Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

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Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Live album by Benny Goodman
Released	1950
Recorded	January 16, 1938
Genre	Jazz
Length	Disc One 64:33 Disc Two 58:24
Label	Columbia Legacy Recordings
Producer	Albert Marx (original) Phil Schaap (reissue)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Benny Goodman chronology
Benny Goodman Sextet (1950) Carnegie Hall Concert (1950) BG in Hi-Fi (1954)

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman, Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, was first issued in 1950. It was one of the first records of Benny Goodman music issued on the new long-playing format, and one of the first to sell over a million copies. A landmark recording, it was the premiere performance given by a jazz orchestra in the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City. It is the first ever double album.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc One 1.2 Disc Two 2 Personnel 2.1 The Benny Goodman Orchestra 2.2 Additional Personnel 3 Literature

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc One

1. Introduction from Benny Goodman (recorded 1950) 0:22
2. "Don't Be That Way" Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish 4:12
3. "Sometimes I'm Happy" Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey 4:13
4. "One O'Clock Jump" Eddie Durham, Buster Smith 6:47
5. Applause - transition to twenty years of jazz 0:41
6. "Sensation Rag" Ed "Daddy" Edwards 1:12
7. "I'm Coming Virginia" Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood 2:15
8. "When My Baby Smiles at Me" Bill Munro, Andrew Sterling, Ted Lewis, Harry von Tilzer 0:52
9. "Shine" Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney, Lew Brown 0:55
10. "Blue Reverie" Duke Ellington, Harry Carney 3:32
11. Applause - transition back to Goodman Orchestra 0:22
12. "Life Goes to A Party" Harry James, Benny Goodman 4:05
13. Setting up for jam session 0:40
14. "Honeysuckle Rose" Thomas Waller, Andy Razaf 16:42
    • solos: Young, Basie, Clayton, Hodges, rhythm section (Basie, Green, Page, Krupa), Carney, B. Goodman, Green, James, Young, Clayton
15. Applause and setting up for BG small groups 1:00
16. "Body and Soul" Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton 3:10
17. Applause as Lionel Hampton enters 0:27
18. "Avalon" Vincent Rose, B.G. deSylva, Al Jolson 4:04
19. "The Man I Love" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 3:35
20. "I Got Rhythm" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 4:51
21. pause track 0:06

[edit] Disc Two

1. "Blue Skies" Irving Berlin 3:14
2. "Loch Lomond" traditional 3:04
3. Applause - BG's no encore announcement 1:14
4. "Blue Room" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 2:36
5. "Swingtime in the Rockies" Jimmy Mundy, Benny Goodman 2:38
6. Applause and Martha Tilton returns 0:21
7. "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" Scholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin 3:54
8. Applause - setting up for BG small groups 0:32
9. "China Boy" Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje 4:45
10. "Stompin' at the Savoy" Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb 5:55
11. Applause and continuation with BG quartet 0:24
12. "Dizzy Spells (song)" Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson 5:37
13. Applause and transition back to orchestra 0:41
14. "Sing Sing Sing (with A Swing)" Louis Prima 12:02
15. Applause until encores 1:03
16. "If Dreams Come True" Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Irving Mills 2:34
17. Applause for second encore 0:21
18. "Big John's Special" Horace Henderson 3:41
19. pause track 0:06
20. Introduction (recorded 1950) 0:26
21. Don't Be That Way (recorded 1950) 0:18
22. Twenty Years of Jazz (recorded 1950) 0:15
23. Blue Reverie (recorded 1950) 0:24
24. Life Goes to A Party (recorded 1950) 0:27
25. Body and Soul (recorded 1950) 0:45
26. Avalon (recorded 1950) 0:23
27. Swingtime in the Rockies (recorded 1950) 0:17
28. Conclusion (recorded 1950) 0:15

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Benny Goodman Orchestra

• Benny Goodman, clarinet, vocal, and leader
• Chris Griffin, Ziggy Elman, Harry James, trumpets
• Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, trombones
• George Koenig, Art Rollini, Babe Russin, Hymie Schertzer, reed instruments
• Jess Stacy, piano
• Teddy Wilson, piano (BG trio and quartet only)
• Lionel Hampton, vibraphone (BG quartet only)
• Allan Reuss, guitar
• Harry Goodman, bass
• Gene Krupa, drums
• Martha Tilton, vocal

[edit] Additional Personnel

• Count Basie, piano
• Harry Carney, baritone saxophone
• Buck Clayton, trumpet
• Freddie Green, guitar
• Bobby Hackett, cornet
• Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone
• Walter Page, bass
• Lester Young, tenor saxophone

[edit] Literature

• James Lincoln Collier: Benny Goodman and the Swing Area. ISBN 0195052781
• Irving Kolodin: ‚’Liner Notes’’ (Benny Goodman – Carnegie Hall Concert)
• Richard Morton & Brian Cook: ‘’The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD, Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2002