Paul Whiteman Orchestra with Bix - "My Ohio Home" 1928 UNIQUE SYNCHRONISED VERSION

[paulamonteen]

I am his great niece, any info anyone can share would be deeply appreciated!!! my email is itsjustme1172@aol.com,, Thank you in advance!

[mengel419]

I don't know.

[tomthefunky]

I live across the street from the building Bix died in.

[3investigators]

Wonderful. Thank you for posting

[MrJohnbarkley1000]

paul whiteman is a hero

[mengel419]

Twenty seconds of Bix on film makes this video golden. Thank you.

[n64wilbert]

@mengel419 Is "In mist" by Bix Beiderbecke is owned by Sony Music Group?

[luvmyrecords]

Right. Also, 4th trumpet/cornet goes easy on the written notes in order to save the soloist's chops.

[cactusmush]

I think that is the 1st time I have seen Bix on film. Cool.

[joomuck]

Fantastic: this is probably the only shot of Bix. Thanks for the posting.

Ted

[SatchmoSings]

This was shot exactly between when Whiteman's Victor contract ended and right before his first recording session for Columbia.

[harryoakley]

Read my full text for this video by clicking "more" ( or "meer info") in the upper right hand corner.

[n64wilbert]

@SatchmoSings That also when Okeh Records became an phonographic entity governed by Columbia.

[TuberOnTheLoose]

After Bix sits down the highlight square is on a guy playing a flute. When Bix sat he was directly to the left of him. After Bix sits he is pretty much off camera. You can barely see his shoulder. Note also that while Bix is standing you can see that same guy put down a saxophone and pick up the flute.

[harryoakley]

The highlight square was accidental. I have removed it.

[n64wilbert]

@TuberOnTheLoose Very impressive where did you allocated(or find) this video and posted it? Was that actually the event when Paul Whiteman demolished his Victrola contract?

[TuberOnTheLoose]

@n64wilbert - I did not post this video. I only pointed out that there was a highlight square that wasn't on Bix. That highlight square has since been removed. The video was posted by harryoakley. I have no idea where he found it. I am loosely aquainted with harryoakley from other websites and pages devoted to Bix Beiderbecke and 20's jazz in general.

This was a publicity event where Paul Whiteman's contract with Victor expired at midnight, so he tore it up as the clock struck 12:00.

[luvmyrecords]

Note also that the arrangement is played entirely from memory.

[Zefrenm]

@luvmyrecords Can't have the sounds of paper in the those early recordings

[renata1934]

I LOVE YOU PAUL!!!

[wildsterlingbill]

Well, not much of a video really... but then there is Bix Beiderbeck. Now that's just too cool!

[78timothy]

In 1928 what caused Whiteman to leave Victor after 11 Years (He began in 1919)?

His last recording for Victor was the Rogers & Hart "You Took Advantage of Me" Conjecture is that Whiteman got fed up with other Artists such as Nat Shilkret using his Players, Arrangers, having first pick over music, and of course Shilkret Conducting the Whiteman Orch. for the 1927 Victor release of "Rhapsody In Blue." Shilkret told Whiteman 11:00 and told the Orch. 10:00 for the recording session. Hmmmm?

[gregoryagogo]

Such a silly bitch fight! Drama drama drama in the Victor recording studio! Wouldn't be fun if they would base a TV series around it?!!!

[scoterpool]

You chaps all seem to know what you're talking about; I just think it's a great little excerpt, what a great performer, great band, great tune, just great!

[prettyparisian]

wow, bix beiderbecke. thats amazing, thanks for sharing =D x

[RatPfink66]

IIRC, Bix typically played 4th chair with Whiteman, so his written parts would be light on the notes, heavy on multibar rests. Most of the arrangements really only needed 3 trumpets.

Altho Dick Sudhalter (RIP) wrote that Bix became a fairly good reader on Whiteman's band, he really was there as a soloist first and foremost.

[lindyhoppers]

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