Richard M. Sudhalter, 69, jazz trumpeter and author Sep 21, 2008
Richard M. Sudhalter used the 1920s arrangements of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, in which Bix Beiderbecke played ... His account began at jazz's inception in New Orleans, providing captivating accounts of many important soloists, among them Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Red Norvo, Bud Freeman, the Dorsey brothers, Bunny Berigan, Pee Wee Russell, and Artie Shaw. (Boston Globe)
Jeff Healey in Memoriam Mar 6, 2008
The wall was a vinyl museum filled with of jazz platters of masters A to Z- Bix Beiderbecke, Artie Shaw, Fletcher Henderson, and Louis Satchmo Armstrong all lovingly preserved. Healey asked for a favourite jazz selection and then played some Satchmo on one of two custom made gramophones. (Suite101.com)
Republicans face first poll in disarray Dec 30, 2007
Famous Iowans include jazz cornet and trumpet player Bix Beiderbecke, comedian Johnny Carson, actors John Wayne and Elijah Wood, and the 31st US President, Herbert Hoover. David Smith. (Guardian Unlimited)
Kweskin still looking back for future inspiration Dec 13, 2007
"I fell in love with traditional jazz at a very early age," Kweskin said, remembering nights spent listening to records by trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke or Cab Calloway in his bedroom. His friends, presumably more into sounds like Elvis Presley or Chuck Berry, "thought I was a little weird.". (North County Times)
These nights of exhilarating live performance are reinventing music Nov 30, 2007
The son of educated parents, he learned the piano at school, but when he saw a film in which Kirk Douglas played Bix Beiderbecke he knew the trumpet was for him. "Discovered" by the anti-apartheid priest Trevor Huddleston, he was given an instrument and, still in his teens, formed the first African jazz band to record an album. (Guardian Unlimited)
Last laugh of Alan Coren, comedy king of Cricklewood Oct 21, 2007
The weather would choose tonight to break, he began (I can quote it from memory; if poetry is memorable speech then Coren was a poet), before comparing his achievements with those who had died younger: Mozart, Keats, Jesus, Bix Beiderbecke. And here to present his new opera, The Eve of St Agnes, is Alan Coren, Son of God and first cornet. (Times Online)
Acclaimed Riverwalk Jazz Series Joins Lineup at Gavin Report's ''Jazz Station of the Year,'' WBGO-88.3 FM Sep 21, 2007
As a teenager, he locked onto the sounds of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. Today, Cullum's acoustic, seven-piece, traditional ensemble specializes in acoustic jazz from "between the wars" -- pre-WWII, small, hot ensembles. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Days of Our Lives' veteran Steve Blackwood bids bloody farewell Jul 19, 2007
Even Bart's last name, a nod to the great jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, was due to Blackwood. The writers bestowed it after hearing the actor -- a singer and composer who's put out several CDs -- scat-singing on the set. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Days of Our Lives bids bloody goodbye to Bart Jul 19, 2007
Even Barts last name, a nod to the great jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, was due to Blackwood. The writers bestowed it after hearing the actor a singer and composer whos put out several CDs scat singing on the set. (MSNBC -- Television)
IBM Rational, SOA development and all that Jazz Jun 13, 2007
Jazz aims to be as different from that tradition as Bix Beiderbecke is from Beethoven ... Jazz aims to be as different from that tradition as Bix Beiderbecke is from Beethoven. (Search Webservices)
Community Concert Association to host Artie Shaw Orchestra Apr 19, 2007
At 14 he began to play the saxophone (and several months later the clarinet), and, at age 15, left home to play all over America, while studying the works of his early jazz idols, such as Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer, and Louis Armstrong. Returning to New York, he became a session musician through the early 1930s. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Lodi's Cell Block 7 breaks out ... around the globe Mar 4, 2007
I also really like Ix Bix Beiderbecke. Q: Are there any modern musicians you admire. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
St. Louis jazz band performing in Kirksville March 10 Feb 18, 2007
The St. Louis Stompers have performed at the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival in Davenport, Iowa, the Orange County Classic Jazz Festival, the Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Festival and the Great Rivers Jazz Preservation Society in Hannibal, Mo ... The band performs early arrangements reminiscent of Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver. (Kirksville Daily Express, MO)
