Elusive Legend of Jazz
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The accomplishments of seminal jazz trumpeter Bernard Bunny Berigan have secured his place in the annals of American musical history.
In his short lifetime, Berigan performed on more than six hundred recordings and achieved national as weil as international success. He served as a direct link between Louis Armstrong and those who developed from his rootsRoy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Wynton Marsalis, and others.
Berigan and his soaring trumpet catapulted the Benny Goodman band, along with the rest of the country, into the swing era and assured Goodmans coronation as the King of Swing. Berigans uninhibited jazz style inspired and dominated every group with which he played, inciuding the bands of Hal Kemp, Paul Whiteman, and Tommy Dorsey.
His great technical skills and instant reading ability made him a coveted studio player for such vocalists as Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, and Lee Wiley. During his remarkable career, Berigan not only played with the music industrys giants but became one as well.
Robert Dupuis Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend ofJazz is the first comprehensive biography of this jazz great. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Berigans family, friends, and colleagues, Dupuis presents a fascinating and entertaining look at Berigans fast-paced career and personal life.