THE PHIL EVANS
COLLECTION
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Janurary 7, 1923 - Davenport.
Just back home from playing in
Syracuse and going to New York
City to see Nick LaRocca, Bix &
Wayne played on the Radio. Bix
was 19 then. Bix also played the
piano on radio in early 1931 when
he got back to New York. Solo
piano!
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In the words of those who REALLY knew
him, Bix's father was a hell of a nice guy.
I'll bet Berton did this.
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Wasn't Joe Reichman's theme song "Make
Believe?" If not, it should have been.
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Recording for Victor, yet banished from Davenport! At least
that's what the "Definitive Biography" of Bix says. Gotta be
true I guess.
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Do you have any idea who this very young
man with a horn is? The face didn't really
ever change too much. 20 years later, he
looked like this.-->
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Red Nichols was 6 years old when the photo
on the left was taken. Nice picture, eh?
But get a load of this one on the right panel!
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Slim Gaillard, Dottie, Red & Milton De Lugg.
Now that's a combo you don't see every day!
I had the pleasure of playing with Slim at
Hammersmith in London, many years ago. A very nice
guy. But I couldn't get him to play "Fried Chicken O
Routie", "Serenade To A Poodle" or even "Avocado
Seed Soup Symphony". But he was still great.
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I could never find out how "Mr. Fun"
here made out with his lawsuit. This
happened in 1925.
Doesn't he look like Adol....nah.
Couldn't be.
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Curt Hitch & Lennie Esterdahl.
Both were friends of Bix.
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Ray Lodwig - A true friend to Bix! Ray spent most of his
Goldkette days helping Bix to read cornet parts. Gabbo
took that job over with Whiteman. Bix's biggest fans!
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This is Davenport, March 5th, 1924. It almost makes you
wonder why Bix had to go to Chicago to hear jazz! The rest
of this page is full of ads with bands featured in the area.
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This is from the Spring of 1931 in
Princeton, N.J. In his teens, Bix
loved to do all kinds of stunts ala
Doug Fairbanks. Probably isn't Bix.
It's a shame the name didn't make
the transfer. Iowa! How the hell do
you play a cornet with your hands
tied behind your back? And in a
lake fifty feet deep? Pulling a boat?
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Now
Wheezer,you
give Chubby
his Kazoo
Lips CD's,
right now!
Do you hear
me young
man?
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Aw, cram it Crabby. No dame is gonna tell
me what to do! By the way, who's your
little friend there? Hiya Toots, I'm
Wheezer. I'm in a gang. Ya wanna see the
clubhouse? I got these CD's....
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Both Pee Wee and Fats thought each
other had brought the "refreshments".
They were wrong. Mezz shows up at the
last minute with rolling papers.
AND Kazoo Lips Cd's. Mezz could be
useful at times.
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