Bix Beiderbecke plays "In A Mist" <br /><br />Recorded in New York on September 9, 1927<br /><br />Originally released on Okeh 40916 though the Vocalion repressing pops up more often. <br /><br />You thought Bix was known for his trumpet and cornet work?<br /><br />He was also a pianist and composer, too. <br /><br />Very modernistic chords! <br /><br />Bix plays this solo differently from the standard transcription in print (which was annyoing to me when I tried to learn the piece using the old sheet music), but finally Dick Hyman notated it accurately for a revival of a dance choreographed by Twyla Tharp.<br /><br />The transcription wound up in the 2006 Spring edition of Piano Today magazine.<br /><br />Bix Beiderbecke died in his apartment on 46th Street in Sunnyside, Queens, on Thursday, August 6, 1931.<br /><br />This is his only solo recorded work--he used uncharacteristic fingering and inventive harmonies.<br /><br />This was an early taste of jazz to come? Hints of bebop and "cool" jazz?
