For the first time in the Quad Cities since its original release in 1981, BIX: "ain't none of them play like him yet" (newly restored) will screen at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 31st at the Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA 52801 in the John Deere Auditorium.
Tickets are $5 and available at the door the day of the screening. Members of the Bix Museum or Bix Society can get a free ticket at the door the day of the show. Seating is limited.
Film Synopsis: 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 an 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 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 fully remastered soundtrack by Daniel Pellerin.
This special film event is sponsored by the Bix Beiderbecke Museum, the Bix Jazz Society, and Truth First Film Alliance.
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