Word: bix
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bix...
...light about true jazz. The "musicians' " jazz band, as opposed to the public's, has never before had a champion. As jazz music auditors become educated they invariably rely on the concoctions and artistry of such as Frank Trumbauer, the Dorsey brothers, the late Bix, Red Nichols, Jack Teagarden and Louis (The Great) Armstrong for satisfaction...
...knows but few would be able to express: that the true heroes of jazz are not the well-advertised Whitemans, Lombardos and Vallees, but an inner circle of such amazing virtuosi as Saxophonists Jimmy Dorsey, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Trum-bauer, Adrian Rollini; Trumpeters Louis Armstrong, Red Nichols, the late Bix Beiderbecke; Trombonists Miff Mole, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey. M. Coffin distinguishes between le jazz straight et hot, denotes les classiques du hot, discusses their sources and development, arrives at a conclusion which has long seemed obvious to devotees: that the best jazz, which enjoys little public 'recognition...
Persons who know the ropes in South America predicted that the 15 German girls who left Berlin last week will land at Montevideo, Uruguay, whence they will be smuggled across the border into Argentina, and will then start dancing in Buenos Aires at one of the Bix Six cafes: Ta-Ba-Ris, Armenonville, Casino Pigall, Maipu Pigall, American Dancing and Folies Bergere. Of these the first two are comparatively high class, with champagne obligatory at $13 per pint or $23 the bottle; but at the last four mere "drinks" are obligatory at between $2 and $3 each, the hostesses gulping...