THE BIX CENTENNIAL ALL-STARS

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If one has been subjected to a great deal of contemporary jazz, especially the more challenging sort, it's difficult to remember just how joyous jazz was in the beginning. Even the best players like Louis Armstrong played happy music. The Bix Beiderbecke Centennial All Stars celebrate one such happy stylist, the late, great Bix Beiderbecke. Given the attention Beiderbecke received from Ken Burns' Jazz, it seems ironic that the cornet player considered himself "a failure musically and personally," as the album's liner notes state. Just about everyone, from peers like Hoagy Carmichael to the wonderful musicians that compose the All Stars, however, beg to differ. Celebrating Bix! does just that by creating fresh arrangements for 19 pieces that date back to Beiderbecke's heyday. Most interestingly, perhaps, the cornetist's solos have been scored for a full battery of instruments, giving the contemporary listener a chance to enjoy the breadth of an read more...
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THE BIX CENTENNIAL ALL-STARS Celebrating Bix! (The Bix Centennial All Stars Celebrate His 100th Birthday) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Celebrating Bix! (The Bix Centennial All Stars Celebrate His 100th Birthday)
Classic (1920s) Jazz 2003

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Classic (1920s) Jazz 2023

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