Common Chord and the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Society are joining forces to reach more people in the Quad Cities and beyond. Common Chord and the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Society (Common Chord) The two ...
Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa, on March 10, 1903. He was the youngest of three children. He played piano as a young child but discovered the cornet, an instrument similar to the ...
The annual Bix Beiderbecke Concert will return to Sunnyside this Sunday, honoring the famed jazz musician and influential cornet player who lived out his final days in the neighborhood. The ...
The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival returns to the Quad Cities, celebrating one of the most influential jazz musicians in American history. We’re joined by Josh Duffee of the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz ...
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Bix Beiderbecke Museum prepares for Grand Opening
As the long-awaited Bix Beiderbecke Museum prepares to reopen in a brand-new location, excitement is building across the Quad Cities. With a soft opening planned for mid-August and a grand opening in ...
The 54th Bix Jazz Festival kicks off Thursday, July 31. Run by the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society, the festival features ticketed events, free shows, a river cruise, and more than 20 jazz sets by ...
Bix Beiderbecke was a famous jazz musician born in Davenport, Iowa, who passed away on August 6, 1931, in Queens, New York, at the age of 28. His death was officially linked to lobar pneumonia, but ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Museum officials say after two years of work the Bix Beiderbecke Museum is close to re-opening in its new space. According to a Facebook post, a free preview of the museum ...
During Prohibition, the U.S. government added toxins to industrial alcohol, knowing it could kill. The result? A chemical war that targeted the poor and reshaped public trust. Two young men share a ...
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YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN—Dorothy Baker—Houghton Mifflin ($2.50). This first novel was inspired by the music but not by the life of Leon (Bix) Beiderbecke, a Davenport, Ia. boy who played the trumpet in ...
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