Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bix Jazz Society will present the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival from Thursday, July 31-Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Rhythm City ...

An Evening with Thomas Meinecke” will be Saturday, April 18, at the German-American Center & Museum, downtown Davenport.

And yet, Armstrong has all but eclipsed Beiderbecke in the popular imagination: New Orleans is known as the "birthplace of jazz," giving us Jelly Roll Morton, Willie Humphrey, Harry Connick Jr. and ...

The nonprofit will soon be located on 2nd Street after being in the basement of the Redstone building for five years. The organization hopes that the move will make the museum more visible so that it ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — With the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the 49th Bix Memorial Jazz Festival, some of Bix's biggest fans still paid tribute on the anniversary of his passing. The Bix Jazz Society ...

In 2008, the jazz world lost jazz historian and cornetist Richard Sudhalter. Sudhalter joined Marian McPartland on several occasions over the years to provide historical perspective and play some gems ...

Only a year ago (hard to believe), Ken Burns' "Jazz" TV series followed the evolution of this distinctly American music from the back alleys of New Orleans to far-flung parts of the world. Early in ...

Bob Lance of Moline parked his boat Saturday afternoon next to Davenport’s LeClaire Park, took out his fishing rod and cast his line into the water. “I don’t know if I’ll catch anything,” Lance said ...

Alyn Shipton explores the music of cornettist Bix Beiderbecke, covering key recordings including Singing the Blues and I'm Coming Virginia as well as later big band work. Show more Despite a recording ...

For me, one of the principal charms of New York City is that it is home to some of the greatest jazz figures in history, who are commemorated with plaques, signs or street names in neighbourhoods ...

The Bix Jazz Society will present the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival from Thursday, July 31-Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Rhythm City Casino Event Center, Davenport. For a full event and band schedule, visit ...