![]() I suppose it's like other American cities, it's a corporation. The news seemed to have been greeted with a near eerie calm.ĪlbertIs there a city center of Bettendorf? I can't find pictures on the internet. But this one will give you an idea of what they sounded and looked like.ĪlbertHaving no proprietary interest, I'm nonetheless glad to see those views expressed. I could not find a video of the Cab Calloway band at the Bix Fest in youtube. I heard nothing but complaints and negative comments about the choice of the Cab Calloway orchestra as the highlight of the opening night at the Bix Festival. The Cab Calloway orchestra is as out of place in the Bix Festival as would have been the New York Philharmonic. It is not a matter of quality, it is a matter of genre. The musicians in the band are competent, but so are the musicians in the New York Philharmonic. What will the poster for the 2016 festival say? Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, August 4-7, Bettendorf, Iowa? Why couldn't one of these be used in the summertime when school is off? Or even one of the high schools in Davenport? I can't believe that the 2016 Bix Festival is not going to be in Davenport. Ambrose University with I imagine large auditoriums and quite a bit of parking. There are two colleges that I know of, Palmer School of Chiropractic and St. In trying to cope with her abuse, Maggies entire world is shaken. Just after teaching AJ the ways of consent for when he is older, Maggie is sexually abused herself by her best friends boyfriend. 18 year old Maggie Daniels is the proud sister of her 9 year old brother, AJ. I find it hard to believe that no other venues could be found in Davenport. With Gian Carlo Durland, Brody Ferrer, Laura Guzman, Katherine Kennedy. No point in bitching and complaining or suggesting other venues in Davenport. I might not even attend, I don't know.īy the time I learned about the change, it was a done deal. I was shocked and saddened to learn about the move of the Bix Festival from Davenport, the magical town, to Bettendorf, one of the four towns that make up the Quad City. That legend was always an aspect of Bix that drew me to him. There’s some old mythology at work here: The artist who dies young after burning himself out. The idea of a young man living it up to excess and dying at age 28, with only eight years in jazz, but so in command of what he was he was doing. You know, young man with a hornīix_Beiderbecke_1924 and all that. People have been fascinated by his legend. JW: Is part of the appeal Bix's mystique?ĭH: I think so. I’m always eager to discuss the minutia of Bixology. I played three times in Davenport, Iowa, Bix’s birthplace, at summer festivals. I continue to find new things in what I hear, and those things delight me. With Bix, I’m still trying to figure out what makes him so special. The Tatum record was Art Tatum Tea for Two and Gone with the Wind. The Bix record was Somebody Stole My Gal. This was when I was 12 years old, an impressionable age.ĭH: In fact I do. He exposed me to Bix Beiderbecke, Art Tatum and all sorts of great musicians. I am sure you know these two albums.ĭH: My big brother Arthur collected jazz records, which in those days were 78-rpms.
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