This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Maybe you have to be something of a fan of early jazz to know coronetist ...

He could barely read music and had to learn his ensemble parts by ear. Forever late and missing trains, he acquired such a taste for Prohibition-era gin that it proved to be his undoing. He would ...

Alyn Shipton explores the music of cornettist Bix Beiderbecke, covering key recordings including Singing the Blues and I'm Coming Virginia as well as later big band work. Show more Despite a recording ...

Bix is a graphic biography of Bix Beiderbecke, and like the jazz great himself, it doesn’t say much. There’s minimal dialogue, and its expressive, silent art, all oriented horizontally, tells the ...

Bix is back in a biography by David R. Collins, "Bix Beiderbecke: Jazz Age Genius" covers all the stages of the musician's short but remarkable life, from his early days through his rise to fame, his ...

The history of jazz, like the history of most everything else, abounds in oversimplifications. Here's one that just now serves a useful purpose: There were two ways to play jazz trumpet -- or jazz ...