With Louis Armstrong and Muggsy Spanier, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927), in particular, demonstrated an unusual purity of tone and a gift for improvisation. With these two recordings, especially, he helped to invent the jazz ballad style and hinted at what, in the 1950s, would become cool jazz. "In a Mist" (1927), one of a handful of his piano compositions and one of only two he recorded, mixed classical (Impressionist) influences with jazz syncopation.
"Bix Restored" is the CD version of Sunbeam Records' mammoth 20-LP Bix anthology, and is the result of a worldwide search for the best existing 78 rpm records and test pressings of all recordings on which legendary cornetist Bix Beiderbecke appeared. These recordings are presented in sound quality far superior to all previous reissues of this material (including the original Sunbeam LPs), thanks to the vaunted efforts of remastering engineers John R. T. Davies and Michael Kieffer. Taken as a whole, the series presents for the first time anywhere ALL original issues and ALL extant alternate takes on which Bix plays, many of which are making their first appearance on CD.
Volume 1 of "Bix Restored" covers Bix's recording career from the beginning (February 18, 1924) through mid-September 1927, and contains 70 tracks (66 complete original recordings, plus the "Blue River" test groove and all three of Jess Stacy's recordings of Bix's unrecorded compositions). It includes Bix's entire recorded output with the Wolverine Orchestra and Jean Goldkette's orchestra, his first waxings with Frank Trumbauer's orchestra, both of the Tram-Bix-Lang trio sides, and the Gennetts by Bix and his Rhythm Jugglers and the Sioux City Six.
Bix Restored, Volume 1 - Disc 1 1) Fidgety Feet - Wolverine Orchestra
2) Jazz Me Blues - Wolverine Orchestra
3) Oh! Baby - Wolverine Orchestra
4) Copenhagen - Wolverine Orchestra
5) Riverboat Shuffle - Wolverine Orchestra
6) Susie (of the Islands) (take A) - Wolverine Orchestra
7) Susie (of the Islands) (take B) - Wolverine Orchestra
8) I Need Some Pettin' - Wolverine Orchestra
9) Royal Garden Blues - Wolverine Orchestra
10) Tiger Rag - Wolverine Orchestra
11) Sensation - Wolverine Orchestra
12) Lazy Daddy (take A) - Wolverine Orchestra
13) Lazy Daddy (take B) - Wolverine Orchestra
14) Tia Juana - Wolverine Orchestra
15) Big Boy - Wolverine Orchestra
16) Flock O' Blues - Sioux City Six
17) I'm Glad - Sioux City Six
18) I Didn't Know - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
19) Adoration - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
20) Toddlin' Blues - Bix & his Rhythm Jugglers
21) Davenport Blues - Bix & his Rhythm Jugglers
22) Idolizing (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
23) Idolizing (take 5) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
24) Hush-a-Bye - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
Bix Restored, Volume 1 - Disc 2
1) Sunday (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
2) Sunday (take 3) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
3) Cover Me Up with Sunshine - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
4) I'd Rather be the Girl in Your Arms - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
5) Just One More Kiss (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
6) Just One More Kiss (take 4) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
7) Proud of a Baby Like You (take 1) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
8) Proud of a Baby Like You (take 4) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
9) I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (take 1) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
10) I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (take 4) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
11) I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
12) I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now (take 3) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
13) Hoosier Sweetheart - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
14) Look at the World and Smile (take 1) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
15) Look at the World and Smile (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
16) Look at the World and Smile (take 3) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
17) My Pretty Girl (take 1) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
18) My Pretty Girl (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
19) A Lane in Spain (take 1) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
20) A Lane in Spain (take 3) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
21) Sunny Disposish (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
22) Sunny Disposish (take 3) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
Bix Restored, Volume 1 - Disc 3
1) Trumbology - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
2) Clarinet Marmalade - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
3) Singin' the Blues - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
4) Slow River (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
5) Slow River (take 4) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
6) Ostrich Walk - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
7) Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
8) I'm Coming Virginia - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
9) Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
10) For No Reason at All in C - Tram, Bix and Lang
11) In My Merry Oldsmobile (waltz version) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
12) In My Merry Oldsmobile (fox trot) (take 1) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
13) In My Merry Oldsmobile (fox trot) (take 2) - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
14) Three Blind Mice - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
15) Blue River (test groove) - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
16) Blue River - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
17) There's a Cradle in Caroline - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
18) In a Mist - Bix Beiderbecke
19) Flashes (Bix Beiderbecke, composer) - Jess Stacy
20) In the Dark (Bix Beiderbecke, composer) - Jess Stacy
21) Candlelights (Bix Beiderbecke, composer) - Jess Stacy
22) Blue River - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
23) Clementine - Jean Goldkette & his Orchestra
24) Wringin' an' Twistin' - Tram, Bix and Lang
Volume 2 of "Bix Restored"
covers Bix's recording career from September 28, 1927 to February 28,
1928, and contains 64 tracks. It covers Bix's freelance period during
September-October 1927 (after the breakup of the Goldkette band), many
of the great small group sessions with Frank Trumbauer, as well as the
beginning of Bix's career with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra.
Highlights of the set include the ultimate transfers of the ultra-rare
Chicago Loopers recordings made for Pathe, the Bix & his Gang
classics "Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down" and "Jazz Me Blues," three
takes of Whiteman's "From Monday On," featuring Bing Crosby & the
Rhythm Boys, two takes of Whiteman's "Washboard Blues" featuring Hoagy
Carmichael's first issued vocal, and even the "Grand Fantasia from
Wagneriana."Bix Restored, Volume 2 - Disc 1
1) Humpty Dumpty / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
2) Krazy Kat / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
3) The Baltimore / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
4) There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland / Broadway Bellhops
5) There's a Cradle in Caroline / Broadway Bellhops
6) Just an Hour of Love / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
7) I'm Just Wonderin' Who / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
8) At the Jazz Band Ball / Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
9) Royal Garden Blues / Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
10) Jazz Me Blues / Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
11) I'm More Than Satisfied (take 1) / Chicago Loopers
12) I'm More Than Satisfied (take 2) / Chicago Loopers
13) Clorinda (take 1) / Chicago Loopers
14) Clorinda (take 2) / Chicago Loopers
15) Three Blind Mice (take 1) / Chicago Loopers
16) Three Blind Mice (take 2) / Chicago Loopers
17) Goose Pimples / Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
18) Sorry / Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
19) Cryin' All Day / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
20) A Good Man is Hard to Find / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
21) Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down / Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
22) Sugar / Russell Gray & his Orchestra
23) Washboard Blues (take 1) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
Bix Restored, Volume 2 - Disc 2
1) Washboard Blues (take 4) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
2) Changes (take 2) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
3) Changes (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
4) Mary (take 2) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
5) Mary (take 4) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
6) Ramona / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
7) Smile (take 1) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
8) Lonely Melody (take 1) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
9) Lonely Melody (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
10) O Ya Ya / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
11) Dolly Dimples / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
12) There'll Come a Time / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
13) Jubilee / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
14) Parade of the Wooden Soldiers / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
15) Ol' Man River / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
16) San (take 6) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
17) San (take 7) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
18) Mississippi Mud / Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
19) Together / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
20) My Heart Stood Still (take 1) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
21) My Heart Stood Still (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
22) Smile (take 4) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
Bix Restored, Volume 2 - Disc 3
1) Smile (take 5) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
2) Back in Your Own Backyard (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
3) Back in Your Own Backyard (take 4) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
4) There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears (take 2) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
5) There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
6) Dardanella / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
7) Love Nest / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
8) Sunshine (take 2) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
9) Sunshine (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
10) From Monday On (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
11) Grand Fantasia from Wagneriana / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
12) A Shady Tree / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
13) Three Shades of Blue / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
14) Mississippi Mud (take 2) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
15) Mississippi Mud (take 3) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
16) Chloe / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
17) High Water / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
18) From Monday On (take 4) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
19) From Monday On (take 6) / Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
Volume 3 of "Bix Restored"
covers Bix's recording career from February 28, 1928 through June 18,
1928, and contains 69 tracks (one of which is the "Thou Swell" test
groove). It includes more of the great small group sessions with Frank
Trumbauer, and the most intense period of activity with Paul Whiteman
& his Orchestra, the stockpiling of recordings by both Victor and
Columbia when the great bandleader changed labels. This set includes
the first issue on any medium of take B of Trumbauer's "My Pet" - the
first new positively-identified Bix recording to surface in the past 20
years! Other highlights of the set include Whiteman's recordings of
"You Took Advantage of Me," "Sugar," Louisiana," and the complete
"Metropolis," and Bix and his Gang doing "Somebody Stole My Gal" and
"Thou Swell."Bix Restored, Volume 3 - Disc 1
1. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Sugar (take 1)
2. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Sugar (take 2)
3. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Sea Burial
4. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: When You're With Somebody Else (take 1)
5. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: When You're With Somebody Else (take 2)
6. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Selections from "Show Boat" (take 2)
7. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Selections from "Show Boat" (take 4)
8. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: A Study in Blue
9. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Coquette (take 1)
10. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Coquette (take 3)
11. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: When (take 2)
12. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: When (take 3)
13. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Metropolis (parts 1-4)
14. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Metropolis (part 3 - take 3)
15. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Lovable
16. Frank Trumbauer & his Orchestra: Our Bungalow of Dreams
17. Frank Trumbauer & his Orchestra: Lila
18. Frank Trumbauer & his Orchestra: Borneo
19. Frank Trumbauer & his Orchestra: My Pet (take B)
20. Frank Trumbauer & his Orchestra: My Pet (take C)
Bix Restored, Volume 3 - Disc 2
1. Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang: Somebody Stole My Gal
2. Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang: Thou Swell (test groove)
3. Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang: Thou Swell (take A)
4. Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang: Thou Swell (take C)
5. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: In My Bouquet of Memories (take 1)
6. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: In My Bouquet of Memories (take 3)
7. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: I'm Afraid of You (take 3)
8. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: I'm Afraid of You (take 4)
9. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Angel (take 1)
10. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Angel (take 2)
11. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Pet (take 1)
12. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Pet (take 2)
13. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Pet (take 3)
14. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: It Was the Dawn of Love (take 1)
15. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: It Was the Dawn of Love (take 2)
16. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: It Was the Dawn of Love (take 3)
17. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Dancing Shadows
18. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Forget-Me-Not (take 2)
19. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Forget-Me-Not (take 3)
20. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Dixie Dawn (take 1)
21. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Dixie Dawn (take 2)
22. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Dixie Dawn (take 3)
23. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Louisiana (take 1)
24. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Louisiana (take 3)
25. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Grieving
26. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Do I Hear You Saying (I Love You)
Bix Restored, Volume 3 - Disc 3
1. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: You Took Advantage of Me
2. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Ohio Home
3. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: La Paloma (The Dove)
4. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: La Golondrina
5. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: My Melancholy Baby
6. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: The Man I Love (take 2)
7. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: The Man I Love (take 4)
8. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E (take 2)
9. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E (take 3)
10. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: La Paloma (The Dove)
11. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Is It Gonna Be Long
12. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Oh! You Have No Idea
13. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Blue Night
14. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Felix the Cat
15. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: 'Tain't So, Honey, 'Tain't So
16. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Japanese Mammy
17. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: I'd Rather Cry Over You
18. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Chiquita
19. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: I'm on the the Crest of a Wave
20. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: That's My Weakness Now
21. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Georgie Porgie
22. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Because My Baby Don't Mean "Maybe" Now
23. Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra: Out O' Town Gal
Volume 4 of "Bix Restored" covers
Bix's recording career from June 19, 1928 through September 15, 1930,
and contains 64 tracks ("Concerto in F" counts as three tracks). It
includes more of the great small group sessions with Frank Trumbauer.
Other highlights of the set include Whiteman's recordings of "China
Boy," "Sweet Sue," Gypsy" (all featuring great Bix solos), and the
complete "Concerto in F" by George Gershwin.Bix Restored, Volume 4 - Disc 1
1) American Tune - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
2) Tchaikowskiana - Parts 1 & 2 - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
3) Bless You Sister - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
4) Dusky Stevedore - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
5) Ol' Man River - Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
6) Wa Da Da - Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
7) Roses of Yesterday - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
8) In the Good Old Summertime (Medley) - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
9) The Sidewalks of New York (Medley) - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
10) Concerto in F (1st Movement) - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
11) Concerto in F (2nd Movement) - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
12) Concerto in F (3rd Movement) - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
13) Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
14) Gypsy - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
15) Sweet Sue - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
16) Christmas Melodies: O Holy Night; Adeste Fideles - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
Bix Restored, Volume 4 - Disc 2
1) Take Your Tomorrow - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
2) Love Affairs - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
3) I Can't Give You Anything but Love - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
4) Rhythm King - Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
5) Louisiana - Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
6) Margie - Bix Beiderbecke & his Gang
7) Concerto in F - 3rd movement (take 7) - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
8) The Love Nest - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
9) The Japanese Sandman - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
10) High Up on a Hilltop - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
11) Sentimental Baby - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
12) Where is the Song of Songs for Me? - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
13) Liebestraum - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
14) Chinese Lullaby - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
15) Futuristic Rhythm - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
16) Raisin' the Roof - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
17) Blue Hawaii - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
18) I'm in Seventh Heaven - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
19) Louise - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
20) Wait Till You See "Ma Cherie" - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
21) Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
22) Little Pal - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
23) Song of India - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
Bix Restored, Volume 4 - Disc 3
1) No One Can Take Your Place - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
2) I Like That - Frankie Trumbauer & his Orchestra
3) When My Dreams Come True - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
4) Reaching for Someone - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
5) China Boy - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
6) Oh! Miss Hannah - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
7) Orange Blossom Time - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
8) Your Mother and Mine - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
9) At Twilight - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
10) Waiting at the End of the Road - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
11) Rockin' Chair - Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra
12) Barnacle Bill, the Sailor - Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra
13) Loved One (take A) - Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang
14) Loved One (take B) - Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang
15) Deep Harlem - Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang
16) Strut Miss Lizzie - Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang
17) Deep Down South (take 1) - Bix Beiderbecke & his Orchestra
18) Deep Down South (take 2) - Bix Beiderbecke & his Orchestra
19) I Don't Mind Walkin' in the Rain - Bix Beiderbecke & his Orchestra
20) I'll be a Friend with Pleasure (take 2) - Bix Beiderbecke & his Orchestra
21) I'll be a Friend with Pleasure (take 3) - Bix Beiderbecke & his Orchestra
22) Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra
23) One Night in Havana - Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra
24) Bessie Couldn't Help It (take 1) - Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra
25) Bessie Couldn't Help It (take 2) - Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra
