Jim Lanigan

James Wood "Jim" Lanigan ( born January 30, 1902 in Chicago, † April 9, 1983 in Elburn, Illinois ) was an American jazz bassist of the Chicago jazz. He played bass and tuba.

Lanigan, whose parents were both musicians, played as a child, first piano and violin. As a teenager he was a member of the " Austin High School Gang" and their follow- band, where he played piano and drums before switching to bass. He then played in 1925 with the " Mound City Blue Blowers " by Red McKenzie ( he also played in the recordings with Eddie Condon McKenzies 1927, " McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans " ), from 1926 to 1927 with Art Kassel, the " Chicago Rhythm Kings " the " Jungle Kings " and 1927 and 1931 with Ted Fio Rito. 1932/3, he played in the orchestra of the radio station NBC in Chicago, in a theater orchestra in Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 1937 to 1948 he played again at NBC, and then until 1952 as a studio musician in other radio and TV bands. In addition, he also played in the bands of Jimmy McPartland, Bud Freeman with (1946 ), the " Jungle Kings " by Bud Jacobson and Danny Alvin (1950). He played in several Reunions of " Austin High School Gang", eg 1959 on the Playboy Jazz Festival. He never took on under his own name.