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dstdenis Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 May 2013 Posts: 2123 Location: Atlanta GA
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Can someone elaborate on what made Bix great? |
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Robert P wrote: | Is Bix revered as a "great" player mostly because he happened to get a lot of press at the time? |
Bix got a lot of press at the time because he was a great player, with a great sound.
Louis Armstrong said this about Bix: "All of a sudden Bix stood up and took a solo and those pretty notes went right through me. You take a man with a pure tone like Bix and no matter how loud the other fellas in the band may be blowing, that pure tone will cut through it all." _________________ Bb Yamaha Xeno 8335IIS
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solo soprano Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 856 Location: Point O' Woods / Old Lyme, Connecticut
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 1:21 am Post subject: |
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"Bix Beiderbecke, he was the poet. He instead of having that really dramatic way of phrasing (Louis Armstrong) he had a really soft, sweet way of phrasing things. Instead of that sharp eighth/quarter note attack, he had sort of a rolling eighth note. And he had a lovely sort of sweet approach to the harmony like he was telling you a story. A big fat sound."
Warren Vache Jr. _________________ Bill Knevitt, who taught me the seven basic physical elements and the ten principles of physical trumpet playing and how to develop them.
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