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Benny Goodman: Memories of You (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

Much is made of Goodman the martinet, the stern taskmaster leveling The Ray to tyrannize his minions. Then there's ...

Benny Goodman: Avalon (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

    Benny Goodman Photo by Herb Snitzer In Hollywood's sappy biopic The Benny Goodman Story...

Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian): Benny's Bugle (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

It’s significant that much of Benny Goodman’s small group output for Columbia Records was reissued in 2002 as a Charl...

Benny Goodman: That's A Plenty (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Benny Goodman was 19 years old when he recorded his dazzling solo version of "That's A Plenty". He was far from a new...

Benny Goodman: And the Angels Sing (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Ziggy Elman ranks high on the list of shamefully overlooked jazz trumpeters. Great section players aren't always the ...

Benny Goodman: King Porter Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Five years after Jelly Roll Morton recorded his tribute to pianist Porter King, bandleader Fletcher Henderson adopted...

Benny Goodman: Moonglow (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

B.G.'s come-hither clarinet and Hamp's voluptuous vibes make "Moonglow" one of jazz's most romantic encounters. The U...

Benny Goodman: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 04, 09

While his inter-personal skills left much to be desired, Benny Goodman cared about his band and was always interested...

Benny Goodman (featuring Billie Holiday): Riffin' the Scotch (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

This is Holiday’s recording debut at the age of 18. Record producer John Hammond had taken Benny Goodman, Red Norvo a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Benny Goodman Sextet (with Charlie Christian): The Sheik Of Araby (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 02, 09

This performance by the Benny Goodman Sextet was originally issued as “The Sheik”, as the original melody of “The She...

Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian): Solo Flight (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

During the Swing Era, as bands swelled in size, acoustic guitarists turned to amplification to avoid being buried ali...

Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian): Seven Come Eleven (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Benny Goodman shot to Swing Era superstardom leading a big band, but his small groups were just as important. First c...

Benny Goodman: Peckin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 18, 08

Harry James got his first big break when he joined the Benny Goodman organization in January 1937. Benny's brother Ha...

Benny Goodman & Jimmy Rowles: Mean to Me (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 05, 08

Every serious jazz fan has heard of the Benny Goodman Quartet and the Benny Goodman Trio. But what about the Benny G...

Benny Goodman Quartet: I Got Rhythm (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 12, 09

If you just heard the record, you might think this performance was taped surreptitiously at some back room jam sessio...

Benny Goodman: Blue Skies (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 12, 09

The star of this performance is Fletcher Henderson's chart. The intro starts with an Ellingtonian growl that morphs ...

Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing – as heard in Woody Allen's New York Stories (1989), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) ... (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Immensely popular in its day, "Sing, Sing, Sing" is the nadir of white jungle music. Not to be confused with the 1990...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN

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Teddy Wilson Orchestra (with Billie Holiday): I Must Have That Man (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

From the first line of her vocal, Billie Holiday uses her unique intonation, exceptional phrasing and rhythm, and exp...

Teddy Wilson Orchestra (with Billie Holiday): He Ain't Got Rhythm (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Besides great jazz musicians playing superbly, this track is a sheer delight because of the lyrics, and Billie Holida...

Hoagy Carmichael & Bix Beiderbecke: Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Records hardly get stranger than this. An integrated, all-star cast convenes to record a tune most of them thought wa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

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