This weekend will be a very special one for fans of Bix Beiderbecke, jazz and music history. Sunday, March 10 is the 121 st anniversary of Bix’s birth in Davenport and this year is the 100 th ...
JUST RELEASED - a new two-CD set “The Influence of Bix Beiderbecke" The legendary cornetist Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) had a determining influence on many other jazz musicians during the 1920s; some ...
Yesterday, I provided you with a link and password to watch Oscar-winning director Brigitte Berman's newly restored documentary, Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet (1981) for free. Brigitte ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Bix Beiderbecke Museum is trading its basement gallery beneath the Redstone Building for a 2,100-square-foot storefront at 112 W. 2nd St., right across the street. Curators will ...
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 ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Bix Beiderbecke Museum and Archives in Davenport is pushing to reopen after experiencing flood damage. The museum has been closed since late April, when floodwaters crept inside ...
Bix Beiderbecke's virtuosity and originality with the cornet won admiration from Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats in the 1920s. He played... Bix Beiderbecke: 'Singin' the Blues, Vol. I' & 'At the ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Museum officials say after two years of work the Bix Beiderbecke Museum is close to re-opening in its new space. According to a Facebook post, a free preview of the museum ...
Bob Lance of Moline parked his boat Saturday afternoon next to Davenport’s LeClaire Park, took out his fishing rod and cast his line into the water. “I don’t know if I’ll catch anything,” Lance said ...
The composer and cornet player Bix Beiderbecke changed music forever in a very short life. A restored documentary from the ’80s goes into the details. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Quad Cities’ longest-running music festival kicks off Aug 4. The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival begins Aug 4 and goes until Aug 6. The festival honors Davenport native Leon ...