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Bix Beiderbecke

1903 - 1931

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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke ( BY-dər-bek; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) 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 lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”. His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. Moreover, his use of extended chords and an ability to improvise freely along harmonic as well as melodic lines are echoed in post-WWII developments in jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bix Beiderbecke is the 838th most popular musician (down from 740th in 2019), the 4,554th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,765th in 2019) and the 274th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 838 out of 3,175. Before him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Karol Mikuli, Vanessa-Mae, Gerry Rafferty, Ruggiero Ricci, and Tommy Aldridge. After him are Clarence Clemons, Sally Oldfield, Herman Rarebell, Mick Fleetwood, Shigeru Umebayashi, and Gabry Ponte.

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Among people born in 1903, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 164. Before him are Hans Litten, Issa Pliyev, Candido Portinari, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Vincent Richards, and Rensis Likert. After him are Guillermo Subiabre, Hans Hedtoft, Ivar Johansson, Louis Seigner, Felice Bonetto, and Adolf Kainz. Among people deceased in 1931, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 78. Before him are Rachel Bluwstein, Viktor Dyk, Emil Warburg, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Motilal Nehru, and Osachi Hamaguchi. After him are Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Louis Dollo, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, James Neill, and Alwin Berger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 4,554 out of 20,380. Before him are B. J. Thomas (1942), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Crawford Long (1815), Tommy Aldridge (1950), and Bruno Kirby (1949). After him are Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Harry Hillman (1881), Dick Button (1929), Kelly Johnson (1910), George Crumb (1929), and Clarence Clemons (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 274. Before him are Reginald Arvizu (1969), Jim Croce (1943), Marky Ramone (1952), John Petrucci (1967), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), and Tommy Aldridge (1950). After him are Clarence Clemons (1942), Joey Jordison (1975), GG Allin (1956), Frank Beard (1949), Elmore James (1918), and Herb Alpert (1935).

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