Bix Beiderbecke

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Bix Beiderbecke was an influential early jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer whose lyrical, innovative style made him one of the most celebrated musicians of the 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
cornetist
human
jazz musician
activeYearsEnd 1931
activeYearsStart 1920
associatedAct Frankie Trumbauer NERFINISHED
Jean Goldkette Orchestra NERFINISHED
Paul Whiteman Orchestra NERFINISHED
The Wolverines NERFINISHED
birthDate 1903-03-10
birthPlace Davenport, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED
burialPlace Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1931-08-06
deathPlace Queens, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED
fullName Leon Bismark Beiderbecke NERFINISHED
genre Dixieland
early jazz
jazz
givenName Leon NERFINISHED
influenced Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
Hoagy Carmichael NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
instrument cornet
piano
movement Chicago jazz
Roaring Twenties jazz
nickname Bix NERFINISHED
notableFeature self-taught musician
notableRecording At the Jazz Band Ball NERFINISHED
Clarinet Marmalade NERFINISHED
Riverboat Shuffle NERFINISHED
notableWork In a Mist NERFINISHED
I’m Coming, Virginia NERFINISHED
Singin’ the Blues NERFINISHED
occupation bandleader
composer
musician
recordLabel Okeh Records NERFINISHED
Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Davenport, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED
New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
styleCharacteristic innovative harmonic approach
lyrical cornet tone
use of unusual chord progressions

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