Herman "Trigger" Alpert (September 3, 1916 – December 21, 2013) was an American

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bassist from

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, Indiana.

Music career

A native of Indianapolis, Alpert attended

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, where he studied music. Soon after, he played with guitarist

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in New York City, then toured with the

Glenn Miller Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombonist, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces ...

band in the early 1940s. Alpert's only album as a leader was ''Trigger Happy'' ( Riverside, 1956), which he recorded with

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...

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 ...

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, Ed Shaughnessy,

Zoot Sims John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...

, and Joe Wilder. In 1970 he became a professional photographer. He died on December 21, 2013, at an assisted living facility in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

Discography

As leader

* '' Trigger Happy!'' ( Riverside, 1956)

As sideman

With

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 ...

* '' The Hawk Talks'' (

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, 1952–53 955 With Mundell Lowe * '' The Mundell Lowe Quartet'' (Riverside, 1955) * '' Guitar Moods'' (Riverside, 1956) * '' New Music of Alec Wilder'' (Riverside, 1956) With

* 1987 ''Major Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band (1943–1944)'' * 1992 ''Moon Dreams'' * 1995 ''In True Stereo'' * 1996 ''1935–1942'' * 1996 ''We're Still in Love'' With

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 ...

* 1993 ''75th Birthday Celebration'' * 1994 ''The War Years'' * 2003 ''How High the Moon'' * 2011 ''The Complete Masters 1935–55'' * 2004 ''Ella and Satchmo'' With Buddy Rich * 1988 ''Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich'' * 1991 ''Buddy Rich & His Legendary '47–'48 Orchestra'' * 2008 ''Quiet Riot'' With others * 1955 ''Swingin' 30s'' Ray McKinley * 1999 ''1945–1947'',

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* 1992 ''Doc Severinsen and Friends'',

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* 1998 ''1944–1946'', Muggsy Spanier * 1998 ''Swingin' with the Eel'', Bud Freeman * 1999 ''1946–1947'', Johnny Guarnieri * 1999 ''East Coast Sounds'',

* 2001 ''1927–1946: His Best Recordings'', Frankie Trumbauer * 2003 ''1944–1952'',

Budd Johnson Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke ...

* 2003 ''1947–1950'', Pearl Bailey * 2003 ''Jazz!!!'',

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 ...

* 2003 ''Piano Prodigy'', Mel Powell * 2004 ''By Arrangement'',

Billy May Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet (TV series), The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad (TV series), T ...

* 2006 ''1951–1954'',

Artie Shaw Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led ...

* 2007 ''Always'', Ralph Flanagan

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpert, Trigger 1916 births 2013 deaths Musicians from Indianapolis American jazz bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Riverside Records artists People from Jacksonville Beach, Florida 20th-century American bass guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Glenn Miller Orchestra members