Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend
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Bix Beiderbecke was one of the first great legends of jazz. Among the most innovative cornet soloists of the 1920s and the first important white player, he invented the jazz ballad and pointed the way to "cool" jazz. But his recording career lasted just six years; he drank himself to death in 1931--at the age of twenty-eight. It was this meteoric rise and fall, combined with the searing originality of his playing and the mystery of his character--who...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1609385063
ISBN13:9781609385064
Release Date:May 2017
Publisher:University of Iowa Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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