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Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Sonny studied violin and piano and played in various bands in the late 30's.
1938, he moved to New York, where he started his career as a band leader.
He wrote arrangements for Jimmy Dorsey and founded an orchestra of his own.
With his orchestra, he had much success in accompanying greats such as
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Sonny died in May 1980.
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Mambo Jambo Decca DL 5309 released 1971 |
Sonny Burke, organ, piano Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, sax Bob Lawson, sax Hugo Loewenstern, sax Clint Neagley, sax Don Raffell, sax Hammond Russum, sax Bud Shank, sax Milt Bernhart, trombone Hoyt Bohannon, trombone Johnny Halliburton, trombone Ray Heath, trombone Eddie Kusby, trombone Jimmy Priddy, trombone George Roberts, trombone Paul Tanner, trombone Pete Candoli, trumpet Conrad Gozzo, trumpet Ollie Mitchell, trumpet Perry Botkin, guitar Al Hendrickson, guitar Eddie Cano, piano Paul "Scooby" Smith, piano Joe Mondragon, bass Tony Reyes, bass Nick Fatool, drums Tommy Romersa, drums Jack Costanzo, percussion Modesto Duran, percussion Chico Guerrero, percussion Jose Luis Garza Guerrero, percussion Carlos Mejía, percussion The Andrews Sisters, vocals Gary Crosby, vocals Jo Ann Greer, vocals |
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Doin' What We Wanna Atlantic SD 1551 released 1970 recorded November 1969 in Chicago/IL, USA |
Clarence Wheeler, tenor sax Sonny Burke, organ George Hughes, drums Sonny Covington, trumpet, cowbell, tambourine |
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Birth Sign Delmark DS-424 released 1972 recorded March 1969 in Chicago, IL/USA |
George Freeman, guitar Von Freeman, tenor sax Sonny Burke, organ Billy Mitchell, drums |
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The New Chicago Blues Atlantic SD 1636 released 1973 recorded September 1972 in Chicago, IL/USA |
Clarence Wheeler, tenor sax Sonny Covington, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion Frank Gordon, trumpet Larry Frazier, guitar Buddy Guy, guitar Sonny Burke, organ, piano Kenny Prince, organ Junior Wells, harmonica Louis Satterfield, bass George Hughes, drums Billy James, drums Bill Leathers, drums Master Henry, percussion, congas Brenda Lee Eager, vocals Peaches, vocals |
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