Track Listings (20) - Disc #1| All Artists: Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims Title: Swiss Radio Days 14 / Lausanne 1950 Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Tcb Music Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 5/9/2006 Album Type: Import Genres: Jazz, Pop Style: Swing Jazz Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 725095021425 |
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"As a jazz clarinetist, Goodman had no peer. His flawless solo improvisations set standards of excellence for jazz performance...his concerts brought a new audience and a new level of recognition to jazz." -NEW GROVE DICTI... more » |
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Album Description "As a jazz clarinetist, Goodman had no peer. His flawless solo improvisations set standards of excellence for jazz performance...his concerts brought a new audience and a new level of recognition to jazz." -NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF JAZZ Clarinet wizard Benny Goodman was born in 1909 in Chicago. He started his career in the band of Ben Pollack and later started his own famous orchestra to start the swing era in 1935. The band was extremely popular and earned its leader the title "King of Swing". It is amazing how fresh and vigorous this group sounds, even though the musicians came from different musical environments. Roy Eldridge plays true to his ebullient swing beliefs, while Zoot Sims clearly shows his bebop influences ? as does Toots Thielemans, at that time a true discovery both on guitar and harmonica. Ed Shaughnessy proved to be a solid drummer and, together with Charlie Short and Dick Hyman, formed the absolutely appropriate rhythm section to support the soloists. Goodman, true to himself, proved to be the brilliant clarinetist everyone expected him to be. He performed flawless runs and phrases and led soberly but friendly through the entire show. This is not only a firm example of what jazz used to be 55 years ago; it is also an important document of a group featuring some of the innovators in jazz who have contributed their share to the development of this music and should not be forgotten. Benny Goodman's music was recently featured on NPR's list of the 100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsGoodman on tour with Roy and Zoot Bomojaz | South Central PA, USA | 05/18/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "With his big band disbanded for the time being, Benny Goodman brought a small group on tour to Scandanavia (which included stops in London, Italy, and Switzerland) in the spring of 1950. The band included Roy Eldridge (tp/vcl), Zoot Sims (ts), Dick Hyman (p) Charlie Short (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Nancy Reed (vcl), and Toots Thielemans (g/hca), who joined the group in mid-tour. The music in this CD was recorded in concert in Lausanne by Swiss Radio on May 13th.
Old Goodman favorites get airings, and most are done to perfection. AFTER YOU'VE GONE, JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, BODY AND SOUL, and ROSE ROOM all feature Benny in a quartet setting just like on the original recordings, and Dick Hyman puts his Mel Powell hat on for these tunes - and quite nicely. Hyman has a trunkful of hats that he can change at will, and on ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE, a feature for tenorman Zoot Sims, which takes on a modern flavor after the famous Diz-Bird opening passage, he plays as modernly as Bud Powell or Al Haig. Roy is featured on STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY and ROCKIN' CHAIR, and takes lengthy solos on I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE and his signature number LET ME OFF UPTOWN, and scats and sings a nonsense vocal on HI HO TRAILUS BOOT WHIP. Nancy Reed sings pleasantly enough on a handful of tunes, though the slow blues she attempts (NANCY'S BLUES) is not her forte. Zoot Sims plays terrifically where he's given a chance; I just wish he got more solo space. Toots Thielemanns plays a harmonica solo on STARDUST, but is even better on guitar on FLYING HOME, which is a long jam piece that gives everyone a chance to solo one last time. Those who came out to this concert in 1950 got a treat, and now we can share in the same delights with this CD. Swing fans and Goodman aficionados will enjoy this album immensely. The sound, by the way, is excellent." |
