In Stockholm 1959

Benny Goodman

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In Stockholm 1959 Review

by Scott Yanow

For his 1959 European tour, clarinetist Benny Goodman led one of his finest postwar bands, a ten-piece with such notables as trumpeter Jack Sheldon, trombonist Bill Harris, tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips, and vibraphonist Red Norvo. Although Goodman is the main star throughout this concert performance (which mostly featured swing-era warhorses, including a three-minute, five-song hits medley), his sidemen do have short spots, and guest singer Anita O'Day takes four spirited vocals. Highlights include "Slipped Disc," "Honeysuckle Rose," some Dixieland-ish ensembles on "I Want to Be Happy," and O'Day's scatting on "Four Brothers."

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Let's Dance Fannie Baldridge / Josef Bonime / Gregory Stone	Benny Goodman	00:49	Amazon
2	Rachel's Dream Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	03:47	Amazon
3	Memories of You Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	03:38	Amazon
4	Slipped Disc Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	03:50	Amazon
5	Get Happy Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	04:21	Amazon
6	Honeysuckle Rose Andy Razaf / Fats Waller	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	03:49	Amazon
7	Come Rain or Come Shine Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer	Benny Goodman	02:54	Amazon
8	Medley: Ooh, Hot Dog/Let Me Off Uptown Earl Bostic / Redd Evans	Benny Goodman	04:12	Amazon
9	A Smo-O-O-Oth One Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman	03:32	Amazon
10	Breakfast Feud Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman	05:12	Amazon
11	When You're Smiling Mark Fisher / Joe Goodwin / Larry Shay	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	05:25	Amazon
12	After You're Gone Mark Fisher / Joe Goodwin / Turner Layton	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman Sextet	04:36	Amazon
13	Medley: Don't Be That Way/Stompin' at the Savoy/On the Sunny Side ... Eddie DeLange / Dorothy Fields / Benny Goodman / Art Hickman / Mitchell Parish / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Mary Lou Williams	Benny Goodman	03:39	Amazon
14	Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima	Benny Goodman	09:05	Amazon
15	Four Brothers Jimmy Giuffre	Benny Goodman	03:10	Amazon
16	I Want to Be Happy Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans	Benny Goodman	05:15	Amazon
17	Jam on the Breaks Fred Karlin	Benny Goodman	05:41	Amazon
18	Goodbye Gordon Jenkins	Benny Goodman	01:38	Amazon