A unique performance, made available to everyone. Often wrongly described as the first Swing concert, the The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert by Benny Goodman is a milestone in the history of Jazz concerts. Just listen to the final track of the concert and you know what I mean. (The cover image is self-made with an image of Benny Goodman from 1971.)
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Sing Sing Sing – With A Swing is a legendary Jazz standard. This performance is a 10 minute long frenzy with instrumental soli. The first minute introduces the famous theme, well structured by an excellent drum performance of Gene Krupa. Swing at its best.
Get the whole album at the download link below the long track list.
Tracks
| # | Title | Duration | Rating | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.01 | Don’t Be That Way // Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish | 4:12 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 1.02 | One O’Clock Jump // Eddie Durham, Buster Smith | 6:52 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 1.03 | Dixieland one step | 1:20 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 1.04 | I’m Coming Virginia // Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood | 2:07 | ★★ | ♢ |
| 1.05 | When My Baby Smiles at Me // Bill Munro, Andres Sterling, Ted Lewis, Harry von Tilzer | 0:51 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 1.06 | Shine // Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney, Lew Brown | 1:03 | ★★★ | ♢♢♢ |
| 1.07 | Blue Reverie // Duke Ellington, Harry Carney | 3:21 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 1.08 | Life Goes to A Party // Harry James, Benny Goodman | 4:13 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 2.01 | Honeysuckle Rose // Thomas Waller, Andy Razaf | 13:57 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 2.02 | Body and Soul // Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton | 3:23 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 2.03 | Avalon // Vincent Rose, B.G. deSylva, Al Jolson | 4:16 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 2.04 | The Man I Love // George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:28 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 3.01 | I Got Rhythm // George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 5:09 | ★★★ | ♢♢♢ |
| 3.02 | Blue Skies // Irving Berlin | 3:17 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 3.03 | Loch Lomond | 2:58 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 3.04 | Blue Room // Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 5:12 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 3.05 | Swingtime in the Rockies // Jimmy Mundy, Benny Goodman | 3:27 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 3.06 | Bei Mir Bist du Schoen // Scholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin | 0:32 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 3.07 | China Boy // Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje | 4:52 | ★★★ | ♢♢♢ |
| 4.01 | Stompin’ at the Savoy // Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb | 5:55 | ★★ | ♢♢ |
| 4.02 | Dizzy Spells // Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson | 5:43 | ★★★ | ♢♢♢ |
| 4.03 | Sing Sing Sing – with A Swing | 10:58 | ★★★★ | ♢♢ |
| 4.04 | Big John’s Special // Horace Henderson | 3:45 | ★★★ | ♢♢ |
Stats
| Release | The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert |
|---|---|
| Artist | Benny Goodman |
| Year | 1938 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Style | Free Improvisation, Live |
| Download | Link (MP3 VBR) |
