The Trials, Tribulations and Triumph of Bunny Berigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3P2poE-lOo Composed by Abel Baer and Cliff Heff; arranged by Abe Osser or Andy Phillips. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on April 21, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Nat Lobovsky and Ray Conniff, trombones; Mike Doty, first alto saxophone; Joe Dixon, alto... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxvT0ylravo Composed by Victor Shertzinger; arranged by either Andy Fitzgerald or Frank Crolene. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra from an NBC broadcast on October 14, 1940 from the World's Fair of 1940, Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Jack Thompson (lead), Frank Perry, Ray Kranz, trumpets; Ernie Stricker (lead), Max... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGUPnI3yGM "Louise" Composed by Richard Whiting; probably arranged by Dick Rose. Recorded live in performance at the Roof Garden of Hotel Pennsylvania in New York on June 27, 1937. Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Sonny Lee and Al George, trombones; Sid Perlmutter, first alto saxophone; Joe Dixon,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xZl6yhCvMs Adapted from a part of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet by Larry Clinton, Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich; arranged by Andy Phillips. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra on September 20, 1939 in Boston. (*) Bunny Berigan, trumpet; directing: Jake Koven, first trumpet; Truman Quigley and Carl "Bama" Warwick, trumpets; Mark Pasco and... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4td1lhKjOY Composed by J. Russell Robinson and Bill Livingston; arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on June 25, 1935 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet; Nate Kazebier and Jerry Neary, trumpets; Jack Lacey and Sterling “Red” Ballard, trombones; Nuncio “Toots” Mondello,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnEfg6B1QM8 "The Buzzard" Head arrangement by Bud Freeman, based on "Basin Street Blues." Recorded By Bud Freeman and His Windy City Five for Decca on December 4, 1935 in New York. Lawrence “Bud” Freeman, tenor saxophone and clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Claude Thornhill, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Grachan Moncur, bass; William R. "Cozy" Cole,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCpV2j7gwcM "Keep Smiling at Trouble" Composed by Lewis E. Gensler; head arrangement. Recorded By Bud Freeman and His Windy City Five for Decca on December 4, 1935 in New York. Lawrence "Bud" Freeman, tenor saxophone, directing: Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Claude Thornhill, piano; Eddie Condon, guitar; Grachan Moncur, bass; Cozy Cole, drums. The story: Once back... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Hppq8uVnA Composed by Ray Henderson; arranged by Dick Rose. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on December 23, 1937 in New York.(*) Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Sonny Lee and Al George, trombones; Mike Doty and Joe Dixon, alto saxophones (Dixon doubles on B-flat... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQVAvKc3ak Composed by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams; arranged by Sy Oliver. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra live in performance from an NBC radio broadcast emanating from the Astor Roof in New York City on August 3, 1940. Tommy Dorsey, trombone, directing: Bunny Berigan first and solo trumpet; Ray Linn, Jimmy Blake and... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pwZ3cQeuyY Composed by Mack Gordon (lyric) and Harry Revel (music); Head arrangement. Bunny Berigan with the Dorsey Brothers; recorded on March 14, 1934 for Vocalion in New York. Probable personnel: Tommy Dorsey, trombone and trumpet, directing: Bunny Berigan, lead and solo trumpet; Don Matteson, trombone; Jimmy Dorsey, clarinet and alto saxophone; Lyle Bowen, alto saxophone;... Continue Reading →