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The New Republic critic Otis Ferguson wrote two short articles for the magazine, " Young Man with a Horn " ( July 29, 1936 ) and " Young Man with a Horn Again " ( November 18, 1940 ), that worked to revive interest not only in Beiderbecke's music but also in his biography.

Beiderbecke " lived very briefly … in what might be called the servants ' entrance to art ," Ferguson wrote.

" His story is a good story, quite humble and right.

" The romantic notion of the doomed jazz genius can be traced back at least as far as Beiderbecke, and lived on in Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, and many more.