Talk:Bix Beiderbecke

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Previous version of this entry seemed to make Bix's relationship with Louis Armstrong it's main focus (I suspect influenced by the Ken Burns television show). While Bix admired the hell out of Louis (as did many musicians of the time), this was not the most important fact about his carrer; one of the things that sets Bix apart is that a time when many other trumpeters were styling themselves as best they could as imitators of Armstrong, Oliver, Keppard, or LaRocca, Bix on the other hand created his own unique style.

Also, Tram played C-melody sax, not trombone.

Ortolan88-- Mostly good additions and changes, thanks, except that "I Can't Get Started" was the signature hit for Bunny Berigan, not Bix.

-- Infrogmation

[edit] Wrong photo

I took the liberty of deleting the photo in this article, this since it was not a photo of Bix Beiderbecke at all but one of a schoolmate of his, Eugene Clinton Parker (Bix is present too in the full original photo but not in the excerpt published here).

For a discussion regarding this, see the Bixography discussion group at:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/27140/message/1143416736/Whoever+wrote+the+current+Wikipedia+Bix+entry...

/Fredrik Tersmeden, Sweden (user "FredrikT" in the Swedish Wikipedia)

_____________________________________________________________________ I put up a correct photo of Bix, and gave the appropriate reference/citations, but it was nevertheless removed.

--Gautam3 02:54, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links section

Hi to all. I have moved two non-hyperlinks contained within this section to a new section headed "References", as is the normal Wikipedia convention. Thanks. Refsworldlee^(chew-fat) 15:31, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bix's Parents

If it's true that Bix's parents supported his music I would like to see proof. Every text I've ever read, including textbooks, and the PBS documentary state that his parents did not approve. Can anyone site this claim and let me know where it was found. I would be very interested to know.

67.63.99.53 06:29, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Both the Grove Dictionary of Jazz and Ken Burns's PBS Jazz television series support your version of this (state that Beiderbecke's parents were not supportive--at all), rather than the article's version as it currently stands. I've improved this section's ("Death") prose style and grammar slightly and added "citation-needed" tags. TheScotch (talk) 07:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

This is the relevant passage in Grove (with context): "His [Beiderbecke's] family disapproved of his interest in jazz, and sent him in 1921 to Lake Forest Academy, but the opportunity to play and hear jazz in nearby Chicago caused frequent truancy and eventually his expulsion."