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 ...

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 ...

Bix Scott Chantler 254 Pages ISBN: #9781501190780 (13) Gallery 13 2020 Leon Bismark “Bix" Beiderbecke's brief life has all of the hallmarks of a romantic legend. Wrote and recorded some of the ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Society will celebrate the life and music of legendary musician Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke at the 45th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, ...

Bob Lance of Moline parked his boat Saturday afternoon next to Davenport’s LeClaire Park, took out his fishing rod and cast his line into the water. “I don’t know if I’ll catch anything,” Lance said ...

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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Society will celebrate the life and music of legendary musician Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke at the 42nd annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, ...

The hometown of jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke will celebrate the musician with some new acts this year, bringing traditional jazz and more to Davenport. The 51st-annual Bix Jazz Festival will jazz up ...

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 ...

As in many of the most sophisticated fiction films, the prime action in the 1981 documentary “Bix: Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet” takes place in the interstices and beneath the surfaces. Bix ...

On public radio this week, Riverwalk Jazz explores cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's gift for music and his place in jazz history. One of the first major soloists to emerge in jazz, Beiderbecke is ...