Customer Reviews

In a Mist

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3 star:		(1)
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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.

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

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!