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All Songs Considered

Bix Beiderbecke, Susana Baca, Nick Drake

July 1, 2000 • In the fourth edition of NPR's All Songs Considered, we cook with Ginger Baker, wail with Bix Beiderbecke and more.

Bix Beiderbecke, Susana Baca, Nick Drake

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Richard Sudhalter On Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke

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 spectrum of artists, from Hoagy Carmichael to Miles Davis. McPartland plays Beiderbecke's most famous piano composition, "In a Mist," before getting together with Sudhalter on "Davenport Blues."

Richard Sudhalter On Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke

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Music Reviews

Music Review: 'Private Astronomy' from Geoff Muldaur

September 23, 2003 • David Greenberger has a review of Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Beiderbecke, the latest CD from musician Geoff Muldaur and the band Futuristic Ensemble. They explore the music of Bix Beiderbecke, the legendary cornet player from the 1920s.

Music Review: 'Private Astronomy' from Geoff Muldaur

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Music Interviews

Bix Beiderbecke Tribute

March 10, 2003 • Tom Vitale has this tribute to one of the greats of jazz trumpet — Bix Beiderbecke, an Iowa boy who in the 1920's created a sound so unique and is still heard in the clubs of New York.

Bix Beiderbecke Tribute

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Basic Jazz Record Library

Bix Beiderbecke: 'Singin' the Blues, Vol. I' & 'At the Jazz Band Ball, Vol. 2'

August 1, 2001 • Bix Beiderbecke's virtuosity and originality with the cornet won admiration from Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats in the 1920s. He played with Paul Whiteman's orchestra in New York before dying tragically at age 28. This definitive compilation (reissued in 1990) has most of Beiderbecke's best work, including his piano classic "In a Mist."

Bix Beiderbecke: 'Singin' the Blues, Vol. I' & 'At the Jazz Band Ball, Vol. 2'

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Five Jazz Sides For The Age Of Prohibition

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Five Jazz Sides For The Age Of Prohibition

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September 27, 2011 • The banning of alcohol and the subsequent rise of speakeasies played a role in jazz's evolution.

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