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Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer whose unique style on the horn and tragically short life made him a Jazz Age legend at the age of 28. Held in Davenport, Iowa, this annual four-day jazz festival, popularly known as the “Bix Bash,” features concerts by some of the world’s best jazz bands as well as the Bix Jazz Society Youth Band, tours of Bix’s boyhood home, a jazz liturgy at the First Presbyterian Church, and a concert at Bix’s grave in Oakdale Memorial Gardens. Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary