Trigger Alpert

Herman "Trigger" Alpert (September 3, 1916 – December 21, 2013) was an American jazz bassist from Indianapolis, Indiana.

Trigger Alpert
Birth name	Herman Alpert
Born	(1916-09-03)September 3, 1916 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died	December 21, 2013(2013-12-21) (aged 97) Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Double bass
Years active	1930s–1970

Music career

A native of Indianapolis, Alpert attended Indiana University, where he studied music.^[1] Soon after, he played with guitarist Alvino Rey in New York City, then toured with the Glenn Miller band in the early 1940s.^[1] Alpert's only album as a leader was Trigger Happy (Riverside, 1956), which he recorded with Al Cohn, Urbie Green, Tony Scott, Ed Shaughnessy, Zoot Sims, and Joe Wilder.^[1]

In 1970 he became a professional photographer.^[1] He died on December 21, 2013, at an assisted living facility in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.^[2][3]

Discography

As leader

• Trigger Happy! (Riverside, 1956)

As sideman

With Coleman Hawkins

• The Hawk Talks (Decca, 1952–53 [1955])

With Mundell Lowe

• The Mundell Lowe Quartet (Riverside, 1955)
• Guitar Moods (Riverside, 1956)
• New Music of Alec Wilder (Riverside, 1956)

With Glenn Miller

• 1987 Major Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band (1943–1944)
• 1992 Moon Dreams
• 1995 In True Stereo
• 1996 1935–1942
• 1996 We're Still in Love

With Ella Fitzgerald

• 1993 75th Birthday Celebration
• 1994 The War Years
• 2003 How High the Moon
• 2011 The Complete Masters 1935–55
• 2004 Ella and Satchmo

With Buddy Rich

• 1988 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich
• 1991 Buddy Rich & His Legendary '47–'48 Orchestra
• 2008 Quiet Riot

With others

• 1955 Swingin' 30s Ray McKinley
• 1999 1945–1947, Roy Eldridge
• 1992 Doc Severinsen and Friends, Doc Severinsen
• 1998 1944–1946, Muggsy Spanier
• 1998 Swingin' with the Eel, Bud Freeman
• 1999 1946–1947, Johnny Guarnieri
• 1999 East Coast Sounds, Zoot Sims
• 2001 1927–1946: His Best Recordings, Frankie Trumbauer
• 2003 1944–1952, Budd Johnson
• 2003 1947–1950, Pearl Bailey
• 2003 Jazz!!!, Frank Sinatra
• 2003 Piano Prodigy, Mel Powell
• 2004 By Arrangement, Billy May
• 2006 1951–1954, Artie Shaw
• 2007 Always, Ralph Flanagan^[4]