Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) 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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

bassist born in Newark, New Jersey.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. In the second half of the 1940s he played with Joe Mooney,

Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as '' Top Gun'' (1986), '' Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''D ...

, and Cy Coleman. Later, he played with the

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was an American swing jazz band popular in the 1950s. The orchestra was led by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, who were both experienced big band arrangers. Sauter played mellophone, trumpet, and drums, and had atten ...

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. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in th ...

Marian McPartland Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...

Don Elliott Don Elliott Helfman (October 21, 1926 – July 5, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist, and mellophone player. Elliott recorded over 60 albums and 5,000 advertising jingles throughout his career. Career Elliott played ...

Vic Dickenson Victor Dickenson (August 6, 1906 – November 16, 1984) was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie (1940–41), Sidney Bechet (1941), and Earl Hines. Life and car ...

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Bucky Pizzarelli John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli (January 9, 1926 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) ...

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,

Eddie Costa Edwin James Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger. In 1957, he was chosen as ''DownBeat'' jazz critics' new star on piano and vibes – the first time that one artist won two ...

, and

Bobby Hackett Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett was a featured soloist o ...

. 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 Chris Connor * ''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 saxophonist, composer, arranger, record producer, 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/Vinnie Burke Trio'' (Jubilee, 1956) * Bill Cullen, ''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) *

, ''A Musical Offering by Don Elliott'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956) * Urbie Green, ''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 p ...

, ''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 or GIL may refer to: Places * Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name * Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Hil, Azerbaijan, also spelled ''Gil, a village in Azerbaijan * Hiloba, also spelled ''Gil, ...

, ''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 The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; ...

, ''Joe Puma'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * Eddie Shu, ''I Only Have Eyes for Shu'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * Eddie Shu, ''Jazz Practitioners'' (Bethlehem, 1957) * Carol Sloane, ''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, ''The Jazz Guitarist'' (Savoy, 1956)

References

External links

* Vinnie Burkeat

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