[Dixielandjazz] Bunny Berigan

Don Ingle dingle at nomadinter.net
Sun Mar 25 11:50:13 PDT 2007


At a guess it might have ben Johnny Carrol, one fo the few white guys to 
play in Basie's brass section, and also with the Duke at one time. He 
was around cicago gggin in the 50's when I  knew him. Big guy, 
mustachiod upper lip and could sight read anything you tossed in front 
of him. But then that is just one guess.
Don Ingle

AL LEVY wrote:
> My two cents:
> Hal Vickey wrote:<snipped>
> The solo that Dorsey had transcribed was on "Marie."  I heard the Tommy
> Dorsey band (led by Buddy Morrow) several years ago, and they were still
> playing that solo as transcribed for the trumpet section.
> ====================
> T.D. recorded both Marie and Song Of India with Bunny Berigan solos transcribed
> for the full [4 trumpets] section. I chased all over NYC and eventually got the
> recordings from "Golden Books", a children's book publisher, on 45 RPM disks.
> The receptionist was so taken by my desire to own them, she handed the two
> recordings to me as a gift. Now if I can only find them.
> =====================
> A ghost story, perhaps. While working for Sy Oliver - about 1950 - 51
> We did a recording date with T.D. A tall mustached trumpet player from
> the mid-west played 2nd trpt and the solos. He looked VERY much like
> Bunny and sounded like him to boot. I never did get his name. I never
> saw him, ever, again.
> Charlie Shavers was there and he kept staring at the soloist in awe!
> Cheers,
> Al
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