Lawrence Benjamin Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American

jazz drummer Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...

vibraphonist The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vib ...

, and

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. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played

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with the

Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. The orchestra holds a regular concert season from October until June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from ...

orchestra.

Biography

Born in

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

, Bunker was a central figure on the

West Coast jazz West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz, which consisted of a calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music relied rel ...

scene, one of the relatively few who actually were from the region. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared at

Howard Rumsey Howard Rumsey (November 7, 1917 – July 15, 2015) was an American jazz double-bassist known for his leadership of the Lighthouse All-Stars in the 1950s. Biography Born in Brawley, California, United States, Rumsey first began playing the piano ...

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, and performed with

Shorty Rogers Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arra ...

and His Giants and others. At first he played primarily

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, but increasingly he focused on

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

and was later highly regarded for his playing of timpani and various

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instruments. A dependable and in-demand studio drummer and vibist, Bunker achieved particular distinction by recording with

Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop ...

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local r ...

Diana Krall Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, ''Billboard (magazi ...

, and many other jazz greats. In 1952, he was the drummer in one of

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active ...

's first groups. In 1953 and 1954, Bunker played drums in some of the earliest of

Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing t ...

's groups. From 1963 to 1965, he was, intermittently, the drummer in the

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...

trio. His work in movie soundtracks spanned over fifty years, from ''

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'' (1953) and '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992) to ''

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'' (2004), and included soundtracks by

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022)Classic Connection review, ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...

Henry Mancini Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, ...

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

Miklós Rózsa Miklós Rózsa (; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensi ...

Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003. He was consid ...

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...

and many other

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. Bunker died of complications of a

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at age 76.

Discography

As Leader * '' Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole'' – as The Larry Bunker Quartette featuring Gary Burton (1990) With

Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera ( , ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and television personality. Recognized as Cultural impact of Christina Aguilera, an influential figure in music and having received Public imag ...

* '' My Kind of Christmas'' (RCA Records, 2000) With

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

* '' Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman'' (Pacific Jazz, 1953) * '' Pretty/Groovy'' (World Pacific, 1958) * '' West Coast Live'' – with

Stan Getz Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wis ...

(Pacific Jazz, 1997) With

Cheryl Bentyne Cheryl Bentyne (born Cheryl Benthien; January 17, 1954) is a jazz singer who spent much of her career with The Manhattan Transfer. Early years Bentyne started singing at age 13 with her father's Dixieland and swing band. Following graduation fr ...

* ''Something Cool'' (Columbia, 1992) With

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

* '' Long Ago and Far Away'' (Columbia, 1958) With

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton performed in the hard rock and heavy metal music genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo a ...

*'' Timeless: The Classics'' (Columbia, 1992) *'' This Is The Time: The Christmas Album'' (Columbia, 1996) With

Pat Boone Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host and philanthropist. He sold nearly 50 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and has acted in many films. Boone ...

*''Pat Boone Sings Guess Who?'' (London, 1963) With

Tim Buckley Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk paired with his ...

*'' Sefronia'' (DiscReet Records, 1973) With

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz Vibraphone, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused ...

* '' Something's Coming!'' (RCA, 1963) * ''

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'' (RCA, 1966) With

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

* '' Aspects'' (United Artists, 1959) With

Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccin ...

* '' Rosie Swings Softly'' (Verve, 1960) With

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

* '' The Nat King Cole Story'' (Capitol, 1961) * '' Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer'' (Capitol, 1963) With

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut ...

* '' Unforgettable... with Love'' (Elektra Records, 1991) * '' Take a Look'' (Elektra Records, 1993) * '' Holly & Ivy'' (Elektra, 1994) * ''

Ask a Woman Who Knows ''Ask a Woman Who Knows'' is a 2002 jazz album by vocalist Natalie Cole with guest Diana Krall. It received four Grammy Award nominations. Background Courtesy of the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, Cole projects her aura onto songs once recorded ...

'' (Verve, 2002) With

Harry Connick Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling ma ...

* '' When My Heart Finds Christmas'' (Columbia, 1993) With

Buddy Collette William Marcel "Buddy" Collette (August 6, 1921 – September 19, 2010) was an American jazz flutist, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Early life William Marcel Collette was born in ...

* '' Man of Many Parts'' (Contemporary, 1956) With

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed Pop music, pop, Swing music, swing, Folk music, folk, rock and roll, and country music. Darin started ...

* '' Love Swings'' (Atco, 1961) * ''

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'' (Atco, 1964) * '' Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile'' (Atlantic, 1966) With

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time. He has written and ...

* '' Tap Root Manuscript'' (Uni Records, 1970) With

The 5th Dimension The 5th Dimension is an American vocal group. Their music encompasses sunshine pop, pop soul, and psychedelic soul. They were an important crossover music act of the 1960s and 1970s, although both praised and derided for their particular music ...

* '' Stoned Soul Picnic'' (Soul City, 1968) * '' The Age of Aquarius'' (Soul City, 1969) * ''

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'' (Bell, 1970) * '' Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes'' (Bell, 1971) * '' Individually & Collectively'' (Bell, 1972) * '' Living Together, Growing Together'' (Bell, 1973) With

* '' Time Remembered'' (Milestone, 1963) * '' At Shelly's Manne-Hole'' (Riverside, 1963) * '' The Bill Evans Trio "Live"'' (Verve, 1964) * '' Waltz for Debby'' (Philips, 1964) * ''

Trio '65 ''Trio '65'' is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans and his trio, released by Verve in 1965. Background After rebounding from the death of Scott LaFaro in 1961, Evans had reached a high point in his career at the time of this rec ...

'' (Verve, 1965) * '' Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra'' (Verve, 1965) With

Clare Fischer Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorat ...

*'' Surging Ahead'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) *''

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'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) *''

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'' (Atlantic, 1969) With Michael Franks *'' Michael Franks'' (Brut, 1973) *'' The Art of Tea'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) *'' Sleeping Gypsy'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1977) With

*''

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'' (Columbia, 1979) With

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...

* '' Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection'' (MCA Records, 1998) With

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

*''

The New Continent ''The New Continent'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band featuring performances arranged and composed by Lalo Schifrin and conducted by Benny Carter. It was produced by Quincy Jones in 1962 and released on the Limelight label.

'' (Limelight, 1962) With Tramaine Hawkins *''To a Higher Place'' (Columbia, 1994) With

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roo ...

*'' Songs for Hip Lovers'' (Verve, 1957) With Richard "Groove" Holmes * '' Six Million Dollar Man'' (RCA, 1975) With Paul Horn *''

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With

Al Jarreau Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. His 1981 album '' Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and ...

*''We Got By'' (Reprise Records, 1975) With Dr. John * ''

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'' (Blue Thumb, 1995) With

Plas Johnson Plas John Johnson Jr. () (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s " The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and bar ...

*'' This Must Be the Plas'' (Capitol, 1959) With

Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though ...

*'' Lush Interlude'' (Capitol, 1958) *'' A Merry Christmas!'' (Capitol, 1961) *'' Artistry in Bossa Nova'' (Capitol, 1963) *'' Artistry in Voices and Brass'' (Capitol, 1963) *'' Stan Kenton Plays for Today'' (Capitol, 1966) With

*'' When I Look in Your Eyes'' (Verve, 1999) With

*'' Black Coffee'' (Decca, 1956) *'' Dream Street'' (Decca, 1957) *'' I Like Men!'' (Capitol, 1959) *'' Blues Cross Country'' (Capitol, 1962) *'' Guitars a là Lee'' (Capitol, 1966) *''

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'' (A&M, 1975) With Lou Levy *''Jazz in Four Colors'' (RCA, 1959) With

Jon Lucien Lucien Leopold Harrigan (January 8, 1942 – August 18, 2007), known professionally as Jon Lucien, was a singer from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Life and career Born in Tortola in 1942, Lucien was raised in St. Thomas. His parents we ...

*''Song for My Lady'' (Columbia, 1975) With

*'' I Want to Live'' (United Artists, 1958) With

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow ( ; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer with a career that spans over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Brandy (Scott ...

*'' Showstoppers'' (Arista, 1991) *'' Manilow Sings Sinatra'' (Arista, 1998) With

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, ...

*'' Daktari'' (Atlantic, 1967) With

Carmen McRae Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretati ...

*'' It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling'' (Groove Merchant, 1973) *'' Can't Hide Love'' (Blue Note, 1976) With

*''

Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 ''Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1'' is an album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1952 and originally released as the first 10-inch LP on the Pacific Jazz label.Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet'' (GNP, 1953) *'' California Concerts'' (Pacific Jazz, 1955) *''

Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet ''Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet'' (also released as ''Konitz Meets Mulligan'') is a compilation album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan's Quartet with Lee Konitz featuring performances recorded in early-1953. The rec ...

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1957) with

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

With Mark Murphy *'' Mark Murphy's Hip Parade'' (Capitol, 1960) With

Walter Murphy Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental " A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topp ...

*''Walter Murphy's Discosymphony'' (New York, 1979) With

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signi ...

*'' Soulful Brass'' with

Steve Allen Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television and radio personality, comedian, musician, composer, writer, and actor. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and ...

(Impulse!, 1968) With Robert Palmer *'' Ridin' High'' (EMI, 1992) With

*'' Surf Ride'' (Savoy, 1956) With

* '' Wherever the Five Winds Blow'' (RCA Victor, 1957) *''

Gigi in Jazz ''Gigi in Jazz'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing jazz adaptations of songs composed by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for the film '' Gigi'' which was released by RCA Victor in 1958.

'' (RCA Victor, 1958) *'' The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs'' (RCA Victor, 1959) *'' Jazz Waltz'' (Reprise, 1962) With

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (born Kenneth Donald Rogers) (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particul ...

*''

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'' (143, 1994) With

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three A ...

*'' Canciones de Mi Padre'' (Elektra Records, 1987) With

Pete Rugolo Pietro Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011), known professionally as Pete Rugolo, was an American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer. Life and career Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the ...

*'' Music for Hi-Fi Bugs'' (EmArcy, 1956) *'' Percussion at Work'' (EmArcy, 1957) *'' An Adventure in Sound: Brass in Hi-Fi'' (Mercury, 1958) *'' The Music from Richard Diamond'' (EmArcy, 1959) *'' Behind Brigitte Bardot'' (Warner Bros., 1960) *'' The Original Music of Thriller'' (Time, 1961) *'' Ten Trumpets and 2 Guitars'' (Mercury, 1961) With

The Sandpipers The Sandpipers were an American easy listening trio who carved a niche in 1960s folk rock with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international ballads and pop standards. They are best remembered for their cover version of "Guantaname ...

* '' Come Saturday Morning'' (A&M, 1970) * '' A Gift of Song'' (A&M, 1971) With

*'' More Mission: Impossible'' (Paramount, 1968) *''

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'' (Paramount, 1968) * ''Bullitt'' (Warner Bros., 1968) * ''Che!'' (Tetragrammaton, 1969) * ''Kelly's Heroes'' (MGM, 1970) *'' Rock Requiem'' (Verve, 1971) * ''Enter the Dragon'' (Warner Bros., 1973) With

Diane Schuur Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed "Deedles", is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country musi ...

*'' In Tribute'' (GRP, 1992) With

Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...

*'' Strings & Trombones'' (Pacific Jazz, 1955) with

Bob Brookmeyer Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public ...

*'' I'll Take Romance'' (World Pacific, 1958) *'' Bossa Nova Jazz Samba'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) with

*'' Brasamba!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) with Clare Fischer and

Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Although Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, he ...

*'' Bud Shank & the Sax Section'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) With

Nina Simone Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...

* '' A Single Woman'' (Elektra, 1993) With

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

* '' Swing Along With Me'' (Reprise, 1961) * ''

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'' (Reprise, 1961) * '' Moonlight Sinatra'' (Reprise, 1966) * ''

Cycles Cycle, cycles, or cyclic may refer to: Anthropology and social sciences * Cyclic history, a theory of history * Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. * Social cycle, various cycles in ...

'' (Reprise, 1968) * '' A Man Alone'' (Reprise, 1969) * '' Sinatra & Company'' (Reprise, 1971) * '' Trilogy: Past Present Future'' (Reprise, 1980) With

The Singers Unlimited The Singers Unlimited was a four-part jazz vocal group formed by Gene Puerling in 1971. The group included Len Dresslar (better known as the Jolly Green Giant in General Mills commercials), Bonnie Herman, and Don Shelton. History Gene Puerl ...

* ''Feeling Free'' (MPS, 1975) * ''Friends'' (Pausa, 1977) With B. W. Stevenson * ''We Be Sailin (Warner Bros., 1975) With

Donna Summer Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music ...

*''

'' (Geffen, 1982) With

Lew Tabackin Lewis Barry Tabackin (born March 26, 1940) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s. Biography Tabackin started learning flute at age 1 ...

*'' Tenor Gladness'' (Disco Mate, 1976) with

Warne Marsh Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...

With

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, Swing music, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, Pop music, pop, and standards. They have won eleven G ...

*'' The Christmas Album'' (Columbia, 1992) With

Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arrangement, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roa ...

* '' Comin' Home Baby!'' (Atlantic, 1962) With U2 *''

Rattle and Hum ''Rattle and Hum'' is a hybrid live/studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988, while the film was distributed by ...

'' (Island, 1988) With

Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "List of nicknames of jazz musicians, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

* ''

Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand ''Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand'' is a 1972 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, arranged by Michel Legrand. The ten songs on the original LP album were composed by Legrand with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Some reissues have included two bo ...

'' (Mainstream Records, 1972) With

Wendy Waldman Wendy Waldman (born Wendy Steiner on November 29, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Biography Early life Waldman grew up in the Los Angeles area and was raised in a musical environment. Her father Fred Steiner was a ...

*''Love Has Got Me'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1973)

Notes

References

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External links

Larry Bunker (Jazz and Studio Legend)
– Tribute Website
Todd S. Jenkins, "The Last Post"
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunker, Larry American jazz drummers West Coast jazz drummers American jazz vibraphonists Jazz musicians from California 1928 births 2005 deaths Musicians from Long Beach, California 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians American timpanists Drummers from California Vault Records artists