[Dixielandjazz] Paul Whiteman

[Jack Mitchell]

> Andy Secrest sounded a lot like Bix.
> A long time (over 40 years) ago I sent a British friend a recording of a
> Whiteman number taped off Columbia's "Original Sounds of the Twenties,"
> since  Iwanted to see whether he, a real expert, would know who was
> playing.  His reply was "Bix, of course."  Had he known it was a Columbia
> rather than RCA record, he would not have made that mistake - he was very
> knowledgeable about such things (much more than yours truly).
> Cheers

Marek,

Bix does play on a lot of the Whiteman Columbias

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell