Jazz
Benny Goodman (clarinet); Helen Forrest, Helen Ward, Martha Tilton, Mildred Bailey, Peggy Lee (vocals); Mike Bryan, Arnold Covey, Benny Heller, George Van Eps, Allan Reuss, Tom Morgan (guitar); Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Eddie Rosa, Noni Bernardi, Buff Estes, Skippy Martin, Bob Snyder, Gus Bivona, George Koenig, Bill Shine, Ben Kantor, Clint Neagley, John Prager, Bill De Pew, Dave Matthews, Julie Schwartz, Toots Mondello, Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone); George Auld, Cliff Strickland, Bus Bassey, Art Rollini, Gish Gilbertson, Dick Clark, Herbie Haymer, Jack Henderson, Jerry Jerome, Babe Russin, Vido Musso, George Berg, Bob Taylor, Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Chuck Gentry, Danny Bank (baritone saxophone); Joe Rushton (bass saxophone); Bobby Guyer, Sam Shapiro, Nate Kazebier, Ralph Muzillo, Irving Goodman, Alec Fila, Jerry Neary, Harry Geller, Gordon 'Chris' Griffin, Jimmy Blake, Cootie Williams, Harry James, Johnny Martel, Lee Castle, Manny Klein, Russ Case, Ziggy Elman, John Best, Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Privin, Bunny Berigan, Al Davis (trumpet); Addison Collins (French horn); Ted Vesely, Jack Lacey, Charlie Castaldo, Joe Harris, Lou McGarity, Miff Mole, Murray McEachern, Vernon Brown, Red Ballard, Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Claude Thornhill, Johnny Guarneri, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Frank Froeba, Jess Stacy, Johnny Guarnieri, Teddy Wilson, Bernie Leighton, Mel Powell (piano); Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo (vibraphone); Sid Weiss, Barney Spieler, Harry Goodman, Hank Wayland, Artie Bernstein, Slam Stewart (bass guitar); Harry Jaeger, Sammy Weiss, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa, George Wettling, Louis Bellson, Morey Feld, Nick Fatool, Ralph Collier (drums)
'The Essential Benny Goodman' is the fantastic new 2CD with 40 of Goodman's best songs including the previously un-issued master takes of 'Sing, Sing, Sing' and 'Don't Be That Way'. Representing his most vital and accessible recordings mostly from the 1930s and early 1940s when Goodman did his most innovative swing jazz work, the set is divided into four equal portions allowing listeners to experience and sample four different sides of his early work with accompanists and future stars like Lionel Hampton, Harry James, Gene Krupa, Charlie Christian and Peggy Lee. |
