biography
| name: |
Beiderbecke, (Leon) Bix
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pronunciation:
[biyderbek]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–31)
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| biography:
| Cornettist and composer, born in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was largely self-taught on piano and cornet, playing in local bands as a teenager. When expelled from a military academy, he began the short career that made him one of the most celebrated jazz performers of the 1920s. His bell-like tone and lyrical solo improvisations were heard to best effect in various small groups. His later career ravaged by alcoholism, he succumbed to pneumonia at the age of 28. |
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