1909-1942: Collectables Jazz Classics

Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00006LSMH
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #996,402 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shanghai Shuffle

2. Devil's Holiday

3. Sing You Sinners

4. 'Tain't So Honey, 'Tain't So

5. Sunday

6. I'll Always Be in Love With You

7. Frankie and Johnny

8. Flat Foot Floogee

9. Peg o' My Heart

10. Mahogany Hall Stomp

11. Wearing of the Green

12. Dardanella

Editorial Reviews

Originally released under the title "Bunny Berigan 1909-1942" in 1975, this compilation of twelve Bunny Berigan recordings was part of Vee-Jay's Epitaph Historical Jazz Series. Personnel in Berigan's band on this recording includes Ray Conniff on trombone, Joe Bushkin on piano, Buddy Rich on drums and Jayne Dover on vocals.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice CD Conversion Of A Vee-Jay Epitaph Vinyl LP By Collectables, April 9, 2011

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This review is from: 1909-1942: Collectables Jazz Classics (Audio CD)

Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan, born on November 2, 1908 in Hilbert, Wisconsin, is widely regarded as one of the very best trumpet players to emerge in the Big Band Era, having honed his talent with some of the greatest names of the time such as Benny Goodman, Hal Kemp, Abe Lyman, The Dorsey Brothers (and then Tommy Dorsey after the brothers split), Paul Whiteman and Glenn Miller, as well as working a session trumpeter with such as Freddy Martin and Ben Selvin.

From 1936 to 1938 he then led his own orchestra, a period in which he recorded prolifically for Vocalion and Victor, posting 13 hit singles while employing a host of musicians, among them drummers Buddy Rich, Davey Tough, Jack Sperling and George Wetling. trombonists Bob Jenney, Al Jennings and Ray Conniff, clarinetists/saxophonists Gus Bivona and Georgie Auld, vocalists Danny Richards, Ruth Bradley, Jayne Dover, Helen Ward, Kathleen Lane and Dick Morgan (also guitarist), pianists Joe Bushkin, Joe Lipman and Buddy Koss, bass players Sid Weiss, Morty Stuhlmaker and Hank Wayland, trumpeters Carl "Bama" Warwick, Steve Lipkins and Harry Goodman, alto saxophonists Hymie Shertzer, Joe Dixon (also clarinet), Clyde Rounds and Milton Schatz, and harmonica playerTommy Morgan.

None among these original recordings, which originally appeared on the Vee-Jay Epitaph LP 4003, and presented here by Collectables, were among his hits although at least three (Frankie And Johnny - Victor 25816 - 1937), Mahogany Hall Stomp (Victor 25622 - 1937) and The Wearing Of The Green (Victor 25872 - 1938) came out as singles.

The sound quality is excellent and there are liner notes by the late Leonard Feather, himself a well-known British jazz pianist, composer and producer who also wrote extensively about music.

Bunny Berigan accomplished a lot and left behind a vast array of some of the best Big Band music you will ever hear, especially considering that, being a noted heavy drinker, he passed away June 2, 1942 at the tender young age of 33!