Bunny Berigan Complete Parlophone Sessions

[David Ayers]

For those who don't read the small print... can be found at True Blue but not at Mosaic site. Doesn't seem to have its own packaging. This was the 7th disc in the Berigan set though chronologically from the middle (the Parlophone sessions are on a different licensing system than the others hence a separate disc). Contains some of the best music from the set.

Bunny Berigan : The Complete Parlophone Sessions

Once part of a larger Mosaic set, this single CD covers the three excellent and historically significant sessions that Berigan participated in during December 1935 for the British Parlophone label, all newly transferred with superior sound.

#1-6: BUD FREEMAN AND HIS WINDY CITY FIVE: Bunny Berigan (tp), Bud Freeman (cl, ts), Claude Thornhill (p), Eddie Condon (g), Grachan Moncur (b), Cozy Cole (d). #7-13: MILDRED BAILEY AND HER ALLEY CATS: Bunny Berigan (tp), Johnny Hodges (as), Teddy Wilson (p), Grachan Moncur (b), Mildred Bailey (vcl). #14-18: BUNNY BERIGAN AND HIS BLUE BOYS: Bunny Berigan (tp), Edgar Sampson (cl, as), Eddie Miller (cl, ts), Cliff Jackson (b), Grachan Moncur (b), Ray Bauduc (d).

Track Listing

1. What Is There To Say? 3:27

2. The Buzzard (take A) 3:00

3. The Buzzard (take B) 3:05

4. Tillie's Downtown Now (take A) 3:22

5. Tillie's Downtown Now (take B) 3:12

6. Keep Smilin' At Trouble 3:07

7. Willow Tree 3:21

8. Honeysuckle Rose (take A) 2:54

9. Honeysuckle Rose (take B) 2:57

10. Squeeze Me (take A) 3:03

11. Squeeze Me (take B) 3:00

12. Down-Hearted Blues (take A) 3:21

13. Down-Hearted Blues (take B) 3:26

14. You Took Advantage Of Me (take A) 3:24

15. You Took Advantage Of Me (take B) 3:22

16. Chicken And Waffles 3:00

17. I'm Coming, Virginia 2:41

18. Blues 3:12