Bix in today's New York Times

I get the New York Times on Saturdays and Sundays. I must admit that I don't read it carefully. Fortunately, my wife does, and she pointed out to me an article about the twin neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Woodside. Bix is mentioned and a photo of the plaque at 44-30 46th St. is shown. The article is available on line at

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/nyregion/25stop.html

The relevant section about Bix reads,

2 P.M.Make a quick pilgrimage to 43-30 46th Street, where the greatest jazz cornetist this side of Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, lived. There's a commemorative plaque on the building; Beiderbecke died there in 1931 at age 28 after a short but shining career that helped establish jazz as an American art form.

And here are the associated image and the caption.

Photo: Dan Saltzstein/The New York Times

Albert