Big Band Bass Man

2,321 views · Published 24 February 2012 · 3:15 · Indexed 1 October 2026

Channel: The Florida Times-Union · 2012 · News & Politics

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Herman "Trigger" Alpert, 92, of Ponte Vedra, FL, played the upright bass with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the heyday of the Big Band Era.  He recounts his interview with Miller along with hear of his disappearance over the Atlantic in 1944.

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