Bix’s Fellow Musicians – Bud Freeman

Bud Freeman Bud Freeman participated only in three recording sessions with Bix, and all took place in 1930, in the twilight of Bix’s short life. Nevertheless, each session brought us magnificent performances by Bix. The May 21, 1930 session with Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra brought us the explosive solo in “Barnacle Bill, the Sailor”. […]

Bix’s Fellow Musicians – Paul Mertz

Paul Mertz Paul Mertz participated in the January 26, 1925 recording session of  Bix Beiderbecke and His Rhythm Jugglers, the historic session that brought us the immortal “Davenport Blues”. Paul Mertz also appeared in several other recordings of Bix with the Jean Goldkette Orchestra and in the February 4, 1927 session where Bix and Tram […]

Bix’s Fellow Musicians – Eddie Lang

Eddie Lang Eddie Lang was born Salvatore Massaro on October 25, 1902, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eddie Lang, in the words of Richard Hadlock (Jazz Masters of the Twenties, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1965), “working without precedent or predecessors, virtually wrote the book on jazz guitar in the twenties.” Eddie’s association with Joe Venuti […]