Bix Beiderbecke was the first talented white jazz cornet player. He also played the piano, but he had more success playing the cornet with a very personal style. His first recordings were with "The Wolverines" in 1924. After this he played in the Charlie Straight orchestra in 1925, with Jean Goldkette in 1926-27 and in the middle of that year he ...
August 6, 1931, Sunnyside, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Profession
Soundtrack, Music Department
Education
University of Iowa, Lake Forest Academy
Nationality
American
Parents
Bismark Herman, Agatha Jane Beiderbecke
Siblings
Burnie Beiderbecke, Mary Louise Beiderbecke
Awards
Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Albums
Bix and Tram, Great Original Performances 1924-1930
Music Groups
The Wolverines
Movies
Fred The Hairdresser
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
1
His cornet solo in "Singin' the Blues" was the chief inspiration behind Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust."
2
He may have met Louis Armstrong while both were still in their teens, though they only got to play music together in informal settings, never in concert. Bix also performed with such well known jazz personalities as the Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Hoagy Carmichael, Bing Crosby, Red Nichols, Jack Teagarden and more.
3
He is the central figure in the brilliant, 2003 historical novel, "1929" by Frederick Turner. Interestingly enough, much (but certainly not all) of the material in the novel about Bix is based on fact.
4
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979.
5
Bix Beiderbecke's playing of the cornet was said to sound like "bullets hitting a bell".
6
One of the first of the "modern" musicians to self-destruct through alcoholism.
7
Cornettist and pianist.
8
The first white rival to the black pioneers of Jazz.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
performer: "THERE'LL COME A TIME WAIT AND SEE", "OSTRICH WALK"
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
Documentary performer: "Tiger Rag"
South Park
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
performer: "Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down" 1927
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
performer: "Singin' The Blues Till My Daddy Comes Home", "At The Jazz Band Ball"
Bix
1991
writer: "In A Mix Bixology"
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
TV Mini-Series performer: "Cryin' All Day"
Suuri illusioni
1985
performer: "I'm Coming Virginia", "Wringing and Twisting", "Jazz Me Blues"
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
TV Mini-Series performer: "Cryin' All Day"
Cosmos
1980
TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Blackboard Jungle
1955
performer: "The Jazz Me Blues"
Serena
2014/I
"There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears"
Magic in the Moonlight
2014
performer: "Big Boy", "Thou Swell", "Sorry", "At The Jazz Band Ball"
Elementary
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Dust Bowl
2012
TV Mini-Series documentary "Blue River"
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
TV Series 1 episode
The Broken Tower
2011
performer: "The Love Nest", "I'm Coming Virginia"
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Get Low
2009
performer: "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" 1927
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet'
1981
Documentary musician: cornet
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jazz
2001
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
All You Need Is Love
1977
TV Series documentary
Himself
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) as Soundtrack
$1.4 Million
