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Bix Beiderbecke

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Bix Beiderbecke

Original Name
Leon Bismarck
Birth
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Death
6 Aug 1931 (aged 28)
Sunnyside, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Plot
Section 17, Lot 60
Memorial ID
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Jazz Musician. With the bands of Frankie Trumbauer, Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, he created new cornet sounds. He also wrote a few piano pieces. A 1950 film called "Young Man with a Horn" was loosely based on Bix. It starred Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, and Hoagy Carmichael. The trumpet work was dubbed by Harry James. A memorial stands for him in Le Claire Park in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
Jazz Musician. With the bands of Frankie Trumbauer, Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, he created new cornet sounds. He also wrote a few piano pieces. A 1950 film called "Young Man with a Horn" was loosely based on Bix. It starred Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, and Hoagy Carmichael. The trumpet work was dubbed by Harry James. A memorial stands for him in Le Claire Park in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Apr 25, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73/bix-beiderbecke: accessed ), memorial page for Bix Beiderbecke (10 Mar 1903–6 Aug 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73, citing Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.