The miracle man of swing : a bio-discography of jazz trumpeter Bunny Berigan

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White, Bozy, author

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"Documents [Berigan's] career from his first jazz band in Wisconsin at age 15 to the end of his life in 1942. Every known Berigan recording is shown in minute details, hundreds of his radio broadca...

"Documents [Berigan's] career from his first jazz band in Wisconsin at age 15 to the end of his life in 1942. Every known Berigan recording is shown in minute details, hundreds of his radio broadcast and personal appearances with his own and other bands are listed, as well as his movie appearances and guest spots. Completed after over 45 years of research with over 900 interviews and hundreds of hours of research into the trade press and newspaper files. Over 2500 rare 78 rpm records were located and studied. Compiled with the assistance of many experts in the field of jazz/film collecting, these volumes have dozens of 'mini-biographies' of many of the musicians and others who worked with and for Berigan"--Back cover.

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