Playlist
DISC 1
Title Let's Dance
Artist Benny Goodman Orchestra
Composer Stone / Bonime
Album Let's Dance
Label Living Era
Number CDAJS 2017 CD1 Track 1
Personnel: Ziggy Elman, Jimmy Maxwell, Johnny Martel, t; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Ted Vesely tb; Toots Mondello, Buff Estes, Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey, reeds; Fletcher Henderson p; Arnold Covey; g; Artie Bernstein, b; Nick Fatool. d. 24 Oct 1939.
DISC 2
Title I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
Artist Gene Krupa's Swing Band
Composer Franklin
Album Swing Is Here
Label Bluebird
Number ND 82180 Track 3
Personnel: Roy Eldridge, t; BG, clt; Chu Berry, ts; Jess Satcy, p; Allen Reuss, g; Israel Crisby, b; Gene Krupa, d. 29 Feb 1936
DISC 3
Title Who?
Artist Benny Goodman Trio
Composer Harbach, Hammerstein, Kern
Album After You've Gone: Trio and Quartet Sessions Vol 1.
Label Bluebird
Number ND 85631 Track 3
Personnel: BG, clt; Teddy Wilson, p; Gene Krupa, d. 1935
DISC 4
Title I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Artist Benny Goodman Quartet
Composer Baxter
Album Avalon: The Small Bands Vol 2 1937-1939
Label Bluebird Number ND 82273 Track 8
Personnel: BG, clt; Teddy Wilson, p; Lionel Hampton, vib; Gene Krupa, d. 2 Dec 1937
DISC 5
Title King Porter Stomp
Artist Benny Goodman Orchestra
Composer Morton, arr. Henderson
Album Let's Dance
Label Living Era
Number CD AJS 2017 CD 1 Track 6
Personnel: BG, clt; Bunny Berigan, Nate Kazebier, Ralph Muzzillo, t; Red Ballard, Jack Lacy, tb; Toots Mondello, Hymie Scherzer, Art Rollini, Dick Clark, ts; Frank Froeba, p; George Van Eps, g; Harry Goodman, b; Gene Krupa, d. 1 July 1935
DISC 6
Title A Smo-o-o-oth One
Artist Benny Goodman Sextet
Composer Goodman
Album Original Guitar Genius
Label Proper
Number Properbox 98 CD 2 Track 21
Personnel: BG, clt; Cootie Williams, t; Georgie Auld, ts; Count Basie, p; Charlie Christian, g; Artie Bernstein, b; Harry Jaeger, d. 7 Nov 1940
DISC 7
Title Clarinet a la King
Artist Benny Goodman Orchestra
Composer Sauter
Album The Essential BG
Label Proper
Number Properbox 109 CD 4 Track 17
Personnel: BG, clt; Billy Butterfield, Cootie Williams, Jimmy Maxwell, Al Davis t; Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall, tb; Skip Martin, Clint Neagly, Vido Musso, George Berg, Chuck Gentry, saxes; Mel Powell, p; Tom Morgan, g; Mort Stuhlmaker, b; Sid Catlett, d. 2 Oct 1941
DISC 8
Title Contrasts: Section 1 Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
Artist Benny Goodman / Joseph Szigeti / Bela Bartok
Composer Bartok
Album Clarinet Classics
Label Pearl
Number Gem 0057 Track 5
Personnel: Benny Goodman, Joseph Szigeti, Bela Bartok 13 May 1940
DISC 9
Title Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano
Artist Benny Goodman, Columbia Symphony Strings, Copland
Composer Copland
Album Copland Collection
Label Sony Classical
Number SM3K 46559 CD 3 Track 8
Personnel: Benny Goodman, clt; Laura Newell, hp; Abba Bogin, p; Columbia Symphony Strings, Aaron Copland, cond. 20 Feb 1963.
DISC 10
Title Sing Sing Sing
Artist Benny Goodman Orchestra
Composer Prima, arr. Mundy
Album Let's Dance
Label Living Era
Number CD AJS 2017 CD 2 Track 21
Personnel: BG, clt; Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, t; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, tb; George Koenig, Hymie Scherzer, Art Rollini, Babe Russin,saxes; Jess Stacy p; Allen Reuss, g; Harry Goodman, b; Gene Krupa, d. Carnegie Hall 16 Jan 1938
DISC 11
Title World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Artist Benny Goodman Quartet
Composer Lockhart / Seitz Album 1942
Label Classics
Number Classics 1234 Track 12
Personnel: BG, clt; Mel Powell, p; Sid Weiss, b; Ralph Collier, d. 10 March 1942 Recommendation: Let's Dance (Living Era); Essential BG (Properbox)
Recommendations: Let's Dance (Living Era); Essential BG (Properbox)
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