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Bix [videorecording (DVD)] : "ain't none of them play like him yet".

Kino Lorber, 2022.

DVD 781.65092 B422b Doc

Beiderbecke, Bix, 1903-1931.

Cornet players -- United States -- Biography.

Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Jazz -- History and criticism.

Alternate title:

Bix [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] :

1 videodisc (116 min.) : 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a documentary film in 1981.

Bonus feature: Trailer.

In English with optional English (SDH) subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

A Bridge Film production ; produced and directed by Brigitte Berman ; written by Brigitte Berman, Val Ross Camera, Mark Irwin, Ed Long, Vic Sarin.

Narrated by Richard Basehart and featuriung Hoagy Carmichael, Doc Cheatham, Charlie Davis, Bill Challis, Fritz Pulzier, Jess Stacy, Artie Shaw, Al Rinker, Vera Korn, Jack Fulton, Roy Maier, Kurt Dieterle, Matty Maineck, Dave Wilborn, Spiegle Wilcox, Esten Spurrier, Helen Bettendorf, Mary Louise Shoemaker, Reagan Carey, Fred Bergin, Al Duffy, Herb Weil, Paul Mertz and the and the voice of Louis Armstrong.

"Cornetist/pianist/composer Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz's man who got away -- the James Dean, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain of his day. Born in Davenport, Iowa into an upper-middle-class family, Beiderbecke became a legend even in his short lifetime, bringing amazing new energy and unprecedented maturity to the music and influencing generations of musicians. After a bout battling alcoholism, Bix died in Sunnyside, Queens on August 6, 1931. The cause of death was lobar pneumonia. He was 28. Using archival photographs and rare footage (including the three sole momentary fragments capturing Bix on film) and interviews with friends and colleagues (including jazz greats Hoagy Carmichael, Doc Cheatham, Artie Shaw, et al.), Oscar winner Brigitte Berman's acclaimed documentary (which won the Bronze Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival) paints a vivid portrait of a vanished era and brings to life the only cornetist Louis Armstrong regarded as an equal (the quotation in the film's title was once spoken by Armstrong). New restoration by Oren Edenson with a fully remastered soundtrack by Daniel Pellerin."--Container.

Documentary films.

Biographical documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Berman, Brigitte.

Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981.

Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004.

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.

Kino Lorber, Inc.

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