Bix Beiderbecke - Collection1924-30Bix Beiderbecke was one of the most important figures in the early years of jazz, his trumpet and cornet performances influencing a host of contemporaries and later performers within the genre. Despite the brevity of his career he succumbed to alcohol abuse at the age of 28 he recorded a substantial body of work, both with his own early small bands such as the Wolverine Orchestra, and with the leading orchestras of the time led by Jean Goldkette,

With notes by R&B expert Billy Vera (who knew Caesar personally) and a plethora of rare label shots to complement Billy's words

Includes bonus mixes and edits

For this 'reduction of a big thought to a practical instrument'

Lorenzo Smith - Let Me Show You

that isn't an act of kindness

Recorded in Super Audio

it does not mean "unplugging"

"Experiment In Terror" and "Phaedra" plus "Baby Elephant Walk" from "Hatari"

" the "wishy-washy

Is filled with classic R&B songs from Jimmy Reed

Fortuna Ensemble - Ars Nova of the

" While at IU