Bix beiderbecke biography movie stars
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Bix (film)
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Bix is a Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati and starring Bryant Weeks. The plot is about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke.
Bix beiderbecke biography movie stars
It was an Official Selection premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Bryant Weeks plays American jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke in an account of his life. The film focuses on his conflicts with his family and his relations with the prominent jazz musicians of the s, such as Hoagy Carmichael, Joe Venuti, Pee Wee Russell, Don Murray, and Paul Whiteman.
Mark Sovel plays his friend and collaborator, saxophonist and bandleader Frankie Trumbauer.
The film opens in October in New York City, two months after the death of Bix Beiderbecke. His brother Burnie arrives in the city to meet Liza, who was to be the future bride of the deceased brother.
His investigations of where Bix worked led him to the Italian-American violinist Joe Venuti, the trumpeter's only true friend and therefore unique in knowing