Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

Infobox Album |
Name = Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Type = Live Album
Artist = 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)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxftxqwkld0e link]
Last album = "Benny Goodman Sextet"
(1950)
This album = "Carnegie Hall Concert"
(1950)
Next album = "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.

Track listing CD version

Disc One

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

Disc Two

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

Track listing LP edition [Philips Minigroove edition, catalog number BBL7000 and 7001]

Disc 1, Side 1 :
# "Don't Be That Way" Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish — 5:26
# "One O'Clock Jump" Eddie Durham, Buster Smith — 6:36
# "Dixieland one step" — 2:08
# "I'm Coming Virginia" Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood — 0:50
# "When My Baby Smiles at Me" Bill Munro, Andres Sterling, Ted Lewis, Harry von Tilzer — 0:54
# "Shine" Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney, Lew Brown — 1:10
# "Blue Reverie" Duke Ellington, Harry Carney — 2:03
# "Life Goes to A Party" Harry James, Benny Goodman — 4:14

Disc 1, Side 4 :
# "Stompin' at the Savoy" Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb — 6:05
# "Dizzy Spells" Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson — 5:35
# "Sing Sing Sing (with A Swing)" Louis Prima — 11:55
# "Big John's Special" Horace Henderson — 3:39

Disc 2, Side 2 :
# "Honeysuckle Rose" Thomas Waller, Andy Razaf — 13:40
# "Body and Soul" Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton — 3:15
# "Avalon" Vincent Rose, B.G. deSylva, Al Jolson — 4:12
# "The Man I Love" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin — 3:20

Disc 2, Side 3 :
# "I Got Rhythm" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin — 5:06
# "Blue Skies" Irving Berlin — 3:03
# "Loch Lomond" traditional — 2:55
# "Blue Room" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart — 2:38
# "Swingtime in the Rockies" Jimmy Mundy, Benny Goodman — 2:27
# "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen" Scholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin — 3:53
# "China Boy" Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje — 4:47

Personnel

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

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

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

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