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Bix Beiderbecke

1903 - 1931

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Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke ( BY-dər-bek; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”. His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bix Beiderbecke has received more than 1,345,653 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bix Beiderbecke is the 740th most popular musician (up from 798th in 2019), the 3,765th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,013th in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Musician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 740 out of 3,175. Before him are Jørgen Ingmann, Julian Fontana, David Garrett, Kerry King, Fritz Busch, and Johann Kaspar Mertz. After him are Jim Hall, McCoy Tyner, Karol Mikuli, Eric Singer, Pierre Baillot, and Christian Ferdinand Abel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 151. Before him are Ona Munson, Anne Revere, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Márton Bukovi, Antanas Sniečkus, and Orde Wingate. After him are Russell Bufalino, Earl Hines, Vincent Richards, W. V. D. Hodge, Fumiko Hayashi, and Gloria Holden. Among people deceased in 1931, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 72. Before him are Hanns Hörbiger, Henri Mathias Berthelot, Nicolae Paulescu, Franz Schalk, Lya De Putti, and Frank Wigglesworth Clarke. After him are Dionysios Kasdaglis, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Alwin Berger, Viktor Dyk, Tommaso Tittoni, and Arnold Bennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 3,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Laura Bridgman (1829), Orson Bean (1928), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Golden State Killer (1945), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), and David Foster Wallace (1962). After him are Tiger Woods (1975), Eugene Stoner (1922), Isadore Singer (1924), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Jim Hall (1930), and Lunalilo (1835).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bix Beiderbecke ranks 229. Before him are Herb Alpert (1935), Willie Dixon (1915), Horace Silver (1928), Ron McGovney (1962), Tim Buckley (1947), and Kerry King (1964). After him are Jim Hall (1930), McCoy Tyner (1938), Eric Singer (1958), Wanda Jackson (1937), Jim Croce (1943), and Frank Beard (1949).

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