The Trials, Tribulations and Triumph of Bunny Berigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I89b5eUeXtg Composed and arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded live in performance by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra at the Trianon Ballroom in Cleveland on April 9, 1939. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton, first trumpet; Jake Koven and George Johnston, trumpets; Ray Conniff and Bob Jenney, trombones; Arcuiso “Gus” Bivona, first alto saxophone; Charlie DiMaggio,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdLwK3luU0 Composed by Ernie Burnett; arranged by Andy Phillips. Recorded live in performance by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra at Westwood Symphony Gardens, Dearborn, Michigan on June 22, 1939. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton, first trumpet; Jake Koven and Joe Bauer, trumpets; Jimmy Emmert and Bob Jenney, trombones; Arcuiso "Gus" Bivona, first alto saxophone;... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2YuSK4_-MQ Composed and arranged by Benny Carter. Recorded from an NBC radio broadcast Carnaval de Broadway emanating from the Astor Roof in New York City on either June 26 or August 14, 1940.(*) Tommy Dorsey, first and solo trombone; directing: Bunny Berigan, Ray Linn, Jimmy Blake, and either Leon Debrow or Clyde Hurley trumpets; George... 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://youtu.be/XgoW9_QKeCs "Gangbusters' Holiday" Composed and arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra probably on October 5, 1938 in New York City. (This recording may be a sound check for radio broadcasts by the Berigan band from Roseland Ballroom. See endnotes (1 and 1A). Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton and Irving... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7kW6zX7wjw "Jazz Me Blues" Composed by Tom Delaney; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on March 15, 1939 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton, first trumpet; Jake Koven and George Johnston, trumpets; Ray Conniff and Bob Jenney, trombones; Gus Bivona, first alto saxophone and clarinet;... Continue Reading →