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 of these have the name Bix in the title. The Bix Beiderbecke Legacy B & W Music BWCD-3, Australia. Recorded by The New Wolverine Orchestra in 1996 and 1997 in the North Sydney […]

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 genius. The most important activity of the Society, The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, takes place every year during the last weekend of the month of July. The festivals began […]

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 as I Bix, You Bix, He Bix, of course, a tongue-in-cheek conjugation of the word  Bix as a verb, but perhaps more deeply, a subtle way of identifying I, You, […]

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 […]

Obituaries – Spiegle Willcox: An Appreciation

Obituaries – Spiegle Willcox: An Appreciation     Albert Haim: In Memory of Spiegle Willcox                                 Spiegle Willcox passed away on Thursday, August 26, 1999, at his home in Cincinnatus, New York. He was buried at Cortland Rural Cemetery on […]

Obituaries – Philip R. Evans: An Appreciation

Obituaries – Philip R. Evans: An Appreciation     Albert Haim: In Memory of Philip R. Evans I am sad to announce that Philip R. Evans passed away on July 23, 1999, at 10 p.m., at his home in Bakersfield, California. His wife Linda was at his side when Phil suffered a massive heart attack. […]

Obituaries

Obituaries Philip R. Evans: An Appreciation Spiegle Willcox: An Appreciation

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