Trigger Alpert
| Trigger Alpert | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 3, 1916 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died |
December 21, 2013 (aged 97) Jacksonville Beach, Florida |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Upright bass,Electric bass |
| Years active | 1930s–1970 |
Herman "Trigger" Alpert (September 3, 1916 – December 21, 2013) was an American jazz bassist, He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Biography
Alpert attended Indiana University Music School in the late 1930s and by 1940 moved to New York City to record with Frankie Trumbauer while also touring with Alvino Rey. In September 1940, he was asked to join the Glenn Miller Civilian Band. He was then in the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" with the Miller Orchestra as well. Miller broke up the band when he was drafted in 42' to the armed forces. He then recruited music personnel and asked Trigger to enlist, he was able to secure Alpert, by swapping ten musicians from Miller's own platoon as was noted by George T. Simon. Trigger became a fixture of Miller’s elite Army Air Forces Band (Special). Over the course of the 1940s he recorded with Bud Freeman, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge,Bud Johnson Louis Armstrong, and then Frank Sinatra,(1946-1950)a transitional time for Sinatra. He had also performed with Benny Goodman and Woody Herman. In the 1950s he worked with smaller bands Coleman Hawkin's Quintet, Sauter-Finegan, Mundell Lowe, Tony Mattola Four , Don Elliott, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. He released his own album as a leader on Riverside Records in 1956, entitled Trigger Happy! also released as "East Coast Sounds."]] The personnel on this record were Tony Scott, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Joe Wilder, Urbie Green and Ed Shaugnesey,]]. He was also a member of the CBS Orchestra with a rhythm section of Hank Jones, Sonny Igoe and Chuck Wayne until the late 1960s. In 1970 Alpert made his long time interest in Photography a full-time profession. He died on December 21, 2013 at an assisted living facility in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.[1][2]