[Dixielandjazz] Bix Festival

[Lowell Busching]

I enjoyed the music at this years Bix Festival especially with the All 
Star mostly East Coast musicians brought in by Randy Sandke and Matt 
Domber of Arbor Records. Both groups  included a "host" of stellar 
players, whatever that phrase means.  Whatever it means, they were good.

The highlight of the weekend for me though was a question brought up to 
the final symposium hosted by Randy himself with a number of Bix 
experts.  Among other questions, one of the younger members of the 
audience present, asked the historians and other experts present on 
stage if there was any evidence that Miles Davis was ever influenced by 
Bix?

I forget what the answers were. The question was enough. I had to leave 
about that time. :-)

Does anyone on the list want to handle that question?

Mad Dawg