A Swing Session With Benny Goodman

by Benny Goodman

A Swing Session With Benny Goodman cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1938
  • Label: Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This early bound album of 78 rpm records captures the undisputed 'King of Swing' driving his immensely popular ensemble through a series of dynamic instrumental showcases. The precise, hard-driving arrangements highlight the impeccable section work and blistering solos that dominated the late-decade American musical landscape. It captures the frantic, joyous peak of the pre-war dance hall era.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, Acoustic, Melodic, Orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Make Believe (3:15)
  2. The Blue Room
  3. I Never Knew (3:05)
  4. Sweet Sue - Just You (3:18)
  5. 'S Wonderful (2:32)
  6. I Must Have That Man (3:18)
  7. Sweet Georgia Brown (3:04)
  8. Opus 1/2 (3:22)

Credits

  • Benny Goodman - primary artist, written-by
  • Hammerstein-Kern - written-by
  • Rodgers & Hart - written-by
  • Gus Kahn - written-by
  • Ted Fiorito - written-by
  • Victor Young - written-by
  • Will Harris - written-by
  • George & Ira Gershwin - written-by
  • Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields - written-by
  • Ben Bernie - written-by
  • Kenneth Casey - written-by
  • Maceo Pinkard - written-by
  • Dave Tough - written-by
  • Lionel Hampton - written-by
  • Teddy Wilson - written-by

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