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Bunny Berigan and Bud Freeman

Trumpeter Bunny Berigan (1908-42) and saxophonist Bud Freeman (1906-91) were two of the brightest stars of the Swing Era. Geoffrey Smith surveys their work together, on their own and with major bands like Tommy Dorsey's.

1 hour

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Sun 30 Oct 2016 00:00

Music Played

  • Bunny Berigan

    Let's Fly Away

    Performer: Lee Wiley. Performer: Joe Bushkin.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 25.
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

    King Porter Stomp

    Performer: Bunny Berigan.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 6.
  • Billie Holiday

    Did I Remember?

    Performer: Bunny Berigan. Performer: Artie Shaw. Performer: Joe Bushkin.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • 11.
  • Bunny Berigan

    Nothin' But The Blues

    Performer: Bud Freeman.
    • The Pied Piper 1934 - 40.
    • Bluebird.
    • 1.
  • Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

    Marie

    Performer: Bunny Berigan. Performer: Bud Freeman.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 13.
  • Bunny Berigan and His Blue Boys

    Blues

    Performer: Edgar Sampson. Performer: Eddie Miller. Performer: Cliff Jackson.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 8.
  • Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra

    The Prisoner's Song

    Performer: Joe Dixon. Performer: Georgie Auld. Performer: Sonny Lee.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 2.
  • Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra

    I Can't Get Started

    Performer: Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 1.
  • Bud Freeman

    You Took Advantage of Me

    Performer: Dave Bowman. Performer: George Wettling.
    • Bud Freeman.
    • Bethlehem Records.
    • 11.
  • Eddie Condon

    The Eel

    Performer: Bud Freeman. Performer: Pee Wee Russell.
    • Windy City Jazz.
    • Topaz.
    • 9.
  • Tommy Dorsey

    Stop, Look and Listen

    Performer: Bud Freeman. Performer: Johnny Mince. Performer: Pee Wee Erwin.
    • Stop, Look and Listen.
    • ASV.
    • 8.
  • Eddie Condon and His Windy City Seven

    Carnegie Jump

    Performer: Bud Freeman. Performer: Bobby Hackett. Performer: Pee Wee Russell. Performer: Jack Teagarden. Performer: Jess Stacy. Performer: George Wettling.
    • Windy City Jazz.
    • Topaz.
    • 13.
  • Bud Freeman

    The Eel's Nephew

    Performer: Carl Kress. Performer: George Barnes.
    • Something Tender.
    • United Artists.
    • 1.
  • Bud Freeman and his Famous Chicagoans

    After Awhile

    Performer: Jack Teargarden. Performer: Max Kaminsky. Performer: Dave Bowman.
    • JACK TEAGARDEN: FATHER OF JAZZ TROMBONE.
    • AVID ENTERTAINMENT.
    • 9.
  • Bud Freeman and His Windy City Five

    The Buzzard

    Performer: Claude Thornhill. Performer: Eddie Condon. Performer: Grachan Moncur II. Performer: Cozy Cole. Performer: Bunny Berigan.
    • BUNNY BERIGAN I CAN'T GET STARTED.
    • RETROSPECTIVE.
    • 7.

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  • Sun 18 May 2014 00:00
  • Sun 30 Oct 2016 00:00

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