[Dixielandjazz] Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Jazz Concert

[Fred Weber]

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Subject: Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Jazz Concert 

 

FREE TO ALL!    FREE TO ALL!    FREE TO ALL! 

Saturday, August 7th, 4:00PM - 7:00PM  on 46th Street at Queens Blvd.

Don't Miss the 10th Annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Jazz Concert

The Largest, Free, Outdoor Jazz Concert in western Queens!

A night of Swing & Dixieland music.

 

Annual concert to honor jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke.

(There’s a banner of him hanging at the L.I.R.R.station in Jamaica)

He was one time Sunnyside resident and one of the best jazzmen in the 1920’s.

 

79 years ago Beiderbecke died at age 28, on Aug. 6, 1931 on 46th Street in Sunnyside, Queens, NY.

 

The Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Committee presents…

Annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Jazz Concert

 

In conjunction with Sunnyside Summer Streets

In partnership with Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside

 

Featuring

Dance performance by “Summer Stock for City Kids” 

The Sunnyside Drum Corps
Bix Beiderbecke  Memorial Jazz Orchestra

Featuring cornet soloist Kirby Jolly of the American Concert Band

And trumpeter Mike Ridley of the Cotton Club Orchestra

 

On exhibit a 1928 Model A Ford. 

Saturday, August 7th, 4:00PM - 7:00PM on 46th Street at Queens Blvd.