#Bix fest 2021 free

Bruce Goldstein, Director of Repertory Programming, Film Forum

'The best film ever made about a jazz musician.' Restored in 4K in 2020 by filmmaker Brigitte Berman. Using archival photographs and rare footage (including the three sole momentary fragments capturing Bix on film) and interviews with friends and colleagues (including jazz greats Hoagy Carmichael, Doc Cheatham, Artie Shaw, et al.), Oscar® winner Brigitte Berman's acclaimed documentary paints a vivid portrait of a vanished era and brings to life the only trumpeter Louis Armstrong regarded as an equal (the quotation in the film's title was once spoken by Armstrong). The cause of death was given as lobar pneumonia. After years of battling alcoholism, Bix died in Sunnyside, Queens on August 6, 1931. Born in Davenport, Iowa into an upper middle-class family, Beiderbecke became a legend even in his short lifetime, bringing an amazing new energy and unprecedented maturity to the music and influencing generations of musicians. Join the Bix Beiderbecke Museum, Bix Jazz Society, and Truth First Film Alliance in watching for the first time in the Quad Cities since it's original release in 1981 BIX: 'ain't none of them play like him yet' now recently restored.Ĭornetist / pianist / composer Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz's man who got away - the James Dean, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain of his day. Location: 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA 52801 at the Figge Art Museum John Deere Auditorium

#Bix fest 2021 free

Members of the Bix Museum or Bix Society can get a free ticket at the doors the day of. Tickets will be available at the doors the day of the screening. We apologize for the inconvenience, but once the project is completed, the road will be much better for everyone downtown. Please use the 2nd St entrance and take the elevator down into the lower level to reach the museum. The best way to get to the museum is to take River Dr and park in one of the free parking lots along River Dr, then walk across the street on Main St and you will reach our building on the corner of Main and 2nd St. Sidewalks to get into our building should be open but you will need to plan accordingly. Festival goers will learn more about this bus tour at the Bix Museum table at the Festival site.ĭue to the 2nd Street Resurfacing Project being underway during the festival time, Eastbound traffic from Harrison St to the Government Bridge will be closed off. There will be a bus service from the Rhythm City Casino on Friday, August 5th in the morning to take guests from the festival site to the museum and other local Bix sites before the music begins in the afternoon. Our museum hours for the festival is as follows: The Annual Bix Festival at the Rhythm City Casino goes from August 4th-Aug 6th this year and the Bix Museum will be open throughout the festival and present at the venue.