Museums
The Louisiana State Museum Jazz Collection The museum is located in New Orleans. The collection includes three items related to Bix: a cornet that he may have used as a student; the piano that he used during 1930 and 1931 when he lived in room 605 of the 44th Street Hotel, New York City; and […]
Bix’s Musical Genius
What places Bix apart from – and above – most jazz musicians? What is therein Bix’s cornet playing that elicits in fans such admiration and devotion? What distinguishes Bix’s style from that of so many other cornet or trumpet players? These are difficult questions to answer. Fortunately, many of Bix’s contemporaries have described Bix’s cornet […]
Video Tapes
At the Jazz Band Ball Yazoo 514. This videotape represents a transcription of original film masters from 1925 to 1933. It includes clips of the Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, the Boswell Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Bill Robinson, Charlie Wellman, Bessie Smith, Tessie Maize, Tommy Christian, Ben Bernie, Ruby Darby, and, last but not least, Paul Whiteman […]
Scholarly Dissertations
Dissertation and other scholarly works The Bix Beiderbecke Story: The Jazz Musician in Legend, Fiction, and Fact. A Study of the Images of Jazz in the National Culture: 1930-the Present A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota by John Paul Perhonis In Partial Fulfillment of the […]
Biographies of Bix
“Bugles for Beiderbecke” by Charles Wareing and George Garlick. Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, London, 1958. Description: 333 p.; one photograph; one poem (Trumpeter, by Herbert Corby). The book is divided into three parts: the man, the musician, and his music (a discography). This is the first of all biographical books about Bix. The book is […]
Chapters in books
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND RELATED BOOKS “Twelve Lives in Jazz” by Duncan Schiedt Delta Editrice, Parma, Italy, 1996. Description: oversize book; 176 pages; hundreds of photographs. This beautifully produced and printed book provides biographical information on twelve jazz musicians using mostly photographs, interspersed with a limited amount of text. One of the lives included […]
Miscellaneous
A Television Series In 1984, British television broadcast a very successful series entitled “The Beiderbecke Affair”. The main characters are two teachers, one teaches woodwork and the other teaches English. The woodwork teacher likes to listen to jazz and wants to purchase some jazz records. From that point on, the plot thickens and I couldn’t […]
A Stamp For Bix in 2003
A First Day Cover For Bix According to the American First Day Cover Society, http://www.afdcs.org/, “A First Day Cover (FDC) is an envelope or card bearing a stamp which is canceled on the day the stamp is initially placed on sale by the postal authorities.” A First Day of Issue card or envelope has the […]
Bix Vigil – 2002
Bix Vigil – 2002 This was a great success. There were over 30 people, Bix fans, officials from local historical and civic societies, and neighbors. The most distant visitor was our Forum contributor, Andrew, from Minnesota. The nearest, from across the street, was Paul who had organized last year’s vigil. It was good to see […]
Bix Vigil – 2003
Bix Vigil – 2003 The 2003 Bix vigil in Sunnyside, NY was the most successful. On August 6, 2000, only two persons attended the vigil: Joe Giordano and I. On August 9, 2003, there were close to 100 people! All this success is associated with the excellent organizing abilities of Paul Maringelli. The audience was […]