Bix Beiderbecke
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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyri
Beiderbecke c. 1924
The Wolverines with Beiderbecke at Doyle's Academy of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1924
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial in LeClaire Park, Davenport, Iowa
Bix Beiderbecke grave
Chet Baker
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Chesney Henry Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Bix Beiderbecke
…not cloyingly, with no loss of muscle." The tune's laid-back emotions hinted at what would become, in the 1950s, the cool jazz style, personified by Chet Baker and Bill Evans. More than that, though, "Singin' the Blues" has been noted for the way its improvisations feel less improvised than composed, with each…
Baker in 1955
Baker (right) and Stan Getz in 1983. The two collaborated for over 25 years.
Baker in 1983
Plaque at the Hotel Prins Hendrik, in Amsterdam