Obituaries – Les Swanson: An Appreciation

Obituaries – Les Swanson: An Appreciation     Beiderbecke bandmate and friend Swanson leaves behind a multi-talented life April 8 – Dispatch and Rock Island Argus The Quad City Newspaper – By Sean Leary, Entertainment editor   The last living area jazz man to have played with legendary cornetist Bix Beiderbecke has been reunited with […]

Obituaries – John Steiner: An Appreciation

Obituaries – John Steiner: An Appreciation Bill Utter informed me that John Steiner died on June 3, 2000, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at age 91. John was a jazz historian, a record collector, the owner of Paramount Records, and, last but not least, a Bixophile. John was a consultant for James Robert Grover’s Thesis  “A Series […]