| Birth: | Mar. 10, 1903 | | Death: | Aug. 6, 1931 | 
Jazz Musician. With the bands of Frankie Trumbauer, Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, he created new cornet sounds. He also wrote a few piano pieces. A 1950 film called "Young Man with a Horn" was loosley based on Bix. It starred Kirk Douglas, Lauren Becall, Doris Day and Hoagy Carmichael. The trumpet work was dubbed by Harry James.
Cause of death: Lobar Pneumonia brought on by alcoholism
Search Amazon for Leon Beiderbecke | | | Burial:
Oakdale Memorial Gardens
Davenport
Scott County
Iowa, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 73 |
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