Benny Goodman - The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (1935-39) [3CD Set] {1997 BMG Remaster}
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Benny Goodman's formidable work in front of the big band made him one of the world's most popular musicians, but his work with these "chamber jazz" groups made him one of the world's most respected musicians. Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Jimmie Noone's Apex Club band, to name two, had prospered in the 1920s as small groups playing traditional New Orleans-style fare, but until Goodman's forays beginning in 1935, the small band had been limited to blues, Dixieland, and the group improvisations of the New Orleans style. Goodman applied the small-group concept to the steady 4/4 rhythm and the repertoire (mostly standards) of swing. Instead of being dance music, this small-group swing showcased the individual and collective talent of the musicians involved--and the talent and telekinetic interplay of these men were considerable to say the least.


Like Goodman, pianist Teddy Wilson was a superior technician who never let technique come before spirit or emotion. His miraculous left-hand harmonic invention (listen to "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy") and his sharp sense of humor (listen to him boogie-woogie in "Exactly Like You") never came at the expense of taste. Drummer Gene Krupa and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton provide the energy and drive. Meanwhile, Goodman's total mastery of the clarinet gave him the freedom to soar effervescently, growl menacingly, and swing majestically--and to make it all sound effortless. A revolutionary set, without even considering the social implications of being the first racially integrated band. Perfection never sounded so playful.

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Tracklist:
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CD1
01 - After You've Gone (Take 1)
02 - After You've Gone (Take 2)
03 - Body and Soul (Take 1)
04 - Body and Soul (Take 2)
05 - Who
06 - Someday, Sweetheart
07 - China Boy
08 - More Than You Know
09 - All My Life
10 - Oh, Lady Be Good
11 - Nobody's Sweetheart
12 - Too Good To Be True
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 Rage (Take 1)

CD2
01 - Stompin' At The Savoy (Take 1)
02 - Stompin' At The Savoy (Take 2)
03 - Whispering
04 - Tiger Rag (Take 2)
05 - Tiger Rag (Take 3)
06 - Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider
07 - Tea For Two
08 - Runnin' Wild
09 - Avalon (Take 1)
10 - Avalon (Take 2)
11 - Handful Of Keys (Take 1)
12 - Handful Of Keys (Take 2)
13 - The Man I Love
14 - Smiles
15 - Liza (All The Clouds 'L Roll Away)
16 - Where Or When
17 - Silhouetted In The Moonlight
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)
23 - Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Part 1 (Take 1)
24 - Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Part 2 (Take 1)

CD3
01 - Sweet Lorraine
02 - The Blues In Your Flat (Take 1)
03 - The Blues In Your Flat (Take 2)
04 - The Blues In My Flat
05 - Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine) (Take 1)
06 - Sugar (That Sugar Baby Of Mine) (Take 2)
07 - Dizzy Spells
08 - Opus 1 2
09 - 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 (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me) (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)

*1997 RCA Victor / BMG Music | 09026-68764-2


Personnel:
Benny Goodman - clarinet
Jess Stacy, Teddy Wilson - piano
Lionel Hampton - vibraphone
John Kirby - bass
Gene Krupa, Dave Tough, Buddy Schutz - drums
Helen Ward, Martha Tilton - vocals
Ziggy Elman - trumpet




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