1951-1952

Benny Goodman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Classics France
• ASIN: B000YYPBHO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,444 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Down South Camp Meetin' - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

2. Mean To Me - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

3. South Of the Border - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

4. Muskrat Ramble - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

5. Lulu's Back In Town - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

6. Stardust - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

7. Wrappin' It Up - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

8. King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

9. Farewell Blues - Benny Goodman Sextet

10. Toodle-Lee-Yoo-Doo - Benny Goodman Sextet

11. When Buddha Smiles - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

12. Sunrise Serenade - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

13. Moonglow - Benny Goodman With Strings

14. Georgia On My Mind - Benny Goodman With Strings

15. I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues - Benny Goodman With Strings

16. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Benny Goodman With Strings

17. Goodbye - Benny Goodman With Strings

18. Embraceable You - Benny Goodman With Strings

19. Lover, Come Back To Me - Benny Goodman With Strings

20. If I Had You - Benny Goodman With Strings

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old and New Stuff, February 2, 2008

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Bop Man (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1951-1952 (Audio CD)

Certainly by the time these songs were recorded, during 1951-52, people were saying that the Big Band Era was over. But also during the early fifties, there was definitely a "swing" towards a more conservative approach to music by many performing artists. Modern Jazz, mainly because of it's musically complex nature, failed to gain the acceptance of the general public. Benny Goodman's return to his 1930's Fletcher Henderson-style big band format was "The Sound" that jump-started not only his career in the beginning, but the Big Band Era as well. Goodman's die-hard fans never really wavered from wanting to hear the older stuff being performed. So that's what Goodman did from now on, whether it was the 1950's or the 1980's, time stood still. B.G.'s band heard on this Cd was specially assembled for studio recordings, and did make some public appearances. Here Goodman re-records some older material, mixed with brand new versions that he might have performed on his radio programs, but not studio recorded in the past. The Cd ends with the "Goodman with Strings" sessions that Sony has not yet re-issued on cd.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally available, January 27, 2008

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Edward A. Agnew "jazz fan" (Dana Point, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1951-1952 (Audio CD)

At last these fabulous B.G. high fidelity big band recordings are available to the general public without buying a boxed set. The additional recordings with Helen Ward will apparently be on the next Classics B.G. release.

Update: I have heard that there will be no more jazz releases by Classics France without a U.S. distributor. I hope someone will contact a music company that can keep this label alive. E.A. 7/8/2009