The Pied Piper, 1934-1940 (1995)

An uncommonly well-conceived collection, The Pied Piper, 1934-1940 gathers the legendary trumpeter Bunny Berigan's outstanding performances with his own band and also with Tommy Dorsey, Gene Gifford, Frankie Trumbauer, and Benny Goodman. Berigan's unique sound — warm, dark, and vital — is captured better here than on previous CDs, and Richard Sudhalter's liner notes are lyrical. But how could the producers have left out ''East of the Sun''? A