Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) was an American

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bassist born in

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.Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'' Oxford University Press (1999) p94 Burke played violin and guitar early in life, but he lost the use of his little finger in a munitions factory accident and switched to

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

. In the second half of the 1940s he played with Joe Mooney,

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, and

Cy Coleman Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. Life and career Coleman was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City, to Ashkenazi, Eastern European Jewish parents, an ...

. Later, he played with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra,

Tal Farlow Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. Early life and education Talmage Holt Farlow was born in Greensb ...

Marian McPartland Margaret Marian McPartland Order of the British Empire, OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire, . PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English and American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of ...

, Don Elliott,

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, Gil Mellé,

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John Mehegan John Francis Mehegan (June 6, 1916 – April 3, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, lecturer and critic. Early life Mehegan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 6, 1916, although he sometimes gave the year as 1920. He began playing the vio ...

Chris Connor Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009), was an American jazz singer. Biography Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Sh ...

, Eddie Costa, and

Bobby Hackett Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was a versatile American jazz musician who played swing music, Dixieland jazz and mood music, now called easy listening, on trumpet, cornet, and guitar. He played Swing with the bands ...

. He led his own band in 1956 and led small combos into the 1980s.

Discography

As leader

* ''East Coast Jazz/2'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * ''The Vinnie Burke All-Stars'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956) * ''Vinnie Burke's String Jazz Quartet'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * ''Bass by Pettiford/Burke'' (Bethlehem, 1957)

As sideman

With

* ''Sings Lullabys for Lovers'' (Bethlehem, 1954) * ''Sings Lullabys of Birdland'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * ''Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song'' (Atlantic, 1957) With

* ''Tal'' (Verve, 1956) * ''The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow'' (Verve, 1957) * ''Fuerst Set'' (Xanadu, 1975) * ''Second Set'' (Xanadu, 1977) With others *

Manny Albam Manny Albam (June 24, 1922 – October 2, 2001) was an American jazz arranger, composer, record producer, saxophonist, and educator. Early life A native of the Dominican Republic, Albam grew up in New York City. He was attracted to jazz at an ea ...

, ''The Blues Is Everybody's Business'' (Coral, 1958) * Eddie Costa, ''Eddie Costa/Vinnie Burke Trio'' (Jubilee, 1956) *

Bill Cullen William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. Known for appearing on game shows and later as a prolific game show host, he hosted 23 shows, ear ...

, ''Bill Cullen's Minstrel Spectacular'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959) * Mike Cuozzo, ''Mighty Mike Cuozzo'' (Savoy, 1955) * Mike Cuozzo, ''Mike Cuozzo with the Costa Burke Trio'' (Jubilee, 1956) * Don Elliott, ''A Musical Offering by Don Elliott'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956) *

Urbie Green Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle. He played on over 250 recordings and released more than twenty albums a ...

, ''All About Urbie Green and His Big Band'' (ABC-Paramount, 1955) *

George Handy George Handy (born George Joseph Hendleman) (January 17, 1920 – January 8, 1997) was an American jazz arranger, composer and pianist whose musical beginnings were fostered under the tutelage of composer Aaron Copland. While he had an impressiv ...

, ''Handyland U.S.A.'' ("X", 1954) *

Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...

, ''Bean and the Boys'' (HighNote, 2001) *

, ''In Concert'' (Jazz Heritage, 1993) * Marian McPartland, ''On 52nd Street'' (Savoy, 2000) *

& Eddie Costa, ''A Pair of Pianos'' (Savoy, 1955) * Gil Melle, ''Gil's Guests'' (Prestige, 1956) *

, ''Music Minus Many Men'' (Savoy, 1960) *

Joe Puma Joe Puma (August 13, 1927 – May 31, 2000) was an American jazz guitarist. Puma was born in the Bronx, New York. His first professional experience came with Joe Roland in 1949–50. He played in the band led by Cy Coleman. He acted as a session ...

, ''Joe Puma'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * Eddie Shu, ''I Only Have Eyes for Shu'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * Eddie Shu, ''Jazz Practitioners'' (Bethlehem, 1957) *

Carol Sloane Carol Sloane (March 5, 1937 – January 23, 2023) was an American jazz singer. Biography Born Carol Morvan in Providence, Rhode Island to parents Frank and Claudia (Rainville) Morvan, she began singing professionally when she was 14, although f ...

, ''Hush-a-Bye'' (SSJ, 2009) *

Lennie Tristano Leonard Joseph Tristano (March 19, 1919 – November 18, 1978) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation. Tristano studied for bachelor's and master's degrees in music in Chicago before moving to New Yo ...

& Marian McPartland, ''The Jazz Keyboards'' (Savoy, 1955) *

Chuck Wayne Chuck Wayne (February 27, 1923 – July 29, 1997) was an American jazz guitarist. He came to prominence in the 1940s, and was among the earliest jazz guitarists to play in the bebop style. Wayne was a member of Woody Herman's First Herd, the f ...

, ''The Jazz Guitarist'' (Savoy, 1956)

References

External links

* Vinnie Burkeat

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