Byron “BK” Davis, First African-American Steinway International Recording Artist from the state of Iowa. Saturday, August 5 at Common Chord’s Redstone Room Doors: 6pm / Show: 7pm Tickets: $15“all-seated” show – limited capacity concert, all attendees are guaranteed a seat. Performing Artist: BK Davis’ Iowa American Blues Band Age Restriction: All ages, (Under 19 must be accompanied by an adult) Sponsored By: Bix Beiderbecke Museum & Archives, Browns Shoe Fit, KALA Radio, & West Music. Learn more here: COMMON CHORD – – – – – *Reserved... Read More

This year’s Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival is August 4th – 6th at Rhythm City Casino Davenport, IA. We have many spectacular bands performing including fan favorites and new additions. Come out and join the fun! 2022 Bix Jazz Festival Bands: – Jeff Barnhart’s Ragtime To Swing – New Orleans Night Owls – Chicago Cellar Boys – Dave Bennett’s Jazz Quartet – Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles – NOLA Jazz Band – Benny Goodman Trio – Graystone Monarchs – TJ Müller Trio – Bix Youth Jazz Band Ticket orders: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/bix-jazz-festival-2022… Special... Read More

The Friends of the Davenport Public Library recently won a state of Iowa grant to make material about jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke much more accessible to the public. The library earned nearly $15,000 from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to digitize audio recordings for the Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archive, which opened three years ago at the lower level of River Music Experience, 2nd and Main streets, Davenport. The collection of 239 reel-to-reel tapes and other media formats, including cassettes, CDs and VHS tapes, has been stored at the lower level of the Davenport Main Library,... Read More

Joining the cavalcade of Quad-Cities cultural offerings impacted by Covid-19, the 49th-annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in Davenport also is moving online this year, July 31 and Aug. 1. It had been scheduled for the Rhythm City Casino Event Center in Davenport, but bands this time will record videos that can be seen for free, said Steve Trainor, Bix Society board president. “I think the majority of the board of directors of the Bix Jazz Society had felt, almost from the beginning that this was not going to be your typical year,” he said Monday. “And like everyone else, the more... Read More