Joe Venuti — Bix Character Profile

About Joe Venuti

Italian-American violinist and described as the trumpeter's only true friend. He assists Burnie in investigating Bix's life, helps bring Liza to Iowa, and recounts Bix's story to her during a train journey after meeting him in the Jean Goldkette orchestra.

Joe Venuti — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Emile B. Levisetti

Appears in

Bix (1991)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Joe Venuti — Social True Friend — Bix (Bryant Weeks)

  Venuti is Bix's closest confidant and the only one who truly understands his personal life.

• Joe Venuti — Alliance Investigative Ally — Burnie (Mark Collver)

  Venuti assists Burnie in uncovering the truth about Bix's past and his connection to Liza.

• Joe Venuti — Professional Jazz Contemporary — Hoagy (Romano Orzari)

  Venuti and Hoagy are contemporaries within the same vibrant 1920s jazz community.

• Joe Venuti — Professional Jazz Contemporary — Pee Wee Russell (Michael T. Henderson)

  Both musicians operate in the same 1920s jazz scene and share professional overlaps.

• Joe Venuti — Professional Jazz Contemporary — Don Murray (Matthew Buzzell)

  Venuti and Murray are linked through their shared presence in the 1920s jazz circuit.

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More characters from Bix

• Bix (Bryant Weeks)
• Agatha (Julia Ewing)
• Burnie (Mark Collver)
• Hoagy (Romano Orzari)
• Vera Cox (Debbon Ayer)
• Kitty (Gayla Goehl)
• Pee Wee Russell (Michael T. Henderson)
• Don Murray (Matthew Buzzell)
• Big Eddie (Joel Thingvall)