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In less than an hour, Naxos tries to summarize the career of the nearly mythic trumpeter, drawing from the usual OKeh sources with a couple of early Gennetts thrown in to fill in the beginning of the story. After starting with the Wolverines' "Riverboat Shuffle" and Bix and His Rhythm Jugglers' "Davenport Blues," the CD weaves its way through some of the Frankie Trumbauer sides and the Bix and His Gang sessions, touching obvious high points ("Singin' the Blues," "For No Reason at All in C"), while leaving out a few (where's "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"?). The extensive series of recordings that Beiderbecke made with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra is not touched; the emphasis here is strictly on the hot combo sessions. There is one most welcome detour; Beiderbecke's astoundingly beautiful, Debussy-like piano solo composition "In a Mist." Naxos' transfers are listenable and undistorted, yet still sound compressed in comparison with Sunbeam's open, ungimmicked transfers in its Bix Restored series and the actual 78 RPM pressings. However, they are preferable to Columbia's garishly brighter reissues. Collectors probably have all of this often-reissued stuff anyway, so this disc is aimed at those who want a compact introduction to this fascinating musician -- and as such, at Naxos' low price, it's a good bet.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Bix Beiderbecke - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Wolverines, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Rhythm Jugglers, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Con Conrad, Composer - J. Russell Robinson, Composer - Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Orchestra
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Bix Beiderbecke, Composer - Frankie Trumbauer, Composer - Tram, Bix and Eddie, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Frankie Trumbauer, Composer - Chauncey Morehouse, Composer - Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Orchestra
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Bix Beiderbecke - Frankie Trumbauer, Composer - Chauncey Morehouse, Composer - Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Orchestra
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Bix Beiderbecke, Composer
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Bix Beiderbecke - Clarence Williams, Composer - Spencer Williams, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke New Orleans Lucky Seven, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Fletcher Henderson, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke New Orleans Lucky Seven, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Fats Waller, Composer - Frankie Trumbauer, Composer - Tram, Bix and Lang, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Howard Quicksell, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Howard Quicksell, Composer - Ray Ludwig, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Jimmy C. Johnson, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Louis Achille Hirsch, Composer - Charles Gaylord, Vocals - Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Orchestra
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Bix Beiderbecke - Jerome Kern, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Ensemble
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Bix Beiderbecke - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Frankie Trumbauer, Vocals - Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra, Orchestra
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Bix Beiderbecke - Leo Wood, Composer - Bix Beiderbecke Gang, Ensemble
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Album review
In less than an hour, Naxos tries to summarize the career of the nearly mythic trumpeter, drawing from the usual OKeh sources with a couple of early Gennetts thrown in to fill in the beginning of the story. After starting with the Wolverines' "Riverboat Shuffle" and Bix and His Rhythm Jugglers' "Davenport Blues," the CD weaves its way through some of the Frankie Trumbauer sides and the Bix and His Gang sessions, touching obvious high points ("Singin' the Blues," "For No Reason at All in C"), while leaving out a few (where's "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"?). The extensive series of recordings that Beiderbecke made with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra is not touched; the emphasis here is strictly on the hot combo sessions. There is one most welcome detour; Beiderbecke's astoundingly beautiful, Debussy-like piano solo composition "In a Mist." Naxos' transfers are listenable and undistorted, yet still sound compressed in comparison with Sunbeam's open, ungimmicked transfers in its Bix Restored series and the actual 78 RPM pressings. However, they are preferable to Columbia's garishly brighter reissues. Collectors probably have all of this often-reissued stuff anyway, so this disc is aimed at those who want a compact introduction to this fascinating musician -- and as such, at Naxos' low price, it's a good bet.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Bix Beiderbecke
- Composer: Leo Wood
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Jazz Traditional Jazz & New Orleans
- Collection: Naxos Jazz Legends
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