Geoff Muldaur is a restless troubadour Sep 22, 2009
Geoff Muldaur, who s inexplicably unsung outside a vast circle of admiring musicians such as Bonnie Raitt and Richard Thompson, has never stood still for too long. From his 1960s Cambridge days in the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, through his folk-blues records alone and with then-wife Maria Muldaur, and up to his recent reimagining of jazzman Bix Beiderbecke s music, Muldaur has never been easy to pin down. Nor would he want to be. (Boston Globe)
Memorial Hospital employees run in the Bix 7 Aug 27, 2009
The Bix 7 is held annually on the same weekend as the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival with approximately 15,000 to 20,000 runners, making it one of the largest non-marathon running races in the country. More information about the Bix 7 is available at. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Muscatine runners answer call of the Bix Jul 25, 2009
It is held during the weekend of Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, named after the late musician, Davenport -born Leon Bix Beiderbecke. Each year, the event draws an average of 15,000-20,000 participants. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Middle-schoolers free their metal mindset with a little jazz Jul 11, 2009
Those sources, MacDonald says, include trumpeter Louis Armstrong, pianist Jelly Roll Morton, trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke, trombonist Edward Kid Ory, clarinetist/saxophonist Sidney Bechet and bandleader and trumpeter King Oliver. Public Display of Rock doesn t plan on becoming Public Display of Dixieland. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Show your true colors on July 4 Jul 4, 2009
Chief Musician Joel Flunker will play a collection of songs in A Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke and musicians 1st Class Christopher Howard and Kelly Hurrell play Concertpiece No. 1 for two clarinets by Felix Mendelssohn. Other highlights of the afternoon include Jean Sibelius s lush Finlandia and an arrangement of Richard Strauss s best-known waltzes from the comic opera Der Rosenkavalier. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Obituary: Francis Eaton Feb 20, 2009
Mr. Eaton established friendships with several bandleaders including Artie Shaw, Chic Webb and Bix Beiderbecke. He had an opportunity to introduce a young Ella Fitzgerald to Boston society. (Needham Tab, MA)
Love is a many splendored thing: Local orchestra will blend jazz, orchestra, dance and Ol Blue Eyes in the name of love (19) Feb 15, 2009
Pianist Earle Johnson of the Josh Duffee Orchestra, another featured act of the evening, will play original piano compositions by Davenport jazz pioneer Bix Beiderbecke and other 1920 s jazz music. After dinner, the audience can move into the Central Middle School auditorium, also known as Muscatine s Center for the Performing Arts, for the concert. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
