"Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down" by Bix Beiderbecke

[MsBarking]

Thank you a hundred times for this!

[rordorica]

great record, I must get a copy of it, thanks for sharing it.

[VictrolaJazz]

Phenomenal!

[Abriggs500]

It's sad that traditional jazz is dying out with the generation gradually passing away. It's up to the young people to carry on the REAL JAZZ, not all the be bop fusion, school jazz.

[busessuck1]

Sounds a lot like Sweet Georgia Brown - especially if you start wistling it

[ChristophePhilippe]

And no mixing, multi-tracking, or other garbage to interfere with music-making.

Fantastic!

[jhb134]

@TreforMetaxas09 - Thanks! ... As they, once said .... "Bix lives"! He and Louis Armstrong RECOGNIZED the talents, of those two (he and Louis) ... and they once-played on those old riverboats, along the Mississippi River, when jazz was first beginning, esp. on the trumpet/cornet, in GREAT improvisations that resulted.

[TheCalgarydoug]

What a treasure. I've been a fan of Bix since I was a teenager and I'm now 67 years old. Thanks so much for sharing this music.

[IdontneedanIpod]

How did you get your Record so clean?

[mlaprarie]

@IdontneedanIpod, Part of it is because old record players are not as sensitive to minor blemishes, and despite what many people think a shellac 78 rpm record in very good condition will produce very little surface noise when played on vintage equipment. People living 75+ years ago had standards for sound as well, and would have been much less enthused about records that were barely listenable.

[jhb134]

@mlaprarie - Was this ever reissued, even on the old (1970's era) French RCA series of Beiderbecke ... 5 volumes, altogether? ... I don't see it ....

[mlaprarie]

@jhb134, it was reissued on the Columbia/Legacy CD "Bix Beiderbecke: At The Jazz Band Ball". It is also on Volume 2 of the "Bix Restored" series from Origin Jazz.

[jhb134]

@mlaprarie - Thanks, and I should've known; have the Bix discography, part of Richard Sudhalter's old book. It's nice to have parts of the RCA/French reissue ... put-together by Jean-Paul Guiter.

[jhb134]

@mlaprarie - thanks! Should've known that it would be a Columbia/CBS type of reissue. I think that virtually EVERY, worthwhile 78 side, with Bix, has been reissued on one form or another. Or maybe not ... :)

[sgtmajtom06]

For RayPaganJr: Thanks for the chuckle! I had to laugh when I saw your question. Reminded me of a very young person who once asked me what band was Paul McCartney in before Wings. That piece of equipment is an Edison-Bell Gramophone, a wonder of modern technology in it's day, long before CD's were 'ere dreamt of.

[jhb134]

@sgtmajtom06 - Edison-Bell Gramophone, eh? It sounds just fine, anyway. Many old, monaural recordings still sound very-fine ... and we're lucky to have such examples ... in jazz, classical and blues.

[RayPaganJr]

@sgtmajtom06 Actually, I feel like an idiot for not reading the beginning of the vid where you tell us what it is. Love it.

[jhb134]

@RayPaganJr - Actually, except for Bix, Louis Armstrong, Joe Smith, Henry "Red" Allen and some other, great trumpeters/cornetists of the early days of gestational jazz, there aren't too many examples - brass-style- of the best of the period. So, no need to apologize for not-recognizing the beginning of the vid; we're glad to HAVE it.

[jhb134]

Great work by Bix, leading the ensembles ....

[RayPaganJr]

I think it's so cool the way you start the record. What is that piece of equipment?

[luckydrummer311]

I love it

[feverrecords]

I don't know why but the Bix music make me into tears........he was really unique man......

[pinkieldred]

Exellantacious! These guys were on that day!

[trydreamin]

Bix is good here but the clarinet provides the groove here. Listen to the rhythm and jive that cat is laying down. Smooth icing to highlight all the rest.

[bflathead]

Hello I watched few vidoes and they are so great....thanks for posting. DP

[godinneutral]

Bix is insane. How the f**k do you start teaching yourself trumpet at 15, and end up playing like this? He rules.

[Corrie121]

Just brilliant!

Thanks for sharing.

[laceup1967]

That is really hot! Thanks for the upload. Cheers.

[steve89z]

goose pimples

[joomuck]

Listening to Bix is like being in Heaven.

Thanks for the posting.

Ted

[cicero3]

Bix at his best. They don't get much livelier than this.

Sadly, a couple of years later, the clarinettist, Don Murray was tragically killed when he fell off the running board of a car during sudden braking. A great solo of his on 'Sorry'

Many thanks, Miaprairie

[dianamaryflorence]

This is a great song by Bix.

[DeadYetFleshNbOne]

holy sh-masterpiece

[everybodylovesmybaby]

This one really smokes! Thank you!

[78timothy]

Your Record is a Re-isssue on a Vacalion Scroll from 1937, probably a laminated ARC Pressing w/Columbia surface, which makes it a real joy to listen to from a fidelity standpoint both Columbia, Vocalion and Brunswick from this standpoint were part of the ARC/Plaza family. Columbia was sold to CBS around 1938,1939

[ftsjr]

I'm just a casual jazz fan, and I confess I hadn't heard much of Bix's music, but I LOVE this one. The music that Jackie Cooper "plays" in the movie "Syncopation"(1942), sounds very similar to this. Maybe his fictional character was very loosely based on Bix, (without the inner demons). And, yes, I know Kirk Douglas played Bix in "Young Man With a Horn." I plan to listen to good deal more of Mr. Beiderbecke in the future. Thanks for the posting.

[fatsfan70]

Bix at his tremendous best! A real spine-tingling moment comes with the top note the band hit at 2:52!

[shitonagain]

sounds just like sweet georgia brown

[maycopar]

It just doesn't get any better than this.......

[aerofredywr]

Wonderfull music and a lot of useful info.

Thanks.

[fabriciodeldongo]

Thanks for this fantastic stuff!

Beiderbecke rules!

[mojoman4147]

True genius! Thanks alot :)

[crazypianolady]

Bix Beiderbecke was a true master, this is my favourite recording :D Thanks for uploading this :)

[FoxmanPhD]

I always thought 78's sounded better than LP's. The faster movement creates a crisper sound. Thanks for posting!

[larafox66]

this one is incredible good!!! thank you so much for posting it! we love you Bix!!!

[cotton1706]

This is by far my favorite Bix recording!!!

[harast52]

Nobody played like Bix!!! Thanks for the posting.