[Dixielandjazz] Bix Festival

[Mike]

Miles Davis had always said that he was influenced by Dizzy 
Gillespie(and Parker to a slightly lesser degree). I don't recall Bix 
being an influence that he acknowledged. When he was a boy his mother 
played him recording of Art Tatum & Duke Ellington.

Mike




Lowell Busching wrote:
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?