Why’d They Forget About Bix?

Bix Beiderbecke was a seminal figure in jazz. This week is the 100th anniversary of his birthday. So “where are the sort of commemorative CD reissue series that celebrated Armstrong’s 100th birthday in 2001, or Duke Ellington’s in 1999? The major labels, which rarely miss an opportunity to make a quick buck off sentimentality (not to mention recordings paid for nearly 80 years ago), have apparently missed this one.”