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The artist's name is new to me. What types of records did he make? Are they fairly common?

EdiBrunsVic wrote: What types of records did he make?

Jazz.

In which he was a significant figure.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bix_Beiderbecke

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Another source: http://www.bixbeiderbecke.com/

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Bix was one of the finest 1920's cornetists, he had such a pure tone

His records aren't expensive per se, his Okeh releases sell for above average whilst his original Gennett recordings can go for 500-600 dollars and more. I personally love his music, his 78's are what I collect mainly

I was fortunate to acquire, among many albums given to me over time by friends who were emptying their closets (gee, wish I had kept track of who and when), Columbia Records C-29, "album #2 in a series of re-issues of the original records that made jazz history," "Hot Jazz Classics," "Jazz as it should be played by Bix Beiderbecke" (all quotes from the album cover). This consists of four 10" (8 sides) with such Bix standards as "Royal Garden Blues," "Goose Pimples," "Thou Swell," "Louisiana," "Ol' Man River," "Wa-Da-Da," "For No Reason At All In C," and "Sweet Sue--Just You," the complete 4' 28" version w/intro (yes, they could and did get four-and-a-half minutes on one side of a 10"), this latter with Bix and Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.The other tunes feature Bix Beiderbecke and His New Orleans Lucky Seven, Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang, or Bix, Tram, and Lang (Whiteman sidemen in all cases). All of these titles have been re-issued since on LP and CD by Columbia (back when it *was* Columbia), and feature a good many of Bix's most famous solos. They sure sound good on my XI!

Like Henry, I am also fortunate enough to own several Bix 78's. The majority are original releases, my most prized possession being his classic "I'm Coming Virginia" on a red Okeh label. Super rare, only 3000 were pressed in 1927!

JHolmesesq wrote:Like Henry, I am also fortunate enough to own several Bix 78's. The majority are original releases, my most prized possession being his classic "I'm Coming Virginia" on a red Okeh label. Super rare, only 3000 were pressed in 1927!

That was also repressed on a red label 'Hot Jazz Classics' Columbia in the 1940's, a copy of which I own.

Sounds good on my electric turntable. I won't subject those laminated later era pressings to a steel needle and heavy soundbox.