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BIX: “AIN’T NONE OF THEM PLAY LIKE HIM YET”

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By Brigitte BERMAN

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Documentary - Completed 1981

“Bix” Beiderbecke (1903-1931), the James Dean, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain of his day, became a legend in his short lifetime, influencing generations of musicians. Academy-award winning director Berman paints a vivid portrait of an era and the only cornetist Louis Armstrong regarded as an equal.

- Year of production
- 1981
- Genres
- Documentary, Female director, Art - Culture
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 116 mn
- Director(s)
- Brigitte BERMAN
- Producer(s)
- Brigitte BERMAN
- Synopsis
- NEWLY RESTORED NY Times Critic's Pick Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke (1903-1931), the James Dean, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain of his day, became a legend even in his short lifetime, influencing generations of musicians. Academy-award winning director Brigitte Berman’s acclaimed documentary paints a vivid portrait of a vanished era and brings to life the only cornetist Louis Armstrong regarded as an equal (the quotation in the film’s title was once spoken by Armstrong). “An excellently filmed version of a musical legend, with the added impact of a tragedy… it is not a tale of self-destruction but of an innocent figure, fantastically gifted with everything but worldly wisdom.” – Variety