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
