In a Mist [Import]

Bix Beiderbecke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 14, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Definitive Spain
• ASIN: B000PFU7XK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trumbology

2. Clarinet Marmalade

3. Singin' the Blues

4. Ostrich Walk

5. Riverboat Shuffle

6. I'm Coming Virginia

7. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

8. For No Reason at All in C

9. Wringin' an' Twistin'

10. Humpty Dumpty

11. Krazy Kat

12. The Baltimore

13. At the Jazz Band Ball

14. Royal Garden Blues

15. Jazz Me Blues

16. Goose Pimples

17. Sorry

18. Cryin' All Day

19. A Good Man Is Hard to Find

20. Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The great Bix Beiderbecke is arguably the only cornet player whose brilliance could be compared in any way to the genius of Louis Armstrong in the 1920s, despite the obvious differences in their styles. Louis’ powerful tone and explorations in the upper register contrasted with Bix’s cool sound and his improvisations in the middle register. The two musicians did share, however, an abundance of creativity and a complete commitment to music. From 1924 on, Bix would record hundreds of wonderful sides backed by some of the finest musicians of his era (all white, of course, for interracial recordings were still rare at the time of Bix’s death), including the likes of Benny Goodman, Pee Wee Russell, Frankie Trumbauer, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang and Eddie Condon. He was also a prominent soloist in the celebrated Paul Whiteman orchestra. His own insecurity, however, led him to alcoholism and in his last years he became an unreliable musician, who at times simply couldn’t play a note. This CD concentrates on the very best of his recorded output, including most of the small group sides he recorded under his own name or in formations fronted by Frankie Trumbauer. These are the recordings that gained him a place in Jazz history as the brilliant Jazz improviser that he was. Definitive. 2007.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff, June 4, 2009

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Rosalinda Psolka "mistyroses" (Little Egg Harbor NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In a Mist (Audio CD)

I feel like I'm in hog heaven when I listen to this. There is something fun, but soothing about this old-time jazz. When you think of it, this music was created often in the worst of times (Depression) but, boy, did it sing! You could tell the musicians were having a blast playing together. It's contagious.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sugar, they could play, August 16, 2008

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cvairag (Allan Hancock College) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In a Mist (Audio CD)

Old, old-time jazz, as good as it gets. The mysterious, brilliant horn player, Bix Beiderbecke, who died in his twenties from over-partying, on this elegant, definitive compilation disk, leads various ensembles through one extraordinary blowing session after another. A treat from the dim recesses of the past, included in Downbeat's top 100 of all time. You might not dig it on the first hearings, but listen awhile . . . you'll get it

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars PIANISTIC QUERY, November 10, 2010

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In a Mist (Audio CD)

It would be interesting to know who is playing "Flashes", In the Dark" and Candlelights", because although Bix composed them, he never wrote them down, nor did he record them. I have not bought this item, but my three stars is based on what looks at best like an honest mistake, but if you're going to compile a Bix CD then you should know what you're doing!