Bix Beiderbecke

American jazz musician (1903-1931)

Born: 10 March 1903
Davenport
Died: 6 August 1931
Long Island
Country: United States
Record labels: Columbia Records
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Bix Beiderbecke was a jazz musician who played piano, trumpet and cornet. Bix Beiderbecke was born on 10 March 1903 in Davenport and died on 6 August 1931 in Long Island. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Columbia Records. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Bix Beiderbecke and the Chicago Cornets” (1974) to “The Bix Beiderbecke Collection” (2000).

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke ( 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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Bix Beiderbecke and the Chicago Cornets 1974

The Bix Beiderbecke Collection 2000

Also plays on

Albums where Bix Beiderbecke is credited as a sideman

2002	It’s Easy to Remember — Bing Crosby	cornet
—	Bing Crosby — Bing Crosby	cornet

Analysed solos by Bix Beiderbecke

Singin the Bluescornet · 134 BPM · Eb-maj · 04.20.1927
Riverboat Shufflecornet · 211 BPM · Ab-maj · 1927-05-09
Royal Garden Bluescornet · 174 BPM · Bb-maj · 1927-10-05
I'm Coming Virginiacornet · 132 BPM · F-maj · 1927-12-05
Margiecornet · 180 BPM · Eb-maj · 1928-09-21

Historic 78 rpm records

Clementine Bix Beiderbecke · Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra · Creamer · Warren archive.org ↗
CRYIN' ALL DAY; A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND BIX BEIDERBECKE · Frankie Trumbauer's Orchestra · Bix Beiderbecke ·… archive.org ↗
THREE BLIND MICE - MASTER NO. 2 CHICAGO LOOPERS · Bix Beiderbecke · Frank Trumbauer · Don Murray ·… archive.org ↗
Flashes Bryan Wright · Bix Beiderbecke archive.org ↗
Candlelights Bryan Wright · Bix Beiderbecke archive.org ↗
CLEMENTINE BIX BEIDERBECKE · Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra · Creamer · Warren archive.org ↗
GEORGIA ON MY MIND BIX BEIDERBECKE · Hoagy Carmichael & His Orch. · Bix · Jack… archive.org ↗
THREE BLIND MICE - MASTER NO. 1 CHICAGO LOOPERS · Bix Beiderbecke · Frank Trumbauer · Don Murray ·… archive.org ↗