Benny Goodman Orchestra - Benny Goodman Orchestra Feat. Anita O'Day - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman was one of the giants of the swing era, with his orchestra pioneering the genre in the late '30s and riding the big band wave through into the post-ear era. However, he also greatly enjoyed playing in more flexible small jazz groups, where his superb technique had more of a chance to shine. This great-value 70-track 3-CD set brings together a significant proportion, but excluding vocal performances, of the titles he recorded in Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Sextet and Septet environments the heyday of his swing orchestra, often recording with artists drawn from the current incarnation of his bands. It comprises recordings on the Victor, Columbia and Okeh labels, and not surprisingly features a host of significant jazz personalities, including Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Christian, Cootie Williams, Count Basie, Red Norvo, Slam Stewart, John Kirby, Fletcher Henderson, Johnny Guarnieri, Georgie Auld and many more. It's a thoroughly enjoyable anthology of small band jazz that defies being categorised, ranging across both well-known standards and original compositions, and allows us to hear Benny and his colleagues swinging and improvising in some star-studded line-ups Album Tracks 1. After You've Gone 2. Body and Soul 3. Who ? 4. Someday Sweetheart 5. China Boy 6. More Than You Know 7. Lady Be Good 8. Nobody's Sweetheart 9. Dinah 10. Sweet Sue, Just You 11. My Melancholy Baby 12. Tiger Rag 13. Stompin' at the Savoy 14. Whispering 15. Ida 16. Tea for Two 17. Runnin' Wild 18. Avalon 19. Handful of Keys 20. The Man I Love 21. Smiles 22. Liza 23. Where or When 24. Vieni, Vieni 1. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) 2. Sweet Lorraine 3. The Blues in Your Flat 4. Sugar 5. Dizzy Spells 6. Opus 1/2 7. I Must Have That Man 8. Sweet Georgia Brown 9. 's Wond

Album Tracks 1. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans 3. There Is No Greater Love 4. Don't Be That Way 5. Oh, Lady Be Good! 6. Come Rain or Come Shine 7. St. Louis Blues 8. All the Things You Are 9. I've Found a New Baby 10. Avalon 11. Embraceable You 12. Sweet Georgia Brown 13. Look for the Silver Lining 14. By Myself 15. Honeysuckle Rose 1. After You've Gone 2. Body and Soul 3. Nice Work If You Can Get It 4. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 5. Avalon 6. Dark Eyes 7. Don't Be That Way 8. How High the Moon 9. One O'Clock Jump 10. I've Found a New Baby 11. On the Sunny Side of the Street 12. Runnin' Wild 13. Liza 14. Exactly Like You 15. Someday, Sweetheart 16. China Boy 17. Piano Interlude 18. Our Love Is Here to Stay 19. That's A-Plenty

Album Tracks 1. King Porter Stomp 2. Flying Home 3. Stardust 4. All the Things You Are 5. Indian Summer 6. One O Clock Jump 7. Frenesi 8. The Moon Won't Talk 9. Yours 10. Gone with What Draft 11. Let the Doorknob Hit Cha 12. Caprice XXIII Paganini 13. I See a Million People 14. Moon and Sand 15. Superman 16. Who Can I Turn To? 17. Something New 18. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire 19. A Smooth One 1. At the Darktown Strutter S Ball 2. Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) 3. Three Little Words 4. Sunday, Monday for Always 5. Bugle Call Rag 6. Sweet Georgia Brown 7. Memories of You 8. Medley Oh Lady Be Good / Mack the Knife / I Can't Give You Anything Bu 9. Avalon 10. Rose Room 11. That's a Plenty 12. Lulu's Back in Town 13. New Kind of Love 14. Muskrat Rumble 15. Stompin at the Savoy 16. The Dixieland Band 17. Dear Old Southland