Swing comes to the Essential Collection with the addition of Benny Goodman to our ever expanding series.
Our re-mastered double CD takes up the Goodman story in 1933 and follows him through the critical year of 1935 when he made the monumental decision to play a selection of Fletcher Henderson tunes to a restless crowd at the Palomar Ballroom. Taking the tunes at breakneck speed the set was compelling and unrestrained, the King Of Swing had been born!
We say goodbye to Goodman in 1952 with appropriately a song entitled “Goodbye,” by which time he had disbanded the big bands and began to form smaller groups and bands for specific projects. By then his reputation was secure as the tracks on this CD will testify.
CD1
1. Let’s Dance (Orchestra)
2. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider (Quartet)
3. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Orchestra, Vocalist: Helen Ward)
4. King Porter Stomp (Orchestra)
5. Who? (Trio)
6. Sometimes I’m Happy (Orchestra)
7. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Orchestra, Vocalist: Jack Teagarden)
8. Runnin’ Wild (Quartet)
9. Stompin’ At The Savoy (Orchestra)
10. Body And Soul (Trio)
11. Goody, Goody (Orchestra, Vocalist: Helen Ward)
12. Christopher Columbus (Orchestra)
13. Whispering (Quartet)
14. Down South Camp Meeting (Orchestra)
15. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) (Orchestra, Vocalist: Helen Ward)
16. Moonglow (Quartet)
17. I Found A New Baby (Orchestra)
18. Always (Orchestra)
19. You Turned The Tables On Me (Orchestra, Vocalist: Helen Ward)
20. Sing, Sing, Sing (Orchestra)
21. After You’ve Gone (Trio)
22. Blue Lou (All Star Band)
23. Wrappin’ It Up (Orchestra)
CD2
1. Roll ‘Em (Orchestra)
2. Exactly Like You (Trio, Vocalist: Lionel Hampton)
3. Sugar Foot Stomp (Orchestra)
4. Sweet Lorraine (Trio)
5. I Thought About You (Orchestra, Vocalist: Mildred Bailey)
6. Avalon (Quartet)
7. I Want To Be Happy (Orchestra)
8. Someday Sweetheart (Trio)
9. Sweet Georgia Brown (Quartet)
10. Don’t Be That Way (Orchestra)
11. My Melancholy Baby (Quartet)
12. Big John Special (Orchestra)
13. Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away) (Quartet)
14. I’m Nobody’s Baby (Orchestra, Vocalist: Helen Forrest)
15. Smiles (Quartet)
16. My Old Flame (Orchestra, Vocalist: Peggy Lee)
17. A Smo-oo-oth One (Sextet)
18. Solo Flight (Orchestra)
19. Why Don’t You Do Right? (Orchestra, Vocalist: Peggy Lee)
20. Mission To Moscow (Orchestra)
21. China Boy (Sextet)
22. I Got Rhythm (Sextet)
23. Tattletale (Orchestra)
24. Love Is Just Around The Corner (Sextet)
25. Goodbye (Strings)
