Today is the birthday of jazz coronetist (and piano player) Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931). A native of Davenport, Iowa, he was a product of private schools who found himself irresistably drawn to the hot new music that was then igniting all across the country. In 1922, he was thrown out of Lake Forest Academy for sneaking [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:22AM on March 10, 2013