Jim Lanigan

Although he previously a reasonably long career, Jim Lanigan will be most well-known for his involvement on some important early Chicago jazz recordings through the 1920s. Both of his parents had been music artists and he was well-trained on violin and piano in early stages. Lanigan performed piano and drums a little using the Austin SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Blue Friars before making a decision to focus on bass and tuba. Area of the Austin SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Gang, Lanigan caused Husk O’Hare (1925), Crimson McKenzie’s Mound Town Blue Blowers, and Artwork Kassel’s music group (1926-1927). He was within the popular McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans recordings of 1927 and in addition recorded using the Chicago Tempo Kings as well as the Jungle Kings. Nevertheless Lanigan often worked well beyond jazz. He spent four years (1927-1931) using the industrial music group of Ted Fio Rito, worked well for NBC in Chicago, and was regularly on the air in personnel orchestras. Sometimes the bassist will be persuaded to record like a sideman in jazz configurations including with Jimmy McPartland (1939), Bud Jacobson’s Jungle Kings (1945), Bud Freeman (1946), and Danny Alvin (1950), but he resolved into performing frequently using the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1937-1948) and in the studios. Jim Lanigan, who resided to become 81 and was constantly happy to take part in the many reunions from the Austin SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Gang, by no means led his personal record date.