[Dixielandjazz] Bix Festival

[Mike]

   I came across a web source(without citation)a few minutes ago that 
said that Miles was eager to talk to anyone who played with Bix. I can't 
remember if Miles ever talked about that in his autobiography. I'll look 
it up later time permitting.

Mike



Mike wrote:
> 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
> 
>