The Bix Beiderbecke
Jazz Festival July 2006
The audience at LeClaire Park



Caravan of old cars on its way to the Bix Memorial Concert at the Beiderbecke Cemetry Plot



Randy Sandke's band playing at the Beiderbecke Plot in Oakdale Cemetery
From left to right: front, George Avakian, Don Barrett, Raandy Sandke, Ken Pleplowski; back, Marty Grosz



Randy Sandke Band in front of Bix's stone: left to right, Scott Robinson, Rob Garcia, Dan Barrett, Randy Sandke, Marty Grosz; kneeling, Ken Peplowski



Marty Grosz, maybe singing "Mississppi Mud" in Englsih and German



The New Wolverine Orchestra at the Putnam Museum. The cornet is Bix's Bach # 620. The piano is the Beiderbecke family piano in the late 1920s



The legendary Bucky Pizzarelli



The Statesmen of Jazz, left to right Dick Hyman, Kenny Davern, Bucky Pizzarelli, Joel Forbes, Tom Pletcher, Eddie Locke,  Jon-Erik Kelso,  George Masso. The tw heads at the botttom are those of Rob Rothberg (left) and Albert Haim (right).



Spats Langham and His Rhythm Boys. Left to right, Norman Field,  Spats Langham, Nick Ward, Mike Durham, Frans Sjostrom. Pianist Nick Gill is not seen.




A portion of Josh Duffee's band. The young man in tuxedo looking toward the back at four trombonists and smiling is Frank van Nus. The two people sitting on the left and looking at the trombone players are Dr. and Mrs. Bill Rank, Jr. Bill Jr. is the son of trombonist Bill Rank.



Press Conference, July 27, 2006, Clarion Hotel. From left to right, Bruce  Boyd Raeburn, Michael Cogswell, Dan Morgenstern, Randy Sandke, Deborah Gillaspie, Ducan Schiedt, Richard Sudhalter, George Avakian.



Richard Sudhalter signing "Man and Legend", "Lost Chords" and "Stardust Melody" for Danish Bixophile Flemming Thorbye.



All above images kindly sent to me by Flemming. Thanks, Flemming!

The following image was taken by Albert Haim.

The plaque in Bix's house.