page_title: Bix Beiderbecke
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Bix Beiderbecke / Honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Bix Beiderbecke Memorial in Le Claire Park along the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.
context_page_description: Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer.
  Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone. His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. Moreover, his use of extended chords and an ability to improvise freely along harmonic as well as melodic lines are echoed in post-WWII developments in jazz. "In a Mist" is the best known of Beiderbecke's published piano compositions, and the only one that he recorded. His piano style reflects both jazz and classical influences. All five of his piano compositions were published by Robbins Music during his lifetime.
  A native of Davenport, Iowa, Beiderbecke taught himself to play the cornet largely by ear, leading him to adopt a non-standard fingering technique that informed his unique style.
context_section_description: 1962, inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame, critics' poll
  1971, Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society established in Davenport, Iowa; founded annual jazz festival and scholarship
  1977, Beiderbecke's 1927 recording of "Singin' the Blues" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
  1979, statue presented at LeClaire Park, in Davenport, Iowa
  1979, inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
  1980, Beiderbecke's 1927 recording of "In a Mist" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
  1989, Asteroid 23457 Beiderbecke named after him.
  1993, inducted into the International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame
  2000, statue dedicated in Davenport
  2000, ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame
  2004, inducted into the inaugural class of the Lincoln Center's Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
  2006, the 1927 recording of "Singin' the Blues" with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang was placed on the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
  2007, inducted into the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in Richmond, Indiana
  2014, the 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, featuring Beiderbecke on cornet, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
caption: Bix Beiderbecke Memorial in LeClaire Park, Davenport, Iowa
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