HeheardLouisArmstrongandJoe "King" Oliver on theirfamousChicagoresidencythatyear, but he alsolovedthe sound of the firstgreatwhitejazzsoloist – the cornetistBixBeiderbecke.
The band said on its website that Billie JoeArmstrong, its charismatic frontman, would get help for substance abuse, though it did not specify the nature of his problems.