Bunny berigan discography torrents

Berigan shown at the burbankglendale, ca airport upon leaving benny goodmans band, october 2, 1935. Bunny berigan s biggest hit was a ballad, recorded under his own name, in which he played and sang a song called i cant get started. Roland bernard bunny berigan november 2, 1908 june 2, 1942 was an american jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were shortened by alcoholism and ended with his early death at age 33 from cirrhosis. Bunny berigan and his orchestra discography usa 45cat. He died on june 2, 1942 in new york city, new york, usa. Bunny berigan celebrity profile check out the latest bunny berigan photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Bunny berigans biggest hit was a ballad, recorded under his own name, in which he played and sang a song called i cant get started. Bunny berigan enjoyed a relatively brief period of fame, lasting. Berigan was one of the top three trumpet soloists during the big band era and one of the few who had an original style not in the mold of louis armstrong. Listen to your favorite songs from the best of bunny berigan by bunny berigan now. As a bandleader, no matter how dire his financial straits, he always looked perfectly. Rowland bernard bunny berigan was born on november 2, 1908 in hilbert, wisconsin.

Zz top the complete studio albums 19701990 hd tracks 20. Berigans big band folded in 1940, by which time the leaders drinking was severely damaging his health. A musical child prodigy, having learned the violin and trumpet at an early age, berigan played in local orchestras by his midteens before joining the successful hal kemp orchestra in 1930. Berigan sulvst hett immer seggt, dat louis armstrong sein grottst vorbild weer, aber dat gelung hum, en eegen charakteristisch speelwies to entwickeln. For classic bunny berigan solos hear goodmans version of king porter stomp and sometimes im happy both recorded in 1935. The accomplishments of seminal jazz trumpeter bernard bunny berigan have secured his place in the annals of american music history. The 1937 recording of i cant get started was inducted into.

Roland bernard bunny berigan november 2, 1908 june 2, 1942 was an american jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended with his early death at age 33 from cirrhosis. The complete brunswick, parlophone and vocalion bunny. A bunny berigan memorial bunny berigan and his boys a1. Zirpolo, was published on october 1, 2011, by scarecrow press as a part of its studies in jazz series, in conjunction with the institute of jazz studies.

Bunny berigan bunny berigans last recordings illustration dalbum. Zirpolo a biography of the jazz trumpeter roland bernard bunny berigan 19081942, by michael p. That was eddie condons gruff but appropriate epitaph for roland bernard bunny berigan, a brilliant improviser and hardworking session man who succumbed to pernicious alcoholism in 1942 at the age of 33. Jun 09, 20 bunny berigan topic recommended for you 3. Bunny berigan was born on november 2, 1908 in fox lake, wisconsin, usa as rowland bernart berigan. With the release of this massive mosaic berigan box, anyone desiring a meticulous examination of hiss phonographic output dating from 1931 through 1937 may. He rejoined dorsey for a while, then reformed his own band in mid1941. Bunny berigan 19081942, trumpet with the bunny berigan orchestra. Size, first recording date, title, primary performer, description. Find bunny berigan discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Bunny berigan s first big hit records were with the benny goodman big band.

Bunny berigan themes of the big bands various artists 2 cd set benny goodman, glenn miller, harry james, count basie, bob crosby, woody herman, cab calloway, bunny berigan, andy kirk and his 12 clouds of joy, jimmie lunceford. I cant get started with you bunny berigan with glenn miller and his orchestra a2. The longer one, nearly 5 minutes, is better known and starts with the slow familiar dramatic flourishes. Bunny berigans first big hit records were with the benny goodman big band. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from bunny berigan. In his short lifetime 19081942, berigan performed on more than six hundred recordings and served as a direct link between louis armstrong and later musicians such as dizzy gillespie, clifford brown, and wynton marsalis. At this point, bunny still had a number of rough edges that would soon be smoothed out. The decca releases were part of a fourpocket album set issued in the 1940s during the 194244 musicians strike. Black bottom bunny berigan and his orchestra, 538 a sky of blue and so forth bunny berigan and the rhythmakers, 638 jelly roll blues bunny berigan and his orchestra, 18 blue lou bunny berigan and his orchestra, 7 mama, i want to make rhythm bunny berigan and his orchestra, 937 soaring with bunny berigan pt. The 1937 recording of i cant get started was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 1975. Note the bulge in his right inside jacket pocket and rumpled suit.

He successfully fused in his personal style, the extroverted power of louis armstrong with the nuanced tonal palette of bix beiderbecke. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Discographies page 45 lossless music download flac. Aug 15, 2017 as noted above, bunny berigan and his orchestra opened at the stanley theater on thursday, august 25, 1938, for a oneweek stand. Recordings 19351945glenn miller, benny goodman, artie shaw, jimmy dorsey, jimmie lunceford, harry james, bunny berigan, woody.

Roland bernard bunny berigan november 2, 1908 june 2, 1942 was an american jazz. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Bunny berigan was the trumpet phenomenon as he blazed his way across new york s depressionwracked 1936 music scene. Roland bernard bunny berigan november 2, 1908 june 2, 1942 was an american jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were. Bunny berigan was born in hilbert, wisconsin, the son of william patrick berigan and mary catherine mayme schlitzberg, and raised in fox lake, wisconsin. As noted above, bunny berigan and his orchestra opened at the stanley theater on thursday, august 25, 1938, for a oneweek stand. Trumpet the trials, tribulations and triumph of bunny. Bernard bunny berigan left his mark, whether leading his own band or sparking someone elses. Marie, i cant get started, when i take my sugar to tea, i cant get started, i cant get started, biography. A shorter version, recorded under the moniker bunny berigan and his boys is less well known, and skips some of the introduction, but hes having fun with some extra vocal trills.

Yet, berigans work as a sideman during 1931 to 1936, when many would say that he was at his most potent, were largely neglected by jazz reissue labels, until mosaic released 151 of them as a 7cd set, the complete brunswick, parlophone and vocalion bunny berigan sessions, in 2003. Trumpet the trials, tribulations and triumph of bunny berigan by michael p. Roland bernard bunny berigan was an american jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were shortened by alcoholism and ended with his early death at age 33 from cirrhosis. Roland bernard bunny berigan was an american jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose career and influence were short. View all albums and help us complete bunny berigan discography. Listen to your favorite songs from bunny by bunny berigan now. Bunny berigan the indispensable bunny berigan 1982. Bunny berigan and his orchestra trumpet solo and vocal by bunny berigan woody herman and his orchestra i cant get started woodchoppers ball. Early the following year he was taken ill with pneumonia but continued working and drinking cheap liquor until he collapsed at the end of may and died in june 1942. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Bunny berigan 19081942 was one of the first to play the horn equally well from the top to bottom of its range. Bunny berigan i cant get started 1978, vinyl discogs. Bunny berigan and his orchestra trumpet solo and vocal by bunny berigan woody herman and his orchestra. As far as i know, bunny berigan the only musician on these recordings who ever lived in wisconsin.