Beiderbecke

American  

[bahy-der-bek] / ˈbaɪ dərˌbɛk /

noun

1. Leon Bismarck Bix, 1903–31, U.S. jazz cornetist and composer.

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Beiderbecke British  

/ ˈbaɪdəˌbɛk /

noun

1. Leon Bismarcke , known as Bix . 1903–31, US jazz cornettist, composer, and pianist

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Example Sentences

Carmichael wanted to quickly capture the tune that was famously inspired by a girl, the improvisational prowess of his cornetist friend Bix Beiderbecke or maybe both.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2020

Here’s Nora, Tom-Tom’s girlfriend, a bohemian artist played by Ann Schuyler, twenty-five, entering a middle-class living room: “Beethoven on the bed, Beiderbecke in the bathroom, Brubeck on the bread box. Let me out!”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2016

Starting out on classical piano at age 6, Wagner grew up hearing jazz records by pianist Art Tatum and cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, thanks to his father, who led a dance band in Omaha, Neb.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2016

His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were guitarists, and his trumpet-playing and bandleading uncle Phil became an early influence on jazz musicians such as Bix Beiderbecke and Red Nichols.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2015

Its 30th anniversary edition begins on Tuesday with a tribute to Hoagy Carmichael by way of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke, whose trumpet legacies will be handled by a worthy inheritor, Jon-Erik Kellso.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2014