name.
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Key facts
- Born
- Leon Bismark Beiderbecke , ( 1903-03-10 ) March 10, 1903, Davenport, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- August 6, 1931 (1931-08-06) (aged 28), New York City, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz Dixieland
- Occupations
- Musician composer
- Instruments
- Cornet piano
- Years active
- 1920–1931
- Labels
- Columbia Okeh Victor
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.bixbeiderbecke.com
- Image
- Bix Beiderbecke cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bix Beiderbecke
- date of birth
- 1903-03-10
- date of death
- 1931-08-06
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- name in native language
- Bix Beiderbecke
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Encyclopedic overview
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (/ˈbaɪdərbɛk/ BY-dər-bek; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”.
His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. Moreover, his use of extended chords and an ability to improvise freely along harmonic as well as melodic lines are echoed in post-WWII developments in jazz. "In a Mist" (1927) is the best known of Beiderbecke's published piano compositions and the only one that he recorded. His piano style reflects both jazz and classical (mainly impressionist) influences. All five of his piano compositions were published by Robbins Music during his lifetime.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bix Beiderbecke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.