Audio Tapes – An Interview Of Joe Rushton

Audio Tapes – An Interview Of Joe Rushton Bass saxophonist Joe Rushton (b Evanston, IL, 1 Nov 1907; d San Francisco, 2 March 1964) was interviewed in the mid-1950s in his home in Silverlake, CA, by recording engineer Ewing Nunn. What follows is a brief biography of Joe Rushton (from Grove Music Online): Joe Rushton […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview Of Richard Sudhalter

Audio Tapes – An Interview Of Richard Sudhalter Richard Sudhalter was interviewed in London in the mid-70s. He talked about Bix and the New Paul Whiteman Orchestra (43min 32sec). I am grateful to Malcolm Walton for kindly sending me a copy of the program and for his permission to upload it.  

Audio Tapes – Bix Beiderbecke: Never The Same Twice

Audio Tapes – Bix Beiderbecke: Never The Same Twice Bix Beiderbecke was born on March 10, 1903. In March 2003, there were, throughout the world, several tributes to Bix – concerts, radio broadcasts, birthday celebrations. On Sunday, March 9, 2003 –  the eve of Beiderbecke’s 100th birthday – at 9:00 pm, WFIU, the radio station […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Sylvester Ahola

Audio Tapes -An Interview of Sylvester Ahola Brian Rust, the legendary British discographer, writer, and collector, interviewed Sylvester Ahola in his radio program of May 24, 1981, over Capitol Radio, London, UK. Part 1 Part 2 I am grateful to Nick Dellow for kindly sending me a copy of the interview and for his permission […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Irving Brodsky

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Irving Brodsky Phil Schaap interviewed Irving Brodsky in the 24-hour Bix birthday broadcast over WKCR on March 10, 1992. Irving Brodsky, long-time pianist with the California Ramblers,  recorded several sides with Bix in 1930: Rocking Chair, Barnacle Bill the Sailor, Deep Down South, I Don’t Mind Walking in the […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Bill Rank and Gene Prendergast

An Interview of Bill Rank and Gene Prendergast The first Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Festival took place in 1972. Several of the musicians who had played with Bix were guests of honor at this event. Two of them, Bill Rank and Gene Prendergast, were interviewed by an unknown person. The original tape with the interview was […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Norman Payne

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Norman Payne Norman Payne was a British trumpet player who was strongly influenced, in his early career, by Bix Beiderbecke. Born in 1910, he started playing professionally in 1926. In 1928, he was a member of Fred Elizalde’s band at the Savoy Hotel. There, he met the bass saxophone […]

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Jimmy McPartland

Audio Tapes – An Interview of Jimmy McPartland Richard “Dixie Dick” Kammeier had a traditional jazz program -Dixieland Brunch- on Tampa’s community radio station, WMNF. On February 3, 1982, Dick interviewed Jimmy McPartland. A few months ago, Dick sent my a tape of the program. I uploaded two excerpts from the program. 1. Jimmy tells […]

Audio Tapes – Peter Lesley’s Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke

Audio Tapes – Peter Lesley’s Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke Terry, a Bixophile living in New Zealand, sent me a tape of a 1961 BBC program entitled “Peter Lesley’s Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke”. The Bix segment was broadcast as part of the “Jazz Records Request” program, with Steve Race as the presenter. Terry tells me that […]

Audio Tapes – Interviews of People Who Knew Bix

Audio Tapes – Interviews of People Who Knew Bix The Michigan State University Voice Library possesses a number of sound tape reels of interviews of individuals who knew Bix Beiderbecke personally. In the interviews, the various individuals talk about their personal knowledge of Bix and relate their experiences and/ or some anecdote of interest. The […]