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Annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial

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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 is a banner of him hanging at the L.I.R.R.station in Jamaica)

Bix was one time a Sunnyside resident and one of the best jazzmen in the 1920s. 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.

Thanks to Paul Maringelli, chairman of the Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial, for the announcement.

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