The Benny Goodman Small Bands Collection 1935-45

Description

This 70-track 3-CD set brings together a significant proportion of the titles he recorded in trio, quartet, quintet, sextet and septet environments the heyday of his swing orchestra, often recording with artists drawn from the current incarnation of his bands.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. After You’ve Gone – Benny Goodman Trio
2. Body and Soul – Benny Goodman Trio
3. Who? – Benny Goodman Trio
4. Someday Sweetheart – Benny Goodman Trio
5. China Boy – Benny Goodman Trio
6. More Than You Know – Benny Goodman Trio
7. Lady Be Good – Benny Goodman Trio
8. Nobody’s Sweetheart – Benny Goodman Trio
9. Dinah – The Benny Goodman Quartet
10. Sweet Sue, Just You – The Benny Goodman Quartet
11. My Melancholy Baby – The Benny Goodman Quartet
12. Tiger Rag – The Benny Goodman Quartet
13. Stompin’ at the Savoy – The Benny Goodman Quartet
14. Whispering – The Benny Goodman Quartet
15. Ida – The Benny Goodman Quartet
16. Tea for Two – The Benny Goodman Quartet
17. Runnin’ Wild – The Benny Goodman Quartet
18. Avalon – The Benny Goodman Quartet
19. Handful of Keys – The Benny Goodman Quartet
20. The Man I Love – The Benny Goodman Quartet
21. Smiles – The Benny Goodman Quartet
22. Liza – The Benny Goodman Quartet
23. Where Or When – Benny Goodman Trio
24. Vieni, Vieni – The Benny Goodman Quartet
Disc 2
1. I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) – The Benny Goodman Quartet
2. Sweet Lorraine – Benny Goodman Trio
3. The Blues in Your Flat – The Benny Goodman Quartet
4. Sugar – The Benny Goodman Quartet
5. Dizzy Spells – The Benny Goodman Quartet
6. Opus 1/2 – The Benny Goodman Quartet
7. I Must Have That Man – Benny Goodman Trio
8. Sweet Georgia Brown – The Benny Goodman Quartet
9. ‘S Wonderful – The Benny Goodman Quartet
10. Pick-a-rib (Pt. 1) – The Benny Goodman Quintet
11. I Cried for You – The Benny Goodman Quintet
12. I Know That You Know – The Benny Goodman Quintet
13. Opus 3/4 – The Benny Goodman Quartet
14. Flying Home (Homeward Bound) – Benny Goodman Sextet
15. Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) – Benny Goodman Sextet
16. Star Dust – Benny Goodman Sextet
17. Memories of You – Benny Goodman Sextet
18. Soft Winds – Benny Goodman Sextet
19. Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp) – Benny Goodman Sextet
20. Shivers – Benny Goodman Sextet
21. AC-DC Current – Benny Goodman Sextet
22. I’m Confessin’ – Benny Goodman Sextet
23. The Sheik of Araby – Benny Goodman Sextet
Disc 3
1. Poor Butterfly – Benny Goodman Sextet
2. I Surrender Dear – Benny Goodman Sextet
3. Grand Slam (Boy Meets Goy) – Benny Goodman Sextet
4. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) – Benny Goodman Sextet
5. These Foolish Things – Benny Goodman Sextet
6. Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) – Benny Goodman Sextet
7. Wholly Cats – Benny Goodman Sextet
8. Royal Garden Blues – Benny Goodman Sextet
9. As Long As I Live – Benny Goodman Sextet
10. Benny’s Bugle – Benny Goodman Sextet
11. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Benny Goodman Sextet
12. Breakfast Feud – Benny Goodman Sextet
13. On the Alamo – Benny Goodman Sextet
14. I’ve Found a New Baby – Benny Goodman Sextet
15. Gone With What Draft – Benny Goodman Sextet
16. A Smo-o-oth One – Benny Goodman Sextet
17. If I Had You – Benny Goodman Sextet
18. Limehouse Blues – Benny Goodman Sextet
19. The Wang-wang Blues – Benny Goodman Sextet
20. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise – Benny Goodman Sextet
21. Slipped Disc – Benny Goodman Sextet
22. Oomph Fah Fah – Benny Goodman Sextet
23. Shine – Benny Goodman Sextet
24. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Benny Goodman Sextet