Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Hunkadola - (take 1)
2. Hunkadola - (take 2)
3. I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way
4. Hooray For Love
5. Dixieland Band, The
6. Japanese Sandman
7. You're a Heavenly Thing
8. Restless
9. Always
10. Get Rhythm in Your Feet (And Music in Your Soul)
11. Ballad in Blue
12. Blue Skies
13. Dear Old Southland
14. Sometimes I'm Happy
15. King Porter Stomp
16. Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The
17. Jingle Bells
18. Santa Claus Came in the Spring
19. Good-Bye
20. Madhouse - (take 1)
21. Madhouse - (take 2)
22. Sandman
23. Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
24. No Other One
DISC 2:
1. Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
2. Basin Street Blues
3. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
4. When Buddha Smiles
5. It's Been So Long
6. Stompin' at the Savoy
7. Goody-Goody
8. Breakin' in a Pair of Shoes
9. Get Happy
10. Christopher Columbus
11. I Know That You Know
12. Star Dust
13. You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes
14. Glory of Love, The
15. Remember
16. Walk, Jennie, Walk
17. House Hop - (take 2)
18. House Hop - (take 3)
19. Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
20. Anything For You, (I Would Do)
21. In a Sentimental Mood
22. I've Found a New Baby
23. Swingtime in the Rockies
24. These Foolish Things Remind Me of You
DISC 3:
1. There's a Small Hotel
2. You Turned the Tables on Me
3. Here's Love in Your Eyes
4. Pick Yourself Up
5. Down South Camp Meeting
6. St. Louis Blues - (take 1)
7. St. Louis Blues - (take 2)
8. Love Me or Leave Me - (take 1)
9. Love Me or Leave Me - (take 2)
10. Bugle Call Rag #1
11. When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South
12. You're Giving Me a Song and a Dance
13. Organ Grinder's Swing
14. Peter Piper
15. Riffin' at the Ritz - (Benny Goodman, alto saxophone)
16. Alexander's Ragtime Band
17. Somebody Loves Me
18. Tain't No Use - (Benny Goodman, vocal)
19. Bugle Call Rag #2
20. Jam Session
21. Goodnight, My Love - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
22. Take Another Guess - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
23. Did You Mean It? - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 205 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Bunny Berigan, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Krupa, Helen Ward, Jack Teagarden, Jess Tacy, Ziggy Elman | | Producer: | Orrin Keepnews (Compilation) | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | ADD |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Benny Goodman (vocals, clarinet); Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, Deane Kincaide, Jimmy Mundy, Gordon Jenkins, Edgar Sampson (arranger); Helen Ward, Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Toots Mondello, Bill DePew (alto saxophone); Arthur Rollini, Dick Clark, Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); Bunny Berigan, Mannie Klein, Ziggy Elman, Pee Wee Erwin, Ralph Muzillo, Jerry Neary, Harry Geller (trumpet); Jack Teagarden, Red Ballard, Jack Lacey, Murray McEachern (trombone); Frank Frobea, Jess Stacy (piano); Allan Reuss, George Van Eps (guitar); Harry Goodman (bass); Gene Krupa (drums).
Recorded in 1935 & 1936. Includes liner notes by George T. Simon and Loren Schoenberg.
Digitally remastered by Paul Goodman.
THE BIRTH OF SWING documents the early days of the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Listeners are treated to a whopping 71 tracks on this three-disc set. Taken from recordings made in 1935 and '36, this give listeners a chance to hear the Goodman Orchestra in their early years.
Extended solos are rare in this period, but there is wonderful band interplay on each track. "Japanese Sandman" is a great example; the tenor saxophone is featured before Goodman enters with a brief clarinet improvisation, followed by a piano break from Frank Froeba. Finally, the tune climaxes with a triumphant clarinet whoop supported by punchy brass kicks. Vocal performances by Helen Ward and special guest Ella Fitzgerald make these recordings even more precious. Fitzgerald's "Did You Mean It?" is especially swinging. Her syncopated phrases mimic those of a horn player, and her tone is both refined and undeniably sassy. Helen Ward's "You Turned the Tables On Me" is also a highlight, her tender vocal capturing the pangs of love gone awry.
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