Bunny Berigan - The Pied Piper (1934-40) Bluebird torrent

BUNNY BERIGAN - THE PIED PIPER 1934-40

1. Nothin' But The Blues

Gene Gifford and His Orchestra
Bunny Berigan (tp), Morey Samuel (tb), Matty Matlock (cl), Bud Freeman (ts), Claude Thornhill (p), Pete Peterson (b), Ray Bauduc (d), Wingy Manone (vcl); New York, May 13, 1935

2. Troubled

Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
Nat Natoli, Bunny Berigan (tp), Glenn Miller (tb), Artie Shaw (cl), Jack Shore (as), Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody sax), Larry Binyon (ts), Roy Bargy (p), Lionel Hall (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Jack Williams (d); New York, November 20, 1934

3. Sometimes I'm Happy
4. King Porter Stomp
5. Jingle Bells

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Nate Kazeiber, Ralph Muzillo, Bunny Berigan (tp), Red Ballard, Jack Lacey (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Toots Mondello, Hymie Schertzer (as), Arthur Rollini, Dick Clark (ts), Frank Froeba (p), George Van Eps (g), Harry Goodman (b), Gene Krupa (d); New York, July 1, 1935

6. Santa Claus Came In The Spring (alt. take)

... Joe Harris (tb & vcl) replaces Lacey; Bill DePew (as) replaces Mondello; Jess Stacy (p) replaces Froeba; Allen Reuss (g) replaces Van Eps; other personnel same as preceding session; Hollywood, September 27, 1935

7. Honeysuckle Rose
8. Blues

A Jam Session at Victor
Bunny Berigan (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Fats Waller (p), Dick Donough (g), George Wettling (d); New York, March 31, 1937

9. Song Of India
10. Marie

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Bunny Berigan, Jimmy Welsh, Bob Cusumano, Joe Bauer (tp), Tommy Dorsey, Les Jenkins, Red Bone (tb), Joe Dixon (cl & as), Fred Stulce, Clyde Rounds (as), Bud Freeman (ts), Dick Jones (p), Carmen Mastren (g), Gene Traxler (b), Dave Tough (d), Jack Leonard (vcl on Marie); New York, January 29, 1937

11. Liebestraum
12. Mendelssohn's Spring Song

All-Star Band
Bunny Berigan, Charlie Spivak, Sonny Dunham (tp), Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Hymie Schertzer (as), Arthur Rollini, Eddie Miller (ts), Bob Zurke (p), Carmen Mastren (g), Bob Haggart (b), Ray Bauduc (d); New York, January 11, 1939

13. Blue Lou

Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra
Berigan, Irving Goodman, Steve Lipkins (tp), Al George, Sonny Lee (tb), Mike Doty, Joe Dixon (cl & as), Clyde Rounds, George Auld (ts), Joe Lippman (p), Tom Morgan (g), Hank Wayland (b), George Wettling (d); New York, August 7, 1937

14. I Can't Get Started
15. The Prisoner's Song

Same Personnel; New York, December 23, 1937

16. Trees
17. Russian Lullaby

Nat Lubovsky, Ray Conniff (tb) replaces George, Lee; Joe Bushkin (p) replaces Lippman; Dick Wharton (g) replaces Morgan; Johnny Blowers (d) replaces Wettling; Others same as preceding session; Vocal on The Pied Piper by Ruth Gaylor; New York, May 26 & June 8, 1938

18. The Wearin' Of The Green
19. The Pied Piper (previously unreleased)

...Berigan, Johnny Napton, Irving Goodman (tp), Ray Conniff, Bob Jenny (tb), Murray Williams, Gus Bivona (cl & as), Clyde Rounds, George Auld (ts); same rhythm section except Buddy Rich (d) replaces Blowers; New York; November 22, 1938

20. Jelly Roll Blues

Bunny Berigan and His Men
Berigan, Irving Goodman (tp), Ray Conniff (tb), Murray Williams, Gus Bivona, George Auld (saxes), Joe Lippman (p), Hank Wayland (b), Buddy Rich (d); New York, November 30, 1938

21. Candlelights

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
This is a radio aircheck. The Broadcast date was August 30, 1940. The personnel was probably Berigan, Ray Linn, Jimmy Blake, Clyde Hurley (tp), Dorsey, Les Jenkins, George Arus, Lowell Martin (tb), Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer, Don Lodice, Heinie Beau (reeds), Joe Bushkin (p), Clark Yocum (g), Sid Weiss (b), Buddy Rich (d), Vocal by The Pied Pipers, Arranged by Sy Oliver

22. I've Found A New Baby

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