The Live at the International World Exhibition Brussels: Unissued Recordings [Live]

Benny Goodman | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (May 23, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Magic Records UK
• ASIN: B00005YN03
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,268,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction: Lets Dance

2. When You're Smiling

3. Sent for You Yesterday (And You Come Today)

4. Pennies From Heaven

5. Going to Chicago

6. Soon

7. Who Cares

8. 'Deed I Do

9. I Hadn't Anyone Till You/I've Got You Under My Skin

10. There's No Fool Like an Old Fool

11. Sometimes I'm Happy

12. Oh Boy I'm Lucky

13. The Song Is Ended

14. I'm Coming Virgina

15. A Fine Romance

16. If I Had You

17. Theme Goodbye

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Goodman past his prime, but some nice work, February 21, 1999

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This review is from: Live at the International World Exhibition 1958 (Audio CD)

This was originally available as a two-LP pair (not a box set) issued after the Goodman band played at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair in the US pavilion. The album doesn't indicate the considerable behind-the-scenes thrashing that went on, and this recording is the only real souvenir of the performances there. There's some very good work by Goodman's sidemen (such as Roland Hanna) and Jimmy Rushing provides some interesting vocals, but overall the recording seems a little flat. "Roll 'Em" is about the only track across the two discs that really catches fire... with all the other tracks it's clear it's basically Goodman with a mostly pick-up band. It's worth having as the best look at his work in those days, several years before some of the truly awful LPs like "Hello Benny!" and that one where he records "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life." But it's not the best work they could have done.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Swinging band - listening samples incorrect., December 14, 2011

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This review is from: Live at the International World Exhibition 1958 (Audio CD)

This was the first jazz album I ever owned, which my stepmother's friend gave me when I was 10 - and while the previous reviewer mentions a double album set, my LP (Westinghouse Broadcasting) only had the same tracks that are on the CD:

One O'Clock Jump
Balkan Mixed Grill
Avalon
Poor Butterfly
You're Driving me Crazy
Bugle Call Rag
Mean to Me
King Porter Stomp
Sing Sing Sing.

The rhythm section swings hard - Arvel Shaw, Roy Burns, Billy Bauer and Rolland Hanna provide a solid feel - Rolland Hanna's solos add a more modern, be-bop sound, which is nice - we have a transitional band here, recorded in 1958, with roots in the swing era but influenced a bit by more modern styles as well.

While it may be a pick up band, the playing is fairly tight, and with a fairly all star band, including Zoot Sims in the sax section, the soloing and ensemble work is quite good.