Boats began to drop anchor Friday in the Mississippi River off the edge of LeClaire Park in Davenport, a telltale sign that the 34th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival had begun.

More than 80 years after Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke died at the age of 28, a theory about the cornetist's controversial end argues Bix was the tragic victim of an anti-liquor campaign arranged by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival returns to the Quad Cities, celebrating one of the most influential jazz musicians in American ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Bix Beiderbecke's birthday today! As a boy, Bix Beiderbecke had a few piano lessons, but he was self-taught on cornet and developed an unorthodox technique by playing ...

The Bix Jazz Society will present the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival from Thursday, July 31-Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Rhythm City Casino Event Center, Davenport. For a full event and band schedule, visit ...

Gordon Jones claims he wasn't much of a trumpeter, but there's no doubt he's a great music fan. Jones, 87, sounds like a much younger man when he talks about Big Band jazz. At the top of his list of ...

The 54th Bix Jazz Festival kicks off Thursday, July 31. Run by the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society, the festival features ticketed events, free shows, a river cruise, and more than 20 jazz sets by ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society is excited to present the 2025 Bix Jazz Festival, the annual celebration that honors the legacy of Davenport native and jazz legend Bix ...

Common Chord and the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Society are joining forces to reach more people in the Quad Cities and beyond. The two organizations are officially merging as Bix Society programs will join ...