benny goodman sextet

Benny Goodman created some of his most engaging music in the laid back small group setting of his various sextets. Establishing himself as the 'King of Swing' with seminal performances at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles and at Carnagie Hall in New York, Goodman helped to bring jazz to mainstream audiences with his accessible arrangements.  A struggle with sciatica in July of 1940 forced him to break up his band; and, when he got back into the swing of things three months later, he had a new lineup with a new sound.  The sextet became the standard for Goodman's small combo recordings; although he continued to record and perform in a big band setting.  Often the group would swell to seven or eight; but Goodman hung on the sextet moniker.  






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Released in 1944, 'Benny Goodman Sextet' was compiled from four individual 78 rpm records recorded between October of 1939 and March of 1942 with different lineups featuring:   Goodman on clarinet; Charlie Christian on guitar; Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, and Johnny Guarnieri on piano;  Lionel Hampton on vibraphone;  Cootie Williams on trumpet; Georgie Auld on saxophone;  Arthur Bernstein on bass;  and Dave Tough, Harry Jager, and Nick Fatool on drums.   Goodman considered these selections to be some of the best recordings he did for Columbia Records.  

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1  
Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland)
Written-By – Hickman, Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4H7M2YFK0s


2  
Air Mail Special
Written-By – Benny Goodman


3  
Flying Home
Written-By – Goodman, De Lange, Hampton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kizoLacjV2k


4  
I Found A New Baby
Written-By – Palmer, S. Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMYYjSIU2kQ


5
Poor Butterfly
Written-By – Golden, Hubell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a9YRDHO5-4


6  
Grand Slam
Written-By – Goodman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdCgtg0xEY


7  
The Wang Wang Blues
Written-By – Johnson, Mueller, Busse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIsRI8cDcI4


8
As Long As I Live
Written-By – Arlen, Koehler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMKfxHmEgc

Released in 1954, 'New Benny Goodman Sextet' shows Goodman revisiting the sextet setting after dissolving the band he had recorded with for Capitol Records.  It was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City and the various permutations of the band included:   Goodman on clarinet (and vocal!);  Terry Gibbs on vibraphone;  Lou Stein and Teddy Wilson on piano;  Allen Hanlon and Mundell Lowe on guitar;   Eddie Safranski and Sid Weiss on bass;  and Don Lamond and Terry Snyder on drums.   

http://www.last.fm/music/Benny+Goodman+Sextet/The+New+Benny+Goodman+Sextet

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1  
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Written-By – Arlen, Koehler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF115U_Si-U



2
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Written-By – Bowman



3
 Under A Blanket Of Blue
Written-By – Neiburg, Levinson, Symes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEuJj_n7lDc



4  
Undecided
Written-By – Shaver, Robin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoFhrKXJQEo



5  
I'll Never Be The Same
Written-By – Signorelli, Kahn, Malneck
http://www.last.fm/music/Benny+Goodman+Sextet/_/I'll+Never+be+the+Same
https://myspace.com/thebennygoodmansextet/music/song/i-ll-never-be-the-same-28369907-28179836



6
I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
Vocals – Helen Ward
Written-By – B. Rose, Waller, Link
http://www.last.fm/music/Benny+Goodman+Sextet/The+New+Benny+Goodman+Sextet/I%27ve+Got+A+Feeling+I%27m+Falling
https://myspace.com/thebennygoodmansextet/music/song/i-ve-got-a-feeling-i-m-falling-28369910-28179839


7
How Am I To Know!
Written-By – D. Parker, King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeg1056UDck



8 
Four Or Five Times
Vocals – Benny Goodman
Written-By – Gay, Hellman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjrE1ZpeiBU



9
Bye Bye Blues
Written-By – Lown, C. Gray, D. Bennett, Hamm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X8UOS2FkLE

blue skies

Irving Berlin wrote this classic as a last minute addition for the musical 'Betsy' when the star of the show requested a show stopper. ’Blue Skies’ was introduced on opening night in 1926 and the audience requested more than twenty encores that night from singer Belle Baker. That year alone, the song charted six times. Al Jolson sang it in 'The Jazz Singer' in 1927; and also that year Ben Selvin and His Orchestra took their version to number one. In the years since, it has been recorded by countless artists in a myriad of musical genres. In 1978, Willie Nelson took his version to the top of the country chart.




Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

Ella Fitzgerald

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Willie Nelson

Ben Selvin and His Orchestra

I was blue, just as blue as I could be
Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore

Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see

Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on

I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it can't be true
I should smile, that's exactly what I do

benny goodman trio

Benny Goodman broke racial barriers when he accepted an invitation to play at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. It lasted six months and was broadcast nationwide on the radio. It was during this musical residency that his newly formed trio made its public debut. This was the first time that black and white musicians performed on stage together in public. At the height of segregation the Rhythm Club performances were historic. When Goodman met pianist Teddy Wilson at a jam party he thought they played like they were "thinking with the same brain." With Gene Krupa on drums, this small ensemble played intricate solos that took the emphasis away from a big band sound.

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