The Trials, Tribulations and Triumph of Bunny Berigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2f5FRDL4_Y Composed by Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Men for Victor on November 30, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Irving Goodman, trumpet; Ray Conniff, trombone; Murray "Jumbo" Williams, alto saxophone and bass clarinet; Arcuiso "Gus" Bivona, clarinet; Georgie Auld, alto saxophone; Joe Lippman, piano;... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gvfYucUsgI Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; arranged by E.W. "Red" Bone and Carmen Mastren.(*) Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor on January 29, 1937 in New York. Tommy Dorsey, trombone, directing: Bob Cusumano, first trumpet; Jimmy Welch and Joe Bauer, trumpets; Les Jenkins and E.W. “Red” Bone, trombones; Freddie Stulce, first alto saxophone;... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QPhzUJpcKc Composed by Harry Askt; possibly arranged by Dick Rose. Recorded in performance from the Hotel Pennsylvania Roof in Manhattan over the CBS radio network on June 13, 1937. Bunny Berigan, solo and first trumpet; directing: Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Thomas B. "Sonny" Lee, first trombone; Morey Samel, trombone; Sid Perlmutter, first alto... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/0ucz8DHg9XA Composed by Raymond Edward Lopez and Alcide Nunez. Arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on September 13, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Nat Lobovsky, first trombone; Ray Conniff, trombone; George "Gigi" Bohn, first alto saxophone; Arcuiso... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LOKnAl3z4 Composed by Gil Rodin and Bob Haggart; arranged by Bob Haggart. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Brunswick on February 17, 1937 in New York. Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Harry Greenwald and Harry Brown, trumpets; Ford Leary, trombone; Hymie Shertzer, first alto saxophone; Julian “Matty” Matlock, alto saxophone and... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lx1Ts3VqHg “Sometimes I’m Happy” Composed by Vincent Youmans; arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor in New York on July 1, 1935. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet; Ralph Muzzillo and Nate Kazebier, trumpets; Jack Lacey, first trombone; Sterling “Red” Ballard, trombone; Nuncio “Toots” Mondello,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLiyyGFyvfQ Composed by Larry Clinton: arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and Hos Orchestra for Victor on August 18, 1937 in New York. Roland Bernard “Bunny” Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Thomas B. “Sonny” Lee, first trombone; Al George, trombone; Robert “Mike” Doty first alto saxophone;... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r42rEMXPqhw “Basin Street Blues” Composed by Spencer Williams; arranged by Glenn Miller. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra from a live broadcast from the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, California on August 22, 1935. Benny Godman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet; Ralph Muzzillo and Nate Kazebier, trumpets; Jack Lacey and Red... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOxkFE6ocEQ Composed by Jerome Kern; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on December 23, 1937 in New York. Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan, trumpet, directing Steve Lipkins, first trumpet; Irving Goodman, trumpet; Thomas B. "Sonny" Lee, first trombone; Al George, trombone; Robert "Mike" Doty first alto saxophone; Joe Dixon... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IesRAO1E0as&t=15s Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Thesaurus Transcription Service on July 20, 1936 in New York. The story: On July 20, 1936, Bunny Berigan took a group of musicians into the Victor recording studios at 155 East Twenty-fourth Street to record twenty tunes(1) for NBC’s Thesaurus transcription service. Although Bunny would have... Continue Reading →