| Name: | Vinnie Burke |
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| Born: | Tuesday, March 15, 1921 |
| Died: | Thursday, February 1, 2001 |
| Remarks: | Burke played violin and guitar early in life, but he lost the use of his pinky finger in a munitions factory accident and switched to 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 (1953), Don Elliott, Vic Dickenson, Gil Melle, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Mehegan, Chris Connor, Eddie Costa, and Bobby Hackett. |
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| Instrument | Date: |
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| Bass | 1958-Jul-17 |
