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Thread #151102   Message #3524426
Posted By: Vic Smith
09-Jun-13 - 08:31 AM
Thread Name: Novel about Bix - anyone know it?
Subject: RE: Novel about Bix - anyone know it?
OK then. What is everyone's favourite track of Bix? Mine tends to change from time to time, but usually it is JAZZ ME BLUES by Bix and his Gang .

An aside.
When I first started going to jazz clubs when I was about 15, I remember a jazz pub somewhere near Southampton where they had photos of all the famous jazzers who had played there. One was Adrian Rollini, who was the bass sax player on Jazz Me Blues. However, the photo showed a man playing a xylophone (or was it a vibraphone?) Could this be the same man? Well, a local expert told me that Adrian had played on transatlantic liners up until his death in 1956 and that when the liners had a stop over in Southampton, he used to do gigs at this pub! I was also told that if I loved his contribution to Bix records, I would have hated his smooth cocktail jazz that he played later in life.