Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician (1903-1931) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 28
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer.
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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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Eddie Lang Bandmate in Victor Recording Orchestra
Frankie Trumbauer Bandmate in Victor Recording Orchestra
Joe Venuti Bandmate in Victor Recording Orchestra
Steve Brown Bandmate in Victor Recording Orchestra
Frank Sinatra Duets: Thou Swell (1927)
Bing Crosby Duets: Thou Swell (1927)
Fats Waller Duets: Thou Swell (1927)
Gustavo Santaolalla Influenced by Bix
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Media & music
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![Beiderbecke, age 8, poses with a neighbor, Nora Lasher, in 1911.[13][14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Young_Bix_Beiderbecke.jpg)
Beiderbecke, age 8, poses with a neighbor, Nora Lasher, in 1911.[13][14]
Beiderbecke's childhood home at 1934 Grand Avenue in Davenport, Iowa, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was purchased and renovated by Italian director Pupi Avati for portions of his biopic Bix: An Interpretation of a Legend during the summer of 1990. Photo taken in 2008.
The Wolverines with Beiderbecke at Doyle's Academy of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1924
Plaque in Sunnyside, N.Y., where the jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke died.
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial in LeClaire Park, Davenport, IowaAbout this person
Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”.
Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1931 · aged 28
