Live at Carnegie Hall: 1938 Complete

Benny Goodman

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Live at Carnegie Hall: 1938 Complete Review

by Bruce Eder

Benny Goodman's January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall concert is considered the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's "coming out" party to the world of "respectable" music, held right in that throne room of musical respectability, Carnegie Hall. The 1950-vintage three-album set from the concert only solidified its reputation, and an earlier CD release derived from the LP master was a choice entry in the Goodman catalog for more than ten years. For the 1999 release, producer Phil Schaap re-sourced the concert from original 78 rpm transcription discs; he has also rescued "Sometimes I'm Happy," the show's original second number, and "If Dreams Come True," its original first encore, along with the unedited version of "Honeysuckle Rose" (with Harry Carney in a two-chorus baritone sax solo and Buck Clayton's three-chorus trumpet solo), all previously lost. The detail is startling, with soloists who are more up close than ever and even details from the audience reactions. Gene Krupa's drums have an extraordinary richness of tone, and the whole rhythm section finally gets its due as well, even Freddie Green's rhythm guitar solo during "Honeysuckle Rose," which is gloriously enhanced. There will be casual listeners, however, who won't like this release because Schaap has chosen to leave a lot of surface noise, in the interest of preserving the original concert ambience. Some compromise should have been possible, however, where the worst source damage is concerned, and some casual listeners may prefer the original CD release, despite the enhancements featured here.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Benny Goodman Introduction Benny Goodman	Benny Goodman	00:53	Spotify Amazon
2	Don't Be That Way Benny Goodman / Mitchell Parish / Edgar Sampson	Benny Goodman	04:27	Spotify Amazon
3	Sometimes I'm Happy Irving Caesar / Clifford Grey / Vincent Youmans	Benny Goodman	04:11	Spotify Amazon
4	One O'Clock Jump Count Basie	Benny Goodman	06:34	Spotify Amazon
5	Applause/Transition to Twenty Years of Jazz	Benny Goodman	00:41	Spotify Amazon
6	Sensation Rag Eddie Edwards	Benny Goodman	01:19	Spotify Amazon
7	I'm Coming Virginia Will Marion Cook / Donald Heywood	Benny Goodman	02:11	Spotify Amazon
8	When My Baby Smiles at Me Ted Lewis / Bill Munro / Andrew B. Sterling / Harry Von Tilzer	Benny Goodman	00:50	Spotify Amazon
9	Shine Lew Brown / Ford Dabney / Cecil Mack	Benny Goodman	01:08	Spotify Amazon
10	Blue Reverie Harry Carney / Duke Ellington	Benny Goodman	03:12	Spotify Amazon
11	Applause/Transition Back to Goodman Orchestra	Benny Goodman	00:21	Spotify Amazon
12	Life Goes to a Party Benny Goodman / Harry James	Benny Goodman	04:04	Spotify Amazon
13	Setting up for Jam Session	Benny Goodman	00:46	Spotify Amazon
14	Honeysuckle Rose Andy Razaf / Fats Waller	Benny Goodman	16:35	Spotify Amazon
15	Applause/Setting-Up/Tuning-Up for BG Small Groups	Benny Goodman	00:59	Spotify Amazon
16	Body and Soul Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour	Benny Goodman	03:10	Spotify Amazon
17	Applause as Lionel Hampton Enters	Benny Goodman	00:26	Spotify Amazon
18	Avalon Buddy DeSylva / Al Jolson / Vincent Rose	Benny Goodman	04:22	Spotify Amazon
19	The Man I Love George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Benny Goodman	03:27	Spotify Amazon
20	I Got Rhythm George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Benny Goodman	04:40	Spotify Amazon
21	[Pause Track]	Benny Goodman	00:06	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Blue Skies Irving Berlin	Benny Goodman	03:14	Spotify Amazon
2	Loch Lomond Traditional	Benny Goodman	03:04	Spotify Amazon
3	Applause/Benny Goodman's "No Encore" Announcement	Benny Goodman	01:13	Spotify Amazon
4	The Blue Room Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Benny Goodman	02:36	Spotify Amazon
5	Swingtime in the Rockies Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	02:24	Spotify Amazon
6	Applause/Martha Tilton Returns to Stage	Benny Goodman	00:21	Spotify Amazon
7	Bei Mir Bist du Schön Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin / Jacob Jacobs / Sholom Secunda	Benny Goodman	03:54	Spotify Amazon
8	Applause/Setting-Up for BG Small Groups	Benny Goodman	00:31	Spotify Amazon
9	China Boy Phil Boutelje / Dick Winfree	Benny Goodman	04:58	Spotify Amazon
10	Stompin' at the Savoy Benny Goodman / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Chick Webb	Benny Goodman feat: Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	05:41	Spotify Amazon
11	Applause/BG Quartet Continues But Changes Program	Benny Goodman	00:23	Spotify Amazon
12	Dizzy Spells Benny Goodman / Lionel Hampton / Teddy Wilson	Benny Goodman	05:37	Spotify Amazon
13	Applause/Transition Back to Goodman Orchestra for Finale	Benny Goodman	00:40	Spotify Amazon
14	Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima	Benny Goodman	12:02	Spotify Amazon
15	Applause Until Encores	Benny Goodman	01:02	Spotify Amazon
16	If Dreams Come True Benny Goodman / Irving Mills / Edgar Sampson	Benny Goodman	02:33	Spotify Amazon
17	Applause for Second Encore	Benny Goodman	00:20	Spotify Amazon
18	Big John's Special Horace Henderson	Benny Goodman	03:40	Spotify Amazon
19	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:26	Spotify Amazon
20	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:21	Spotify Amazon
21	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:16	Spotify Amazon
22	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:24	Spotify Amazon
23	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:27	Spotify Amazon
24	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:46	Spotify Amazon
25	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:24	Spotify Amazon
26	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:18	Spotify Amazon
27	[Untitled Track]	Benny Goodman	00:15	Spotify Amazon