Sunnyside Memorial Concert Celebrates Jazz Legend and Roaring Twenties on Saturday
Without a doubt, Louis Armstrong is the most famous jazz musician who ever lived in Queens. However, Satchmo often cited a much lesser-known borough resident, Bix Beiderbecke, as one of his biggest inspirations. Known affectionately as “Bix,” this self-taught coronet player had his own, distinctive sound described as “bullets hitting a bell.” He had his heyday during the…
Without a doubt, Louis Armstrong is the most famous jazz musician who ever lived in Queens. However, Satchmo often cited a much lesser-known borough resident, Bix Beiderbecke, as one of his biggest inspirations. Known affectionately as “Bix,” this self-taught coronet player had his own, distinctive sound described as “bullets hitting a bell.” He had his heyday during the Roaring Twenties Jazz Era before dying at age 28 in his apartment at 43-30 46th Street in Sunnyside, thanks largely to Prohibition-era alcohol. This Saturday with some help from Sunnyside Shines, Bix’s music and the Roaring Twenties will come to life at the 14th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Concert.
Check out the full schedule and event details after the jump.
Here’s the schedule: Sunnyside Drum Corps (2 pm); a lesson from Big Apple Lindy Hoppers (above, 2:30 pm); The Pendulum Swings (3 pm); dancing by Big Apple Lindy Hoppers (4 pm); Sunnyside Social Club (4:15 pm); a Roaring Twenties costume contest (5:15 pm); and Sunnyside Wolverines, featuring Linda Ipanema (5:30 pm).
Details: Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Concert, vicinity of 46th Street, Greenpoint Avenue, and Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, August 2nd, 2 pm to 7 pm, free.
Top photo: Paul White/Big Apple Lindy Hoppers; bottom photo: Michael Rapp/Sunnyside Shines
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