Early jazz legend Leon Bismark [Bix] Beiderbecke was born on March 10, 1903, in Davenport, Iowa, a mid-sized midwestern city. He attended Davenport schools until 1920 and showed an early aptitude for ...

The nonprofit will soon be located on 2nd Street after being in the basement of the Redstone building for five years. The organization hopes that the move will make the museum more visible so that it ...

In 2008, the jazz world lost jazz historian and cornetist Richard Sudhalter. Sudhalter joined Marian McPartland on several occasions over the years to provide historical perspective and play some gems ...

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 ...

The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival returns to the Quad Cities, celebrating one of the most influential jazz musicians in American history. We’re joined by Josh Duffee of the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz ...

The first place Chris Beiderbecke learned of his great-uncle Bix Beiderbecke’s fame was from a World Book Encyclopedia. Beiderbecke, in grade school at the time, looked up his last name while in the ...

The Bix Jazz Society will present the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival from Thursday, July 31-Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Rhythm City Casino Event Center, Davenport. For a full event and band schedule, visit ...

Only a year ago (hard to believe), Ken Burns' "Jazz" TV series followed the evolution of this distinctly American music from the back alleys of New Orleans to far-flung parts of the world. Early in ...

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 ...

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 ...

January 2, 2009 • A cornetist and jazz scholar, Sudhalter remembers overlooked cornetist Bix Beiderbecke with Marian McPartland. Beiderbecke had a short career in the 1920s, but he influenced a wide ...