Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice

[ghost of miles]

A couple of weeks ago Albert Haim, who teaches at the State University of New York, and who runs probably the most comprehensive Bix Beiderbecke site on the web, came across an old description of my WFIU Bix program and e-mailed me to ask for a copy of it. He's now uploaded it to his site, if anybody is interested in listening to it. It's a one-hour program of music and includes comments from Richard Sudhalter, American cultural historian Michael McGerr, and trumpeter and IU School of Music faculty member Pat Harbison:

Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice. (and click on the tab or scroll down to the bottom of the page)

Update: now on the Night Lights site as well.

Edited March 10, 2008 by ghost of miles

[pryan]

Thanks. I will check it out soon.

[ghost of miles]

BTW, some interesting picture stills on Albert's site from a recently restored film of the Goldkette band on tour in 1926. I think my favorite is the one of Bix and the person in a monkey suit:

[ghost of miles]

In honor of Bix's 105th birthday, I've posted Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice on the new Night Lights site. (This is a better file than the one at the Bix site, which seems to have a 30-second false start for some reason.)

[alocispepraluger102]

thanks :cool: :cool:

[ghost of miles]

Online tributes also at Ted Gioia's Jazz.com and Marc Myers' JazzWax blog.

[Randy Twizzle]

WKCR is also doing a full day of Beiderbecke's music. Though every time I've tuned in, I've heard Phil Schaap in full lecture mode, which is more than I can handle today.

[AllenLowe]

Al Haim, and I think it's the same guy if he plays alto sax, threw me out of his office at SUNY Binghamton in 1973 -

Edited March 10, 2008 by AllenLowe

[papsrus]

Thanks for posting this. Enjoying it now.