Wednesday, 3/10/10

by musicclipoftheday

God the poet, the master of metaphor, wanting to comment on what a big, open, unruly country this is, put the birthdays of Ornette Coleman, born in 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas, and Bix Beiderbecke, born in 1903 in Davenport, Iowa, back to back.

Bix Beiderbecke, cornet, with Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra, 1927

“I’m Coming, Virginia”

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“Singin’ the Blues”

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“Riverboat Shuffle”

lagniappe

Speaking of Bix’s playing, Louis Armstrong said:

Those pretty notes went right through me.

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Radio Bix: all Bix, all the time

As they did with Ornette’s birthday yesterday, WKCR-FM is celebrating Bix’s birthday by playing his music all day.