And yet, Armstrong has all but eclipsed Beiderbecke in the popular imagination: New Orleans is known as the "birthplace of jazz," giving us Jelly Roll Morton, Willie Humphrey, Harry Connick Jr. and ...

Alyn Shipton explores the music of cornettist Bix Beiderbecke, covering key recordings including Singing the Blues and I'm Coming Virginia as well as later big band work. Show more Despite a recording ...

Eighty years ago tomorrow evening, cornetist Bix Beiderbecke flew into a fit of insanity at his home in Queens, N.Y., and promptly died. He was 28 years old. Beiderbecke was a long-time abuser of ...

A book about widely honored jazz player Bix Beiderbecke has been making waves in his hometown of Davenport. “Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend,” written by Davenport-native Brendan ...

Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, who considered himself a failure and died (primarily from alcohol abuse) in 1931 at age twenty-eight, would no doubt have been astonished to learn that a group of world- ...

DAVENPORT, Ia. – Kelly Lao said despite many books and articles written about Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke, the famed Davenport jazz legend remains somewhat of a mystery to many. But visitors can learn more ...

“An Evening with Thomas Meinecke” will be Saturday, April 18, at the German-American Center & Museum, downtown Davenport. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the program at 5:30 p.m. The event is free, but a ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Quad Cities’ longest-running music festival kicks off Aug 4. The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival begins Aug 4 and goes until Aug 6. The festival honors Davenport native Leon ...

For me, one of the principal charms of New York City is that it is home to some of the greatest jazz figures in history, who are commemorated with plaques, signs or street names in neighbourhoods ...

Neither Bix Beiderbecke nor Geoff Muldaur has commanded much attention lately from anyone save their devotees, but the two have come together in the form of one of the most surprising and delightful ...