Archive for Bix Beiderbecke
Music for Independence Day – “Thinking About Bix”
Since we are only 5 days away from the 4th of July holiday here in the U.S., we wanted to get you in the festive mood by doing a “Music for Independence Day” blog series! First up in the series is Dick Hyman’s recording “Thinking About Bix.” Having this recording as an Independence Day recording might strike you as odd, but we have good reasons for including it in the series! First, Jazz is very…
“Thinking About Bix”
We had a good response yesterday when we posted the Dick Hyman video, so today we thought we would direct you to some good information about Bix and the “Thinking About Bix” album. From our friends at Audiophile Audition: Dick Hyman, piano solo – Thinking About Bix – Reference Recordings RR-116 (HDCD), 66:26 ***** – John Henry: Bix Beiderbecke of Davenport, Iowa was the first white jazz musician of note. He had minimal instruction on…