The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian: 1939‐1941

~ Release by The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Notes

A very decent Columbia release, selecting part of the Goodman Septet recordings (Sextet + Christian) (reissued by EPM in a slightly different form).

#1-2:
2 October 1939
New York
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Fletcher Henderson
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstein
Drums: Nick Fatool
Vibes: Lionel Hampton

#3-4:
22 November 1939
New York
Same as 2 Oct 1939

#5-7:
20 December 1939
New York
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Johnny Guarnieri
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstein
Drums: Nick Fatool
Vibes: Lionel Hampton

#8-9:
3 April 1940
Los Angeles
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Johnny Guarnieri
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstien
Drums: Nick Fatool
Vibes: Lionel Hampton

#10:
10 April 1940
Los Angeles
Same as 3 April 1940

#11-12:
11 June 1940
Los Angeles
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Dudley Brooks
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstien
Drums: Nick Fatool
Vibes: Lionel Hampton

#13-15:
19 December 1940
New York
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Kenny Kersey
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstien
Drums: Harry Jaeger
Trumpet: Cootie Williams
Tenor Sax: George Auld

#16-17:
15 January 1941
New York Breakfast Feud
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Count Basie
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstien
Drums: Jo Jones
Trumpet: Cootie Williams
Tenor Sax: George Auld

#18:
13 March 1941
New York
Clarinet: Benny Goodman
Piano: Johnny Guarnieri
Guitar: Charlie Christian
Bass: Artie Bernstien
Drums: Dave Tough
Trumpet: Cootie Williams
Tenor Sax: George Auld

Annotation last modified on 2008-02-24 00:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Flying Home
archtop guitar and electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-10-02)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-10-02)
double bass:
Arthur Bernstein (on 1939-10-02)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-10-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-10-02)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-10-02)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-02)
recording of:
Flying Home (instrumental version) (on 1939-10-02)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Ragbag Music (ASCAP) and Regent Music (BMI)
4.453:18
2Stardust
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-10-02)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-10-02)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-10-02)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-10-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-10-02)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-10-02)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-02)
instrumental recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1939-10-02)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:17
3Memories of You
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-11-22)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-11-22)
electric guitar and guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-11-22)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-11-22)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-11-22)
instrumental recording of:
Memories of You (on 1939-11-22)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
recording of:
Memories of You (Erinnerungen an Dich) (Memories of You) (on 1939-11-22)
composer:
Ralf Willing
3:14
4Soft Winds
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-11-22)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-11-22)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-11-22)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-11-22) and Johnny Guarnieri (on 1939-12-20)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-11-22)
recorded at:
World Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-11-22)
recording of:
Soft Winds (also attributed to Fletcher Henderson) (on 1939-11-22)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
2:31
5Shivers
2:52
6AC/DC Current
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-12-20)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-12-20)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-12-20)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-12-20)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1939-12-20)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-12-20)
recorded at:
World Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-12-20)
recording of:
AC-DC Current (on 1939-12-20)
writer:
Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
2:50
7I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)
miscellaneous support:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (task: directed by)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton
instrumental recording of:
I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Doc Daugherty (in 1930) and Ellis Reynolds (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd.
version of:
Lookin’ for Another Sweetie
3:01
8The Sheik of Araby
instrumental recording of:
The Sheik of Araby
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
3:18
9Poor Butterfly
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-04-03)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1940-04-03)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1940-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1940-04-03)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1940-04-03)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1940-04-03)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1940-04-03)
performer:
The Benny Goodman Sextet
instrumental cover recording of:
Poor Butterfly (on 1940-04-03)
lyricist:
John L. Golden (in 1916)
composer:
John Raymond Hubbell (composer, co-founder of ASCAP) (in 1916)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
2:53
10I Surrender, Dear
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1940-04-16)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1940-04-16)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1940-04-16)
guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1940-04-16)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1940-04-16)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1940-04-16)
performer:
The Benny Goodman Sextet
instrumental recording of:
I Surrender Dear (on 1940-04-16)
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
3:02
11These Foolish Things
instrumental recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:15
12Good Enough to Keep
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-06-11)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1940-06-11)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1940-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1940-06-11)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1940-06-11)
piano:
Dudley Brooks (on 1940-06-11)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1940-06-11)
instrumental recording of:
Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) (on 1940-06-11)
composer:
Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and James R. Mundy
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music, PW 3 ASCAP Songs, Regent Music Corp. and Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
2:56
13Breakfast Feud
recording of:
Breakfast Feud
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
3:17
14I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-12-19)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1940-12-19)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1940-12-19)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1940-12-19)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1940-12-19)
piano:
Ken Kersey (on 1940-12-19)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1940-12-19)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1940-12-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1940-12-19)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:25
15Gilly
2:38
16On the Alamo
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1941-01-15)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Artie Bernstein (on 1941-01-15)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1941-01-15)
electric guitar and guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1941-01-15)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1941-01-15)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-01-15)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1941-01-15)
instrumental recording of:
On the Alamo (on 1941-01-15)
lyricist:
Gilbert Keyes and Joe Lyons (US songwriter & arranger)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (from 1922-08-02 to present) and Tell Taylor, Inc. (from 1922-03-17 until 1922-08-02)
3:33
17Gone With What Draft
2:44
18A Smo‐o‐o‐oth One
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1941-03-13)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1941-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1941-03-13)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1941-03-13)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1941-03-13)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-03-13)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1941-03-13)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1941-03-13)
recording of:
A Smooth One (on 1941-03-13)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
publisher:
Regent Music Corp.
3:17

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Release

ASIN:US: B0000026TA [info]