Mezz Mezzrow
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Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladni
Mezzrow, c. November 1946
Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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
Mezz Mezzrow
…scene of the 1920s and ran in the circles of musicians that included King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Jimmy Noone, Al Jolson, Baby Dodds, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Bellson and many others. [He] was an advocate for the pure New Orleans jazz style." Along with other white musicians of his era, such as Eddie…
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