BIX

 

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke

(March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931)

 

It was said of Bix

That his Cornet spat out notes

Like shooting bullets at a bell

And his solos sounded as sweet

As a girl saying yes.

Bix Beiderbecke was simply the best

He was at the birth of hot music

His light illuminated

The jazz age

His Cornet accompanied

The roaring twenties

He was a romantic legend,

The young man with a Horn

But in keeping with the character

Of the very best of youth

His flame burned very brightly

But equally it burned quickly

And like the most beautiful star

He burned himself out

All too soon

Bix lived for the jazz

But died for the booze