Trigger Alpert

Trigger Alpert: 'Trigger Happy!'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 12, 2014

Bassist Herman “Trigger" Alpert had an illustrious career. A muscular time-keeper with a refined sense of swing, he began recording in February 1940 in Frankie Trumbauer's orchestra while touring with Alvino Rey's band. That's where Glenn Miller heard him play and, by the fall of '40, Alpert was a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. When Miller went into the Army Air Force in 1942, Alpert was drafted into the Army. Miller traded several musicians to bring Alpert over to ...
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