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Bix Beiderbecke

Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz musicians of his time His style contributed to the development of the jazz ballad. . He first played in New York City in September 1924 with his band the Wolverines. He performed with a number of orchestras. With the saxiphonist Frankie Trumbauer, he led an ensemble in 1925-1926

Beiderbecke died of chronic alcoholism at the young age of 28 on August 6, 1931, at 9:30 p.m. in his apartment at 43-30 46th Street in Sunnyside, Queens. The building he lived and died in is located at the edge of the All Saints Churchyard.