A book about widely honored jazz player Bix Beiderbecke has been making waves in his hometown of Davenport. “Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend,” written by Davenport-native Brendan ...

An Iowa musician is featured in a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. The exhibit is called “American Cool,” and a black-and-white picture of ...

The historic house is listed at $220,000. It will need a new roof and lots of updates, but preservationists say it's just ...

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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Quad Cities’ longest-running music festival kicks off Aug 4. The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival begins Aug 4 and goes until Aug 6. The festival honors Davenport native Leon ...

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 ...

In “Remembering Song” (1982), one of the beautifully crafted non-fiction books by which Frederick Turner has till now made his name, he laments that most good writers about the Jazz Age tend to ...

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 ...

Yesterday, I provided you with a link and password to watch Oscar-winning director Brigitte Berman's newly restored documentary, Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet (1981) for free. Brigitte ...