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Satch on Bix, from the former’s obituary in the Chicago Tribune, July 7, 1971:
In 1959 after recovering from a serious illness he reported to Down Beat magazine that “Bix [Beiderbecke] tried to get me up there to play first horn in Gabriel’s band, but I couldn’t make the gig. It hadn’t been cleared with Joe Glaser [his manager], the union or the State Department.”
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The banner image is a detail from Grant Wood’s “Young Corn.” Now owned by the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Community School District, it was painted in 1931: the same year Bix Beiderbecke died and a year after Wood painted “American Gothic.”
"Finally Beiderbecke took out a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'."
Or maybe a Chorus saying 'yes'...
Posted by:Polly-Vous Francais | April 29, 2008 at 01:38 AM
The sweetest sound there is, trust me.
Thanks for stopping by, Polly. Hope to see you soon . . .
Posted by:Brendan Wolfe | April 29, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Moi aussi
xxoo to both of you
Posted by:Polly-Vous Francais | April 29, 2008 at 07:12 PM