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In 1921, Beiderbecke was sent to Lake Forest
Academy. Except for a brief period in the early 1920s when he returned home to work for his father, Bix lived the rest of his life away from Davenport as a professional musician playing in jazz bands. He would come home to visit from time to time and when
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Bismark Beiderbecke, nicknamed Bix, was born in this house on March 10, 1903, and grew up here. His father, Bismark Herman Beiderbecke, was a son of German immigrants and was the owner of East Davenport Lumber and Coal Company. His mother, Agatha Jane (Hilton) Beiderbecke, was the daughter of a
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Bix was drawn to the sound of the band's trumpet player Nick LaRocca. Beiderbecke had bought a second-hand cornet when he was 15, and he would slow the turntable down and learn the trumpet lines note-by-note. He played his first public
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play for the first time on one of the boats. He would also stow away and play the calliopes on the boats. His older brother
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wraps around from the front to the south side of the house. Above the entrance to the porch is a decorative wooden
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to listen to the jazz music that could be heard playing on the riverboats. Beiderbecke heard
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published an article about his musical accomplishments when he was six years old.
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