The Trials, Tribulations and Triumph of Bunny Berigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfmHcq4cJ0k Composed by Benny Davis and Lou Handman; arranged by Andy Phillips. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on September 13, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Steve Lipkins and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Ray Conniff and Nat Lobovsky, trombones; George "Gigi" Bohn, first alto saxophone; Arcuiso "Gus" Bivona, alto saxophone... Continue Reading →
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://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 →
"Sobbin' Blues" Composed by Art Kassel and Vic Berton; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on November 22, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton, first trumpet; Irving Goodman, trumpet; Ray Conniff, first trombone; Bob "Brad" Jenney, trombone; Arcuiso "Gus" Bivona, first alto saxophone and... Continue Reading →
"Moten Swing" Composed by Bennie and Buster Moten; arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra live from a broadcast over WABC-New York from Roseland Ballroom in New York City in October of 1938. Bunny Berigan, first trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton and Irving Goodman, trumpets; Ray Conniff and Andy Russo, trombones; Arcuiso... Continue Reading →