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The accomplishments of seminal jazz trumpeter Bernard ""Bunny"" Berigan have secured his place in the annals of American music history. In his short lifetime (1908-1942), Berigan performed on more than six hundred recordings and served as a direct link between Louis Armstrong and later musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, and Wynton Marsalis. Berigan lent his uninhibited jazz style to the big bands of Benny Goodman, Hal Kemp, and Tommy Dorsey, and he was in demand as a studio musician for vocalists Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, and Mildred Bailey. In addition to playing for the music industry's giants, Berigan became one himself by forming his own band in 1937 and recording his most famous hit and theme song, ""I Can't Get Started."" Robert Dupuis draws on hundreds of interviews with family, friends, and colleagues to present in this first comprehensive biography of Berigan a fascinating and entertaining look at the fast-paced career and personal life of a jazz great.

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Well researched and passionately written.... A must-read not only for Berigan fans but for any serious student of the swing era. - Mississippi Rag; A jazz trumpeter's dream, the long-awaited biography of the greatest white trumpet player of the century.... A book that belongs in every hornblower's case, along with a picture of Louis Armstrong. - Kirkus Reviews; This is a great book. Even veteran Bunny Berigan collectors will find lots of new information about one of jazz's greatest trumpeters. - Cadence; Dupuis's narrative keeps in step with the dizzying glide of his subject's time and milieu. - Jazz Times

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Robert Dupuis is a former contributing editor to the reference book series Contemporary Musicians and a retired public school administrator. He lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

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