In 2008, the jazz world lost jazz historian and cornetist Richard Sudhalter. Sudhalter joined Marian McPartland on several occasions over the years to provide historical perspective and play some gems ...

A piano is not a cornet. That should be obvious, yet both the name of the label, Reference Recordings and statements like this one by pianist Dick Hyman in the notes—"As with all of these replicas, ...

It was 75 years ago this summer that Bix Beiderbecke, the bright-burning cornetist who created some of the greatest jazz records of the 1920s, blew his last chimelike notes and passed into legend at ...

Beiderbecke played the piano during visits home from his appearances with the Paul Whiteman orchestra in Chicago and in clubs in New York City. " In a Mist' was one of the first four piano ...

Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, who considered himself a failure and died (primarily from alcohol abuse) in 1931 at age twenty-eight, would no doubt have been astonished to learn that a group of world- ...

The only piano that jazz great Bix Beiderbecke ever purchased for himself has recently been discovered, and will be featured at this year's jazz festival and an upcoming "boutique museum" in honor of ...

I own lots of music. Long-playing records, compact discs, and MP3 files burst from closets and hard drives in my house — they stack up on desks and dressers and must-listen-to lists. It’s a joy, and ...

The composer and cornet player Bix Beiderbecke changed music forever in a very short life. A restored documentary from the ’80s goes into the details. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Alyn Shipton explores the music of cornettist Bix Beiderbecke, covering key recordings including Singing the Blues and I'm Coming Virginia as well as later big band work. Show more Despite a recording ...

January 2, 2009 • A cornetist and jazz scholar, Sudhalter remembers overlooked cornetist Bix Beiderbecke with Marian McPartland. Beiderbecke had a short career in the 1920s, but he influenced a wide ...