Articles in Magazines and Newspapers – The Mississippi Rag

The Mississippi Rag

Throughout the years, this excellent jazz magazine has carried stories about Bix, as well as articles related to Bix.

 


 

Articles about Bix

  • “Bix – Summer of ’25” by Bob Harrington (March 1975);
  • “Revising Bix” by William J. Schafer (March 1991);
  • “Bix’s Letters and More,” a “Solo” guest column by Phil and Linda Evans about their new book (June 1998).

 


 

Article about the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band

  • “Bix, Thanks for the Memory,”  by Joe H. Klee (March 1975).

 


 

Coverage of the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival

Issues of:

  • November 1973;
  • September 1974;
  • September 1975;
  • September 1976;
  • September 1977;
  • November 1979;
  • July 1991;
  • October 1993;
  • November 1994;
  • October 1995;
  • November 1996.

 


 

Coverage of the Tribute to Bix.

Issues of:

  • May 1990;
  • May 1991;
  • June 1992;
  • May 1993;
  • May 1994;
  • June 1995;
  • May 1996;
  • May 1997;
  • May 1999.

 


 

References to Bix in Other Articles

  • Paul Whiteman (June 1978);
  • DocRyker (September 1978);
  • Chauncey Morehouse (May 1980);
  • Spiegle Willcox (March 1981, June 1995);
  • Jimmy McPartland (July 1987, August 1987);
  • Frank Trumbauer (April 1988).

And articles about other musicians of the era.


 

Reviews of many Bix Reissues and Tributes to Bix on Record

 


 

I am indebted to Leslie Johnson, editor of the Mississippi Rag, for providing the list of references quoted above.

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