Thursday, September 17, 2009

Bix mix

Like Louis Armstrong, who considered him a peer, Bix Beiderbecke produced a light with his horn that just brightens up the day. Good case in point, Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down on Mosaic's The Complete Okeh and Brunswick Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden (and, man, is that ever a lineup) Sessions (1924-36).

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