In a Mist (Clark Terry)

Whilst engaged in a long chat with someone about jazz over the weekend, we couldn't recall the name of Bix Beiderbecke. Randomly, today, his name came back to me and I was pleasantly surprised to see an interpretation of his brilliant "In a Mist" by Clark Terry. Recorded in the 1960s, it's obviously going to be quite different from the 1920s aesthetic of Beiderbecke. But Beiderbecke was so visionary that his work sounds relatively modern even for the early 1960s...

I'm Coming Virginia

Yet another classic from Bix. Listening to these gems from the 1920s has rekindled our passion for Beiderbecke's music.

In a Mist

Listening to Fletcher Henderson and old Kansas City jazz reminded us of another jazz great from the 1920s, Bix Beiderbecke. "In a Mist" is one of those famous compositions we first heard several years ago, although we were always more partial to "Singing the Blues" since Beiderbecke got to shine on his main instrument. Nonetheless, it is amazing to hear such a "modern" piece from the late 1920s. It was a great loss for our music when Beiderbecke passed away.

Singin' The Blues

A gem of 1920s jazz, Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Lang sound timeless here as Beiderbecke takes a lyrical solo that sounds more like 1930s big band than 1927. The jazz world was deprived of a great talent when Beiderbecke passed away.