The Trials, Tribulations and Triumph of Bunny Berigan
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 →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdF3hWxgfzM "Carelessly" Composed by Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny and Norman Ellis; probably arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra on April 1, 1937 for Victor in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins and Cliff Natalie, trumpets; Ford Leary and Frank D'Annolfo, trombones; Frank Langone and Hank Freeman, alto saxophones;... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaHoNNDdUio Composed (music and lyric) by Irving Berlin: arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for the Thesaurus Transcription Service on June 27, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, lead and solo trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Nat Lobovsky (lead), and Ray Conniff, trombones; Mike Doty, first alto... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyIz-HnR74 "Blue Skies" Composed by Irving Berlin; 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, first alto... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go2tEPw0i_U Traditional folk song, arranged by Dick Rose. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Thesaurus Transcription Service on June 27, 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 saxophone and clarinet; Clyde Rounds... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kBLTADOeW0&feature=youtu.be Composed by Edgar Sampson; unknown arranger, possibly Matty Matlock. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Brunswick on January 27, 1937 in New York. Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Harry Greenwald and Harry Brown, trumpets; Walter Burleson, trombone; Carl Swift and Matty Matlock, alto saxophones; Art Drelinger, tenor saxophone; Les Burness,... Continue Reading →