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from Benny Goodman: "Sing, Sing, Sing"by David Rickert The Record ”Sing, Sing, Sing” bristles with energy and reckless abandon, all powered by Krupa. There isn't much organization or development of themes at all, but it was capable of whipping crowds into a frenzy every time it was played. The record begins with the tom-tom drumming of Krupa that forms the bedrock of the piece. The band enters and plays the familiar head with the reeds and horn tossing the melody back and... MORE
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from Benny Goodman: "Sing, Sing, Sing" By David RickertThe Killer-dillers The roots of the hot jazz associated with “Sing, Sing, Sing” can be traced back to an earlier performance by Goodman at the Palomar. The current diet of the big band performance was mild pop tunes, which were held to be what audiences favored. But faced with a listless, indifferent crowd, Goodman turned to the band and said something like, “To hell with it, if we're going to sink, we might as well ... MORE
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Here's the Daily OM Review and a few websites for more info about Benny G: http://www.bennygoodman.com/ http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_goodman_benny.htm February 5, 2007B.G. in Hi-FiBenny Goodman 1954You'd be hard-pressed to name a musician as important to the history of jazz as clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman. Regarded as the first major figure of the Swing Era, Goodman was also one of its most progressive. He earned swing music a newfound resp... MORE
