Bix Beiderbecke

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Lifespan:
March 10, 1903 - August 6, 1931, they died aged 28.
Birthname:
Leon Bix Beiderbecke.
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An artist with 59 releases. 1 collaboration.

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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 - August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist and composer, as well as a skilled classical and jazz pianist.

One of the leading names in 1920s jazz, Beiderbecke's career was cut short by chronic poor health, exacerbated by alcoholism. Critic Scott Yanow describes Beiderbecke as the "possessor of a beautiful, distinctive tone and a strikingly original improvising style. Beiderbecke's chief competitor among cornetists in the 1920s was Louis Armstrong, but (due to their different sounds and styles) one really could not compare them." Bix Beiderbecke recorded many jazz standards during his career in the 1920s and early 1930s, including "Riverboat Shuffle", "Copenhagen", "Davenport Blues", "Singin' the Blues", "In a Mist", "Mississippi Mud", "I'm Coming, Virginia", and "Georgia On My Mind".

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Dixieland, Jazz, Ragtime, Big Band, Swing. Vote on Genres

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