“Somebody Else is Taking My Place”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XB_ZbHRoWU Composed by Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth and Russ Morgan; probably arranged by Gene Kutch. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Elite on March 11, 1942 in New York. Bunny Berigan, solo trumpet, directing: Kenny Davis (lead), Bob Mansell, Fred Norton, trumpets; Max Smith, Charlie Stout, trombones; George Quinty (lead alto), Walt Mellor (alto and baritone), Red Lange, Neal Smith (tenors), saxophones; Gene Kutch, piano; Tony Espen, bass;... Continue Reading →

December 27, 2023 4

“Moonshine Over Kentucky” (1938)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb3WP6TJ__8 Composed by Sidney D. Mitchell and Lew Pollack; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on April 21, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, solo trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins, first trumpet; Irving Goodman, trumpet; Nat Lobovsky, first trombone; Al George, trombone; Mike Doty, first alto saxophone; Joe Dixon,... Continue Reading →

November 29, 2023 1

“The Prisoner’s Song” (1937)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_un9uPkYS4 Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on August 7, 1937 in New York. Composed by Guy Massey; arranged by Dick Rose, with adjustments by Berigan and his band in performance. Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins, first trumpet in first part of performance; Irving Goodman, trumpet; Thomas “Sonny”... Continue Reading →

October 16, 2023 2

“Night Song” (1939)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loI5S11wTDE Composed by Juan Tizol and Jimmy Mundy; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra live at Manhattan Center, New York City, September 26, 1939. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Jake Koven, Truman Quigley, Carl “Bama” Warwick, trumpets; Mark Pasco, Al Jennings, trombones; Charlie DiMaggio (as/cl) Joe DiMaggio (as/cl); Larry Walsh (ts/bs); Stuart... Continue Reading →

August 29, 2023 1

“All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm” (1937)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQbXhPz90HE Composed by Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann and Gus Kahn; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on June 18, 1937 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins, Irving Goodman, trumpets; Thomas B. "Sonny" Lee, first trombone; Morey Samel, trombone; Sid Perlmutter, first also saxophone; Joe Dixon,... Continue Reading →

June 29, 2023 1

“Never Felt Better, Never Had Less” (1938)

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 →

May 30, 2023 1

“Marcheta” (1940)

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 →

April 14, 2023 1

“Louise” (1937)

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 →

March 9, 2023 1

“Our Love” (1939) with Danny Richards

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 →

February 2, 2023 6

“Get Rhythm in Your Feet”(1935) with Benny Goodman and Helen Ward

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 →

January 16, 2023 2

Up ↑