The Fall 1974 issue (volume XXIV) of the magazine “Second Line” carries a review by Gilbert M. Erskine of two books about Bix: “Bix. Man and Legend” by Richard M. Sudhalter and Philip R. Evans with Discography by William Dean-Myatt, and “Remembering Bix” by Ralph Berton.
Here are scans of the review.
I am grateful to Gilbert Erskine for sending me a copy of the article and for his permission to reprint it here.
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