Gordon Jones claims he wasn't much of a trumpeter, but there's no doubt he's a great music fan. Jones, 87, sounds like a much younger man when he talks about Big Band jazz. At the top of his list of ...

Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa, on March 10, 1903. He was the youngest of three children. He played piano as a young child but discovered the cornet, an instrument similar to the ...

In 1925, a remarkable jazz tradition was launched. On January 14 at New York, the no. 1 singer in all of American music, Bessie Smith, teamed up with a dynamic young trumpeter from New Orleans, Louis ...

The annual Bix Beiderbecke Concert will return to Sunnyside this Sunday, honoring the famed jazz musician and influential cornet player who lived out his final days in the neighborhood. The ...

The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival returns to the Quad Cities, celebrating one of the most influential jazz musicians in American history. We’re joined by Josh Duffee of the Bix Beiderbecke Jazz ...

The 54th Bix Jazz Festival kicks off Thursday, July 31. Run by the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society, the festival features ticketed events, free shows, a river cruise, and more than 20 jazz sets by ...

The band is named after the "New Wonder" cornet model played by Beiderbecke. Bix Youth Band: The ensemble of Quad-Cities jazz-performing middle and high schoolers will perform throughout the festival.

As the long-awaited Bix Beiderbecke Museum prepares to reopen in a brand-new location, excitement is building across the Quad Cities. With a soft opening planned for mid-August and a grand opening in ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Museum officials say after two years of work the Bix Beiderbecke Museum is close to re-opening in its new space. According to a Facebook post, a free preview of the museum ...

This is the second hour dedicated to the music of Hoagy Carmichael, the most jazz oriented of all the American songwriters. His output was remarkably varied, and without a signature style that ...

Jim speaks with Chris Food of the River Bend Food Bank about Iowa State changes to the state run food snap program and how this will impact local food banks in the Quad Cities. Next, Jim talks with ...