Until his death at age 28, in 1931, Iowa cornetist Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was the white, classically inspired and equally untrained hot-jazz counterpart to the dynamic Louis Armstrong. With hi…
Until his death at age 28, in 1931, Iowa cornetist Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was the white, classically inspired and equally untrained hot-jazz counterpart to the dynamic Louis Armstrong. With hi…