Bix Beiderbecke

The spiritual hysteria that Reich inspired in the America of the 1940s and early '50s is as hard to explain now as the madness that 1920s crowds felt hearing Bix Beiderbecke play the cornet, especially when you consider that most Reichians were supposed to be educated skeptics and cultural critics.

Thinking Inside the Box Henry Allen 2011

The spiritual hysteria that Reich inspired in the America of the 1940s and early '50s is as hard to explain now as the madness that 1920s crowds felt hearing Bix Beiderbecke play the cornet, especially when you consider that most Reichians were supposed to be educated skeptics and cultural critics.

Thinking Inside the Box Henry Allen 2011

Sneaking into jazz venues at a young age sounds a lot like Bix Beiderbecke, the innovative white musician of the '20s who would skip school to play with black musicians after hours in Chicago clubs.

Jazz Was His Earliest Muse Michael Judge 2011

I also liked John Gromada's period-flavored incidental music, though the program really should have given credit to Bix Beiderbecke, whose little-known "In the Dark" Mr. Gromada has used to nicely wistful effect.

Fraud in the Family Terry Teachout 2011

Sudhalter was a true renaissance man - foreign correspondent, critic, biographer and master of cornet in the Bix Beiderbecke tradition.

Dick Sudhalter: Legacy 1967-2001 2010

No LP, CD, or MP3 can recapture the magic of Duke Ellington ( "Rocky Mountain Blues"), Clarence Williams ( "Shout, Sister, Shout"), Bix Beiderbecke ( "Humpty Dumpty"), or the Casa Loma Orchestra ( "Jazz Me Blues") on authentic shellac.

Sharing Music the Old-Fashioned Way 2009

It was only at after-hours sessions that they jammed together, as Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke did in Chicago in the 1920s.

How Jazz Helped Hasten the Civil-Rights Movement 2009

If you grew up with those influences to be playing Bix Beiderbecke solos is a bit perverse to me.

Christian Scott Ushers In New Era Of Jazz 2009

It's the story of Bix Beiderbecke - and Harry James was the trumpet player who played on the soundtrack.

A South African Great, Playing 'To Get Well' 2009

Marian McPartland plays “In a Mist” composed by Bix Beiderbecke in 1927.

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