Track Listing
DISC 1: BENNY GOODMAN TRIO:
1. After You've Gone - (take 1)
2. After You've Gone - (take 2)
3. Body and Soul - (take 1)
4. Body and Soul - (take 2)
5. Who?
6. Someday, Sweetheart
7. China Boy
8. More Than You Know
9. All My Life - (with Helen Ward)
10. Oh, Lady Be Good
11. Nobody's Sweetheart
12. Too Good to Be True - (with Helen Ward)
13. Moonglow - (take 1)
14. Moonglow - (take 2)
15. Dinah
16. Exactly Like You
17. Vibraphone Blues
18. Sweet Sue--Just You - (take 1)
19. Sweet Sue--Just You - (take 2)
20. My Melancholy Baby
21. Tiger Rag - (previously unreleased, take 1)
DISC 2:
1. Stompin' at the Savoy - (take 1)
2. Stompin' at the Savoy - (take 2)
3. Whispering
4. Tiger Rag - (take 2)
5. Tiger Rag - (take 3)
6. Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider
7. Tea For Two
8. Runnin' Wild
9. Avalon - (take 1)
10. Avalon - (take 2)
11. Handful of Keys - (take 1)
12. Handful of Keys - (take 2)
13. Man I Love, The
14. Smiles
15. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
16. Where or When
17. Silhouetted in the Moonlight - (with Martha Tilton)
18. Vieni, Vieni, Vieni - (take 1)
19. Vieni, Vieni, Vieni - (take 2)
20. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - (take 1)
21. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - (take 2)
22. Bei Mir Bist du Schoen, Part 1 - (take 2, with Martha Tilton)
23. Bei Mir Bist du Schoen, Part 1 - (take 1, with Martha Tilton)
24. Bei Mir Bist du Schoen, Part 2 - (take 1, with Ziggy Elman)
DISC 3: BENNY GOODMAN TRIO:
1. Sweet Lorraine
2. Blues in Your Flat, The - (take 1)
3. Blues in Your Flat, The - (take 2)
4. Blues in My Flat, The
5. Sugar - (take 1)
6. Sugar - (take 2)
7. Dizzy Spells
8. Opus 1/2
9. I Must Have That Man
10. Sweet Georgia Brown
11. 'S Wonderful - (take 1)
12. 'S Wonderful - (take 2)
13. Pick-a-Rib, Part 1 - (take 1)
14. Pick-a-Rib, Part 2 - (take 1)
15. Pick-a-Rib, Part 1 - (take 2)
16. Pick-a-Rib, Part 2 - (take 2)
17. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn to Cry Over Me) - (take 1)
18. I Cried For You - (take 2)
19. I Know That You Know - (take 1)
20. I Know That You Know - (take 2)
21. Opus 3/4 - (take 1)
22. Opus 3/4 - (take 2)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 209 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Gene Krupa, Helen Ward, Lionel Hampton, Martha Tilton, Teddy Wilson | | Producer: | Orrin Keepnews (Reissue) | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel: Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, drums); Teddy Wilson, Jess Stacy (piano); John Kirby (bass); Gene Krupa, Dave Tough, Buddy Schutz (drums).
Additional personnel: Helen Ward, Martha Tilton (vocals); Ziggy Elman (trumpet).
Recorded between 1935 and 1939. Includes liner notes by Loren Schoenberg.
Digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrante.
Clarinetist Benny Goodman not only led one of the most influential big bands in the world, he played classical music like the best of them, and he ushered the "small combo" movement into jazz. This collection contains groundbreaking songs (sometimes in the form of multiple takes) from 1935-1939. Made up of trio and quartet dates, plus a few scattered vocal tracks, this compilation contains some remarkable moments in jazz history.
"China Boy" is an up-tempo classic that features the incomparable stride piano skills of Teddy Wilson, as well the agile brush work of drummer Gene Krupa, while "Sugar" presents a tricky melody that is played with precision and ease by both Goodman and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton. Goodman's highly chromatic solo also hints at the bebop revolution that lay just around the corner. In general, there is wonderful interplay heard on these discs, and the group dynamic is never limited by the absence of a bass player. This is truly innovative and timeless music.
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