Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player.

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March 10 - 1903 - August 6 - 1931 - Jazz - Cornet

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Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa to a strict middle-class family. As a teenager he would sneak off to the banks of the Mississippi to listen to the bands play on the riverboats that would come up from the south.

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Davenport, Iowa - Mississippi

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Beiderbecke's parents thought he was going to ruin his life by going into music and sent him to a boarding school, but he ran away to pursue his music career.

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