THE MAGIC RECORDS OF BIX BEIDERBECKE [:60]

RUFFIN: NOW A JAZZ MOMENT

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NEA JAZZ MASTER DICK HYMAN FELL IN LOVE WITH JAZZ BECAUSE OF THE SWING LEGEND, BIX BEIDERBECKE.

Dick Hyman: The first recordings that my brother brought home from college and played for me and gave me to understand that they were going to be very important for me to learn were recordings of Bix Beiderbecke, who was a trumpeter of the 1920s.

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I still play them, and I know them all very well. The remarkable thing about records is that they keep on working. Years later, I still hear the same—same performance. It’s—it’s magic, really. Excerpt of “Royal Garden Blues” by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams (public domain) and performed by Bix Beiderbecke, from the album Bix Beiderbecke: Vol. II At the Jazz Band Ball, used courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment.