BIX BEIDERBECKE - DAVENPORT BLUES

Because I was unable to use Bix's 1925 recording of Davenport Blues, the music accompanying this
video is the beautiful duet performed by Alex Welsh on cornet and Fred Hunt on piano. I regret having
to cut the music to fit the video. The performance, in its entirety, can be heard on the Alex Welsh
Louis Armstrong Memorial Concert CD, which is available on iTunes and other music download sites.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bix
• Beiderbecke
• Davenport
• Blues
• Gennett
• Rhythm
• Jugglers

[zjames007]

Davenport sucks... I live here close to the fairgrounds and West High. Been here all my life and have had my mirrors on my car broken out, Christmas decorations stolen right out of the yard, we have been egged, and the police don't do shit about it. So the day before yesterday my dad gets a ticket because his front tire was on the curb... $20 but that's not the point. This place blows.

[MookRyan]

@zjames007 - You've given me a great idea for my next video:

"Davenport Blows" 

[VioletGiraffe]

Great music! But I have to say I like Bix's 1920's recording much, much more. It sounds very different.

[MookRyan]

Unfortunately there are serious music copyright problems with the 1925 recording of Davenport Blues

by Bix & His Rhythm Jugglers ... it's sort of mysterious (to me, at any rate) because the same restrictions

don't seem to apply (at least in the U.S.) to any of Bix's other compositions or recordings.

[ElizabethBix]

Lisa, you are the 'it girl' when it comes to making videos of Bix's music! I am just so impressed with your talent, dedication and for your reverence for Bickie. Thank you, thank you SO much!

[dave81958]

Well zjames, you clearly have never been in Scotland on a Saturday night. However this song is great for Sunday mornings though.

[zartersound]

Wunderschön :)

[zartersound]

Wunderschön :)

[naizret]

Not the same as Bix's version, but very very nice. Thanks for posting.

[DJDuke679]

if they made a movie about him, Shia Lebouf would be perfect for the role

[kelly6726]

proud to be from davenport

[themichaelwolff]

Sadness is timeless and so is greatness.This beautiful and poignant lament reminds me of George Harrison's "All things must pass". It always brings tears to my eyes. Today, as I hear it I think of Steve Jobs.

I've always stumbled on the expression "rest in peace' because both Bix and Steve Jobs were beacons of restless creativity. I hope their spirits never rest and that their invitations to create and their inspiration lives on for ever.

[themichaelwolff]

Sadness is timeless and so is greatness.This beautiful and poignant lament reminds me of George Harrison's "All things must pass". It always brings tears to my eyes.