Bix Beiderbecke

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

Influences

Beiderbecke's early influences were mostly New Orleans jazz cornetists. His first big influence was Nick LaRocca of the Original Dixieland Jass Band; the LaRocca influence is evident in a number of Beiderbecke's recordings (especially the covers of O.D.J.B. songs.) Other influences included Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and clarinetist Leon Roppolo. The influence of older New Orleans players such as Freddie Keppard shows up on Beiderbecke's famous two note interjection on "Goose Pimples."

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New Orleans - Nick LaRocca - Original Dixieland Jass Band - Covers - Joe "King" Oliver - Louis Armstrong - Clarinet - Leon Roppolo - Freddie Keppard

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According to many contemporaries Beiderbecke's single biggest influence was Emmett Hardy, a highly regarded New Orleans cornetist of whom there are no remaining recordings; several fellow musicians said that Hardy's influence is very evident in Beiderbecke's early recordings with The Wolverines.

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Bix was also influenced by music that had hitherto been far removed from jazz, such as the compositions of Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and the American Impressionists, notably Eastwood Lane.

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Claude Debussy - Maurice Ravel - Impressionists - Eastwood Lane

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