Complete Capitol Trios [Original recording remastered]

Benny Goodman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00000JYQZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,542 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Benny Goodman Small Groups - Part 2, June 20, 2000

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William Faust (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Capitol Trios (Audio CD)

We take Benny Goodman for granted. He's forever carved in our collective conscience as a heavyweight big band leader, Carnegie Hall concert innovator, color barrier breaker etc. All well and good. But he was a tremendous virtuoso clarinetist and I think we sometimes forget that. This collection of late 40's/mid 50's trios with Teddy Wilson, Jimmy Rowles, or Mel Powell on piano and a revolving set of brush men showcases, as the original small group recordings did earlier, that Goodman had an inexhaustable sense of invention and creativity when it comes to playing jazz standards "all the livelong day". Not to mention flawless technique, endurance and range. You'll wear it out.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars inhabits the space between swing and bop, September 7, 2001

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R. J. Marsella (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Capitol Trios (Audio CD)

This is a very good collection featuring fabulous musicians of the swing era coming very close to achieving the improvisational style of later bop players. The various trios are all extraordinarily tight but I especially like the cuts featuring Teddy Wilson on Piano. Benny Goodman reached an astounding level of virtuosity and it is more readily heard here than in any other format. I love this music and highly recommend this cd to anyone curious enough to be reading this.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ordinary but attractive, January 4, 2001

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Tomohiko Suzuki (Maebashi, Gunma Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Capitol Trios (Audio CD)

The paformances in this album are ,of course,not the acme of Benny's recordings.I think that they are good paformances indeed,but never have the thrill and tention which you would hear in 1935-1938 paformances of Benny. But I recomend you to listen this album for these three pianists,Teddy Wilson,Jimmy Rowles and Mel Powell--especially Jimmy Rowles's piano-play.Jimmy's play in this album is a sort of traditional swing style piano compared with his play in later years.Compared with the other pianists in this album,Jimmy's left hand(bass-line figure) is less active, but has a good-taste with more delicasy that leads to the musical effects containing moderate relaxation and tension simultaniously.As to Benny,his clarinet tone is more mellow than that of 1930's,and matchs better with his trio format without bass-violin.Anyway,enjoy the tactful skills and tasteful music of these traditional swing pianists with BG.