Culture: Tomasso lets his cornet do the talking; Versatile trumpeter Enrico Tomasso talks to Martin Longley about his centenary tribute to Bix Beiderbecke at the Birmingham International Jazz Festival tomorrow night.(Features) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: July 3, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Martin Longley

On the opening day of the Birmingham International Jazz Festival, trumpeter Enrico Tomasso pays tribute to the music of Bix Beiderbecke in his centenary year.

The tragically short-lived cornettist was born in 1903, but alcoholism and pneumonia had rudely curtailed his mercurial career by 1931.

Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke had offered a viable alternative to the great Louis Armstrong, himself cutting some of the most inspirational ...

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