"In the Dark" is a 1931 jazz composition for solo piano by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. It was the fourth in a series of four piano works composed by Bix Beiderbecke during his career.
"In the Dark" is a 1931 jazz composition for solo piano by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. It was the fourth in a series of four piano works composed by Bix Beiderbecke during his career.
Bix Beiderbecke never recorded the composition himself but copyrighted it on April 18, 1931 along with "Flashes", a similar work for solo piano, as "A Modern Composition for the Piano". Bill Challis assisted in the transcription of the composition for piano. The score and sheet music for the composition were published by Robbins Music in New York. Jazz trumpeter Bunny Berigan recorded it on December 1, 1938 in New York and released it as a 78 single in an arrangement for trumpet and big band in 1939. In 2010, pianist Bryan Wright recorded the composition on piano and released it on Rivermont along with the three other piano compositions by Bix Beiderbecke: "In a Mist" (1927), "Candlelights" (1930), and "Flashes" (1931).
A copy of a 1931 "In the Dark" sheet music cover was dedicated and signed by Bix Beiderbecke to trumpeter Leo McConville:
To Leo:
One of the best personally and musically — thanks for saving my life on the Camel Hour numerous times — The Best Bix Beiderbecke.
In 2020, Juliet Kurtzman and Pete Malinverni recorded "In The Dark" in an arrangement for violin and piano on the album Candlelight: Love in the Time of Cholera.
"In the Dark" has been recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Men, Jack Teagarden, Kenny Werner, Dick Hyman, Bryan Wright, Chris Madsen Trio, Francis Faulin, The Dukes of Dixieland, Oscar Pettiford featuring Tom Talbert, Marco Fumo, Patrick Artero, Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble, The Tiger Dixie Band in 2005.
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