Bix Restored, Vol. 1 [Box]

Performer: Bix Beiderbecke
Engineer: Clude McKee; John McNicholson; Charles Wareing; Brian Rust; Mike Kieffer; John R.T. Davies; Tom Pletcher; Alan Roberts...
Producer: Bill Givens...
Distributor: City Hall

Notes: Full title: Bix Restored: The Complete Recordings & Alternates Vol. 1 - Feb. 1924-Sept. 1927. Personnel: Bix Beiderbecke (cornet, piano); Al Lynch, Frank Bessinger, Billy Murray (vocals); Bob Gillette (guitar, banjo); Howdy Quicksell (banjo); Joe Venuti (violin); George Brunies (kazoo, trombone); Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet, alto saxophone); Jimmy Hartwell, Danny Polo (clarinet); George Williams (reeds); Doc Ryker (alto saxophone); George "Happy" Johnson (tenor saxophone); Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody saxophone); Adrian Rollini (bass saxophone); Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig (trumpet); Bill Rank, Lloyd Turner, Miff Mole, Spiegle Willcox, Tommy Dorsey (trombone); Min Leibrook (tuba); Itzy Riskin, Paul Mertz, Dick Voynow, Jess Stacy, Rube Bloom (piano); Tom Gargano, Vic Berton, Vic Moore, Chauncey Morehouse (drums); John R.T. Davies, Alan Roberts (programming). Recording information: 02/18/1924-01/18/1939. The first in an excellent series of three-disc box sets reissuing Bix Beiderbecke's catalogue, this collection finds the revered jazz cornetist/pianist performing in the mid 1920s with a variety of ensembles, including the Wolverines and Jean Goldkette's Orchestra. Regardless of the group, Beiderbecke is almost always immediately discernible, particularly with his bold, crystal-clear cornet lines, as on the lively "Riverboat Shuffle." With fidelity superior to many other similar offerings, this Beiderbecke collection is easily one of the best available.

Though he was a white kid from Iowa, cornetist Bix Beiderbecke immediately connected to the 1920s jazz sounds coming out of the south from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory. Coming into adulthood he fashioned his own highly influential style informed by those sounds, and became known as one the key jazz figures working in New York and Chicago. Bix's approach has been said to have prefigured the "cool jazz" sound that would become popular 20 years later. He also composed a few highly regarded piano pieces influenced by French classical music, and gained notoriety as a member of Paul Whiteman's band, but all his promise and talent was sadly snuffed out at the tender age of 28. Though he wasn't around for long, Beiderbecke made enough of a mark to become a seminal artist in the history of jazz.

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