The July 1956 issue of “Saga” carried this article by Stephen Longstreet about Bix Beiderbecke. This is virtually the same as “Folk Hero,” chapter 13 in Stephen Longstreet’s book “The Real Jazz Old and New”.
Play It For Me, Daddy
Stephen Longstreet
Saga Magazine, March 1956
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