Recordings

Analysis of Some Recordings: Is It Bix Or Not? – Louise

February 9, 2025
Recordings

Louise

Recorded by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra on March 15, 1929.

Sudhalter and Evans do not include this recording in their discography.

Rust specifically puts in parenthesis, following the name of the song, “No Bix”.

The Sunbeam and Masters of Jazz sets do not include this recording.

The recording is included in the Joker Bixology set.

Evans and Evans state that:

Careful listening suggests the presence of Bix in the brass ensemble passages.

This is a hard one to call. As I mentioned in the section about “Bix’s Musical Genius”, the presence of Bix in Paul Whiteman’s big band ensemble work is often inaudible.

Tributes to Bix

There are a number of albums, CD’s, one 78 rpm box set, and songs which represent, in one form or another, homages to Bix. Most

The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society

The Facts The Society, a non-profit organization located in Davenport, Iowa, Bix’s hometown, has the goal of preserving and honoring the memory of Bix’s musical

Information of Related Interest

A Book of Caricatures Yo Bix, tu Bix, el Bix by Hermenegildo Sabat, Editorial Airene, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1972. The title of the book translates

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