Bix Beiderbecke
Day 78
#54 – Leon Bismark ‘Bix’ Beiderbecke (1903–1931). American jazz cornetist, composer and jazz pianist. Recordings include: In a Mist (1927), Singin’ the Blues (1927) Ol’ Man River (1928) and the album Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin’ the Blues (1990).
He was once called ‘The World’s Hottest Cornetist’ by the Press and I experimented with this for sometime but struggled to make it work. I kept coming back to his name which was distinctive. Picking a typeface called Broadway to reflect the 1920’s era, it still needed something extra. The dot of the ‘i’ in yellow suggesting the cornet did the trick.
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One of the early ideas looked at using the ‘T’s’ and linking with the cornet.
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘Ol’ Man River’