[United States, Iowa, WMT Radio broadcast: "Floyd Bean memorial show," 1974] [sound recording] / written, produced and narrated by Dean Landfear.

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[United States, Iowa, WMT Radio broadcast: "Floyd Bean memorial show," 1974] [sound recording] / written, produced and narrated by Dean Landfear.

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Radio broadcast commemoriating the life of Floyd Bean, jazz pianist from Cedar Rapids. Highlights Bean's four decade career that included performances with jazz groups in Iowa and Chicago and on television shows. Includes performances and interviews with the artist.

1 sound reel (28:15) : analog, full track, 7.5 ips ; 7 in.

Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music

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Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music

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Jazz musician Floyd Bean was born in Ladora, Iowa (1904). He began playing drums for the Grinnell High School Band but soon turned to piano. He took his first job (1918) at the Linwood (Iowa) Inn, where he played with Bix Beiderbecke in 1923. Floyd played in several local bands and worked for WOC radio in Davenport before landing his first big job in 1939 in Chicago as a pianist with the Bob Crosby Band. He cut several albums including four sides with Timmy McPartland's band, his "I Never Though...