Little Bickie Beiderbecke plays any selection he hears.

" During this time, Beiderbecke also took piano lessons from a young woman who introduced him to the works of Eastwood Lane.

Beiderbecke switched between cornet and piano on that number, and then in September played only piano for his recording of " In A Mist ".

The week had been quite hot, making sleep difficult, and late into the evenings, Beiderbecke had played piano, both to the annoyance and to the delight of his neighbors.

Condon, for instance, wrote of being amazed by Beiderbecke's piano playing: " All my life I had been listening to music … But I had never heard anything remotely like what Beiderbecke played.

" Candlelights ", " Flashes ", and " In the Dark " are piano compositions transcribed with the help of Bill Challis but never recorded by Beiderbecke.

Beiderbecke also has been credited for his influence, directly, on Bing Crosby and, indirectly, via saxophonist Frank Trumbauer, on Lester Young.

Bix Beiderbecke was born on March 10, 1903, in Davenport, Iowa, the son of Bismark Herman and Agatha Jane ( Hilton ) Beiderbecke.

Beiderbecke's childhood home at Leon Bismark Beiderbecke House | 1934 Grand Avenue in Davenport, Iowa, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On April 22, 1921, a month after he turned 18, Beiderbecke was arrested by two Davenport police officers on a charge brought by the father of a young girl.

'" Although Beiderbecke was briefly taken into custody and held on a $ 1, 500 bond, the charge was dropped after the girl was not made available to testify.

" A subsequent gig at Doyle's Dance Academy in Cincinnati became the occasion for a series of band and individual photographs that resulted in the most famous image of Beiderbecke — sitting fresh-faced, his hair perfectly combed, his horn resting on his right knee.

Again with Trumbauer, Beiderbecke re-recorded Carmichael's " Riverboat Shuffle " in May and delivered two of his best known solos a few days later on " I'm Coming, Virginia " and " Way Down Yonder in New Orleans ".

Beiderbecke earned co-writing credit with Trumbauer on " For No Reason at All in C ", recorded under the name Tram, Bix and Eddie ( in their Three Piece Band ).

When that job ended sooner than expected, in October 1927, Beiderbecke and Trumbauer signed on with Whiteman.

In the meantime, Beiderbecke played on four number-one records in 1928, all under the Whiteman name: " Together ," " Ramona ," " My Angel ," and " Ol ' Man River ", which featured Bing Crosby on vocals.

Production delays prevented any real work from being done on the film, leaving Beiderbecke and his pals plenty of time to drink heavily.

On his last recording session, in New York, on September 15, 1930, Beiderbecke played on the original recording of Hoagy Carmichael's new song, " Georgia on My Mind ", with Carmichael doing the vocal, Eddie Lang on guitar, Joe Venuti on violin, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet and alto saxophone, Jack Teagarden on trombone, and Bud Freeman on tenor saxophone.

Beiderbecke died in his apartment, No. 1G, 43-30 46th Street, in Sunnyside, Queens, on Thursday, August 6, 1931.

" 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.

Beiderbecke made his first recordings 21 months before Armstrong recorded as a leader with the Hot Five.

Gioia further wonders whether the many hyperbolic and quasi-poetic descriptions of Beiderbecke ’ s style — most notably Condon's " like a girl saying yes "— may indicate that Beiderbecke's sound was muddled on recordings.

LaRocca's playing and recordings were an important early influence on such later jazz trumpeters as Red Nichols, Bix Beiderbecke and Phil Napoleon.

* February 18 – First recordings by Bix Beiderbecke

The young Nichols heard the early recordings of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band ( which was not in fact “ original ,” but was the first “ jazz ” band to record ), and later those of Bix Beiderbecke, and these had a strong influence on the young cornet player.

He made his first recordings in 1927, with a band under the leadership of banjoist Eddie Condon and Red McKenzie: along with other recordings beginning in 1924 by musicians known in the " Chicago " scene such as Bix Beiderbecke, these sides are examples of " Chicago Style " jazz.

His first recording session took place where trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke made his legendary recordings — in Richmond, Indiana, at the Gennett Studios — both during early 1924.

" His major recordings included " Slippin ' Around ", " Red Hot Mama " in 1924 with Sophie Tucker on vocals, " Miff's Blues ", " There'll Come a Time ( Wait and See )", on the film soundtrack to the 2008 movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and " Toddlin ' Blues " and " Davenport Blues ", recorded in 1925 with Bix Beiderbecke and Tommy Dorsey as Bix Beiderbecke and His Rhythm Jugglers.

They rereleased recordings by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded for Columbia and Brunswick, Benny Goodman, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke, and Paul Whiteman.

His major recordings included " Krazy Kat ", " Red Hot ", " Plantation Moods ", " Trumbology ", " Tailspin ", " Singin ' the Blues ", " Wringin ' an ' Twistin '", and " For No Reason at All in C " with Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Lang, and the first hit recording of " Georgia On My Mind " in 1931.

He had a separate contract with OKeh Records from 1927 through 1930, he recorded some of the most legendary small group Jazz recordings of the era, usually including Beiderbecke until the April 30, 1929 session.

In 2008, his recordings of " Ostrich Walk " and " There'll Come a Time " with Bix Beiderbecke were included on the soundtrack to the Brad Pitt movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story from Tales of the Jazz Age.

The Sweeney episode Golden Boy, as Mr Carter in the Beiderbecke Trilogy and as Oleg Kirov in Smiley's People ( 1982 ).

Beiderbecke left the Wolverines in October 1924 for a spot with Jean Goldkette in Detroit, but the job didn't last long.

The notice appeared in October 1931 and began with a bit of hyperbole and an incorrect fact, two hallmarks of much of the subsequent writing about Beiderbecke: " The announcement of Bix Beiderbecke's death plunged all jazz musicians into despair.

*" I'm Glad "/" Flock O ' Blues ," Sioux City Six featuring Bix Beiderbecke and Miff Mole, recorded October 11, 1924, New York, released as Gennett 5569

Beiderbecke, age 8, poses with a neighbor, Nora Lasher, in 1911.

The Wolverines with Beiderbecke at Doyle's Academy of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1924

On May 6, 1924, the Wolverines recorded a tune Carmichael had written especially for Beiderbecke and his colleagues: " Riverboat Shuffle ".

" That changed in 1924 when Beiderbecke and Armstrong began to make their most important records.

Two additional compositions were attributed to him by two other jazz composers: " Betcha I Getcha ," attributed to Beiderbecke as a co-composer by Joe Venuti, the composer of the song, and " Cloudy ", attributed to Beiderbecke by composer Charlie Davis as a composition from circa 1924.

Jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke recorded nine compositions by ODJB in various bands and orchestras from 1924 to 1930: " Fidgety Feet ", his first recording in 1924, " Tiger Rag ", " Sensation ", " Lazy Daddy ", " Ostrich Walk ", " Clarinet Marmalade ", " Singin ' the Blues " with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang, " Margie ", and " At The Jazz Band Ball ".

He led many jazz and dance bands, of which the best known was his Victor Recording Orchestra of 1924 – 1929, which included, at various times, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael, Chauncey Morehouse, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Bill Rank, Eddie Lang, Frankie Trumbauer, Pee Wee Russell, Steve Brown, Joe Venuti, and arranger Robert Ginzler among others.

Russell's recording debut was in 1924 with Herb Berger's Band in St. Louis, then he moved to Chicago where he began playing with such notables as Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke.