Vinnie Burke

Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) was an American jazz bassist born in Newark, New Jersey.[1]

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.[1] In the second half of the 1940s he played with Joe Mooney, Tony Scott, and Cy Coleman. Later, he played with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Tal Farlow, Marian McPartland, Don Elliott, Vic Dickenson, Gil Mellé, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Mehegan, Chris Connor, Eddie Costa, and Bobby Hackett. He led his own band in 1956 and led small combos into the 1980s.

Discography

As leader/co-leader
  • Bass by Pettiford/Burke (1954)
  • Vinnie Burke's String Jazz Quartet (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
  • The Vinnie Burke All-Stars (ABC-Paramount, 1958)
  • Eddie Costa/Vinnie Burke Trio (1956) with Nick Stabulas

As sideman

With Chuck Wayne

With Chris Connor

  • 1954 Lullabies for Lovers
  • 1957 Chris
  • 1961 Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song

With Urbie Green

With Tal Farlow

  • 1956 Fuerst Set
  • 1956 Second Set
  • 1956 Tal
  • 1957 The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow

With others

References
  1. Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford University Press (1999) p94
  2. "Vinnie Burke | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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