Benny Goodman

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  Benny Goodman
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  The Famous Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert 1938
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  (with Swing)Sing, Sing, Sing

from Benny Goodman: "Sing, Sing, Sing"By David Rickert The 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 s

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• Artist:
  Benny Goodman
• Album:
  B.G. In Hi Fi
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  Let's Dance

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.htmFebruary 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 ...

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• Artist:
  Benny Goodman
• Album:
  On The Air: 1937-1938
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  You Turned the Tables on Me

The little known film musical "Sing Baby Sing" had a song written by Sidney D. Mitchell and music composed by Louis Alter that would later become one of the staples of the American song book. "You Turned the Tables On Me" also serves as an introduction to the marvelous vocalist Helen Ward who had joined the Goodman band in 1935 and stayed with the orchestra until she got married and broke every...

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• Artist:
  Benny Goodman
• Album:
  The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings
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  Runnin' Wild

Actually, "gallop" should be the word for this particular performance. You heard the band playing this song, now it's the quartet's turn at this tune. There is plenty of back and forth between Benny, Lionel and Teddy Wilson. Indeed, around the ninety-fourth chorus, Gene Krupa yells out, "One more time" then switches to his bass drum which will make even the bravest listener limp from the frenzi...

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• Artist:
  Benny Goodman
• Album:
  On The Air: 1937-1938
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  Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day

Anyone who listens to music will immediately recognize the title character in this work as continuing the saga of Cab Calloway's song about Minnie the Moocher. Fletcher Henderson continues the saga of Minnie with a description of her wedding day. There are three things to watch out for in this performance: the way Benny picks up the last phrase of Harry James' solo, the tightly woven interplay ...

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• Artist:
  Benny Goodman
• Album:
  On The Air: 1937-1938
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  Roll 'Em

"Roll 'Em' is the work of band leader Andy Kirk's pianist, Mary Lou Williams, one of the most important of jazz pianists. Occasionally called "The Pest" by some of the Kirk band members, she was better known by the title of a work she wrote, "The Lady Who Swings the Band." The Goodman band plays this work as a fast blues rather than as a strict boogie woogie number. Watch for brilliant solos by...

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