Bix Beiderbecke overview
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At The Jazz Band Ball(02:59)
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Singin' The Blues(03:00)
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Davenport Blues(02:46)
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In A Mist (Bixology)(02:45)
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Proud (of a Baby Like You)(03:09)
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Clarinet Marmalade(03:14)
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Krazy Kat(03:01)
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Proud of a Baby Like You(03:03)
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In a Mist(02:46)
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There'll Come a Time(02:54)
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- Royal Garden Blues(03:00)
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- Tiger Rag(02:37)
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Bix Beiderbecke bio
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 i... t was not given to Beiderbecke. "Bix" was a family nickname of his father and older brother, given him as a proper name.
Leon Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa to a middle-class family. As a teenager he would sneak off to the banks of the Mississippi to listen to the bands play on the riverboats that would come up from the south.
Partially due to frequent absences due to illness, Beiderbecke's grades suffered. His parents felt that sending him to the exclusive Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois, just northwest of Chicago, would provide the attention and discipline needed to improve his schooling.
Beiderbecke's schooling there soon suffered when the only subjects he showed avid interest in were music and sports. Bix soon beg Full bioRead more
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