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31: 131:. He made his greatest recordings in 1927 (see above). In 1928, Trumbauer and Beiderbecke left Detroit to join the best-known and most prestigious dance orchestra in the country: the New-York-based 72:, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927), in particular, demonstrated an unusual purity of 119:
for an extended gig at the Arcadia Ballroom in St. Louis. Beiderbecke and Trumbauer joined Goldkette in 1926. The band toured widely and famously played a set opposite
88:. "In a Mist" (1927), one of a handful of his piano compositions and one of only two he recorded, mixed classical (Impressionist) influences with jazz 103:, leading him to adopt a non-standard fingering some critics have connected to his original sound. He first recorded with Midwestern jazz ensembles, 21: 104: 100: 152: 120: 77: 124: 116: 108: 136: 96: 65: 38: 30: 112: 69: 146: 132: 89: 17: 58: 85: 80:. With these two recordings, especially, he helped to invent the jazz 81: 73: 54: 51: 111:
in 1924, after which he played briefly for the Detroit-based
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style and hinted at what, in the 1950s, would become
99:, Beiderbecke taught himself to play cornet largely 50:(March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American 8: 7: 28: 1: 169: 115:Orchestra before joining 117:Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer 34: 33: 127:in New York City in 121:Fletcher Henderson 35: 22:Selected biography 138:(Full article...) 125:Roseland Ballroom 109:The Bucktown Five 160: 130: 61:, and composer. 168: 167: 163: 162: 161: 159: 158: 157: 143: 142: 128: 97:Davenport, Iowa 76:and a gift for 66:Louis Armstrong 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 166: 164: 156: 155: 145: 144: 113:Jean Goldkette 105:The Wolverines 70:Muggsy Spanier 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 165: 154: 151: 150: 148: 141: 140: 139: 134: 133:Paul Whiteman 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 78:improvisation 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 56: 53: 49: 48: 46: 42: 32: 23: 19: 137: 129:October 1926 95:A native of 94: 63: 59:jazz pianist 44: 40: 39:Leon Bismark 37: 36: 153:Jazz portal 135:Orchestra. 90:syncopation 47:Beiderbecke 18:Portal:Jazz 86:cool jazz 55:cornetist 147:Category 20:‎ | 123:at the 101:by ear 82:ballad 64:With 16:< 107:and 74:tone 68:and 52:jazz 43:Bix 149:: 92:. 57:, 45:" 41:"

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Portal:Jazz
Selected biography

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke
jazz
cornetist
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Louis Armstrong
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tone
improvisation
ballad
cool jazz
syncopation
Davenport, Iowa
by ear
The Wolverines
The Bucktown Five
Jean Goldkette
Frankie "Tram" Trumbauer
Fletcher Henderson
Roseland Ballroom
Paul Whiteman
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