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Bix Beiderbecke: RSSC-Authored Sources

Links to our available resources on Bix Beiderbecke and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.

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Biographical Sketch

Bix Beiderbecke

RSSC Blog Entries

Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival Posters
Posted on August 4, 2016 by SCblogger
Bix in Context: Jazz Music on the Mississippi
Posted on August 3, 2018 by SCblogger
Bix Lives Here
The first Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.
Dancing in the Yuletide Glow
Davenport Visiting Nurse Association’s Crystal Ball at Blackhawk Hotel’s elegant and popular Gold Room.
A Double-Bix Weekend!
The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival and Bix 7 Run.
Exhibit: The 1920s
Posted on January 4, 2020 by SCblogger
For Bix — Happy Birthday
Davenport Blues - Bix Beiderbecke & His Rhythm Jugglers
A Genealogical Mystery: The Beiderbecke Family
Posted on September 25, 2014 by SCblogger
Great Iowa Traditions: Bix 7 Race and RAGBRAI
Two great Iowa traditions, one local and one statewide, met in Davenport on Saturday, July 25th, 2015
Happy 106th Birthday, Bix!
‘Singing the Blues” by Trumbauer’s Orchestra
History and Legacy of the Bix 7 Road Race
Posted on July 20, 2018 by SCblogger
The Importance of Primary Resources
The only known newspaper interview with Bix Beiderbecke was published in the Davenport Democrat on February 10, 1929.
Jazz Appreciation Month: Freegal Music Service
Posted on April 29, 2017 by SCblogger
Many Scores to Settle
In Special Collections, we have several catalogued scores, most of which have local connections, from Davenport by Alfred E. Petrow (1915) to piano arrangements for some of Bix Beiderbecke’s pieces.
A Place to Tap Your Feet – The Col Ballroom
History of The Coliseum, music venue.
Pop Quiz! Can you name these Davenporters?
This young man could play the piano by ear at six years old. He went on to play another instrument, but never did learn to read music.

Last Updated: Apr 15, 2020 10:33 AM
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Subjects: Bix Beiderbecke, Davenport history

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