Doc Cheatham

Cornetist/pianist/composer Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz₂s 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 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...

Footage form the television program, The Sound of Jazz, released for the first time in its entirety on DVD. The Sound of Jazz was part of CBS's Seven Lively Arts series, and originally aired December 8, 1957.