[78-L] Bixing from Revised American Dance Band Discography

[David Lennick]

Some of those legends are in the note by George Avakian to the Columbia Bix 
album (1940), particularly the one about the dance date and the open car and 
the pneumonia.

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> I think you misinterpreted the article. Read it again. Shaw was merely pointing out all of the "bixings" regarding Bix's life and career - the same old tired myths about Bix that have been perpetuated over the years. Note that in italics, he does debunk some of these, but maybe he didn't do as good a job as he could in showing what he was actually trying to say. Shaw has read "Bix; Man and Legend" as well as the new Bix book (highly recommended by the way) by Jean Pierre Lion. By comparing the Bixings with the tripe that came out of Ken Burns' "Jazz" docudrama (I refuse to call it a documentary), Shaw is merely pointing out that legends are often made of misstatements, assumptions, rumors, and honest-to-God lies.
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
>> From: simmonssomer at comcast.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:38:10 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bixing from Revised American Dance Band Discography
>>
>> Well for just one thing, strictly from memory......Paul Whiteman was 
>> extremely kind AND patient with Bix. Paying for rehabilitation,,,putting up 
>> with lengthy absences but keeping his chair open...and putting up with the 
>> fact that Bix drank to ruination, could not read and had to sit with his 
>> horn in his mouth but not actually playing on more than a few occasions..
>> He loved Bix (as do I) and although he was in a commercial straight jacket 
>> did give Bix spots where possible.. This is not what that article 
>> maintained. There were lots of other wrong statements but I don't have time 
>> right now to go back and look them up. I promise I will review it in a few 
>> days and give you my take with citations from the article on the whole 
>> thing.
>> Thanks for your patience.
>>
>> Al
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
>> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bixing from Revised American Dance Band Discography
>>
>>
>>> Please elaborate, Al. I saw nothing twaddle-worthy in the article.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>> From: simmonssomer at comcast.net
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:51:28 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bixing from Revised American Dance Band Discography
>>>>
>>>> I read about two pages and almost threw up. I quit while I still had my
>>>> sanity.
>>>> What pernicious twaddle!
>>>>
>>>> Al Simmons
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "eugene hayhoe" <jazzme48912 at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:01 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bixing from Revised American Dance Band Discography
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't miss this on the site:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rustbooks.com/articles/Bixing%202.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Wed, 1/20/10, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Revised American Dance Band Discography
>>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 9:35 AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Great.....except.......... with another thousand dollars I could buy a 
>>>> new
>>>> Honda Civic.
>>>>
>>>> Al Simmons
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:56 AM
>>>> Subject: [78-L] Revised American Dance Band Discography
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> This can be ordered from:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.rustbooks.com/books2.php
>>>>>
>>>>> Julian Vein
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