Benny Goodman Plays “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 between brass and saxes, and the way Gene Krupa uses softly accented press rolls on the last two bars to build up to a break-away climax.