The humor of jazz is rich and many-sided. Some of it is obvious enough to make a dog laugh. Some is subtle, wry-mouthed, or back-handed. It is by turns bitter, agonized, and grotesque. Even in the hands of white composers… — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W. C. Handy. — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you? — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you? — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
The humor of jazz is rich and many-sided. Some of it is obvious enough to make a dog laugh. Some is subtle, wry-mouthed, or… — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
Jazz is musical humor. The noun jazz describes a modern American technique for the playing of any music, accompanied by noise called harmony, and… — Bix Beiderbecke Copy Share Image
