In a Mist
"In a Mist" is a 1927 composition for piano composed by Bix Beiderbecke and released as a 78 single on Okeh as a piano solo. The song has become a jazz and pop standard.
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| Single by Bix Beiderbecke | ||||
| B-side | "Wringin' an' Twistin'" | |||
| Released | October 1927 | |||
| Recorded | September 9, 1927, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Okeh, Vocalion | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bix Beiderbecke | |||
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Background
"In a Mist" was recorded on September 9, 1927 in New York and released as Okeh 40916 and Vocalion 3150 backed with "Wringin' an' Twistin'" which was recorded with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang. Bix Beiderbecke played piano on the recording.
Bix Beiderbecke performed the composition on piano accompanied by Roy Bargy and Lennie Hayton at Carnegie Hall on October 7, 1928 at a jazz concert presented by Paul Whiteman.
In 2020, the composition was featured on the recording Candlelight: Love in the Time of Cholera by Juliet Kurtzman and Pete Malinverni.
Style
"In a Mist" mixes elements of late impressionism with early jazz. While written in C-major, the piece is heavily chromatic. Bix mostly plays on the fourth and fifth, often inserting sharp or flat accidentals, while avoiding the tonic to increase tension. Harmonically, the piece features melancholic, rich chords; the swing tempo gives the piece a zippy, joyful quality. These tensions drive the piece, finally settling on a hopeful C-major.
Cover versions
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 1928 sheet music cover, "In a Mist", by Bix Beiderbecke, Robbins Music, New York. "Paul Whiteman presents A Modern Composition for the Piano."
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UK 78 single release of "Bixology (In a Mist)" on Parlophone, R 3504.
References
- Bix: Man and Legend by Richard M. Sudhalter & Philip R. Evens, Quartet, 1974.
- Bix: The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend by Jean Pierre Lion with the assistance of Gabriella Page-Fort, Michael B. Heckman and Norman Field, Continuum Publishers, New York/London, 2004.
- Remembering Bix by Ralph Berton, Harper & Row, 1974.
- Bix Beiderbecke by Burnett James, Cassell & Co, Ltd., 1959.
- "Our Language." Episode 3, Jazz (television miniseries) by Ken Burns, PBS Home Video/Warner Home Video, 2001.
- Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke. Red Hot Jazz.com.
- Pops: Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz by Thomas A. DeLong, New Century Publishers, 1983,
External links
- dpl Quad City Memory
- Bix Beiderbecke Resources: A Bixography
- Bix Beiderbecke Resources: A Creative Aural History Thesis - A series of nineteen one-half-hour radio programs from 1971. Includes interviews with Frank Trumbauer, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Eddie Condon, Bing Crosby and Bix' brother Charles "Burnie" Beiderbecke
- The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society, Davenport, Iowa
- "Davenport Blues" - An mp3 of Beiderbecke's first recording under his own name.
- Celebrating Bix - A tribute album created to commemorate the centenary of Bix's birth by some of the world's finest traditional jazz musicians.
- "Bixology" (an excerpt) by Brendan Wolfe, Jazz.com.
- Twelve Essential Bix Beiderbecke Performances by Brendan Wolfe, Jazz.com.
- Quad City Times Bix 7, Davenport, IA
- Recordings: In a Mist.
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