Benny Goodman - The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian: 1939-1941
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Artist: Benny GoodmanEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
Published: 1989
CD Release Date: 1989-08-07
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Flying Home
- Stardust
- Memories Of You
- Soft Winds
- Shivers
- AC/DC Current
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Poor Butterfly
- I Surrender, Dear
- These Foolish Things
- Good Enough To Keep
- Breakfast Feud
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
- Gilly
- On the Alamo
- Gone With What Draft
- A Smo-o-o-oth One
Music reviews of The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian: 1939-1941
Music Review: Looking for a Needle
Rating: 3 Stars
This is a good album, but frustratingly, there is another one that is similar and much better, which is very hard to find.
In the sixties, Columbia issued an outstanding LP (Columbia 652) under the title "Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra." There were 11 sextet numbers recorded from 1939 to 1941: Seven Come Eleven, Till Tom Special, Gone With "What" Wind, Six Appeal, Wholly Cats, Breakfast Feud, Gone With What Draft, Blues in B, Air Mail Special, Waitin' for Benny, and A Smo-o-oth One. Benny and Charlie Christian appeared on all of the tracks, along with a shifting group of other musicians that included Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Cootie Williams, and Jo Jones.
These recordings had a very special quality. The melody lines were simple catchy swing riffs, credited to Goodman and others in the group. There were a number of other ensemble passages, all performed to perfection, and a lot of good solos. The musicianship on this modest album was fantastic.
As best I can determine, the album has never been reissued on CD. It is still available on vinyl -- I found one after a lot of looking -- but because Amazon is so careless about not telling you what tunes appear on older albums, it is virtually impossible to be sure what you're actually getting.
The instant CD overlaps with Columbia 652 to the extent of three numbers. There are also a couple of nice tight sextet numbers in the same vein that do not appear on the LP (Flyin' Home and AC/DC Current). The rest is miscellaneous Goodman/Christian sextet music from the same vintage. It's OK; but I don't think anyone would call most of it exciting. Poor Butterfly, I Surrender Dear and Soft Winds are nice, but they can't hold a candle to Seven Come Eleven, Till Tom Special, and Wholly Cats.
My advice: go for the best, and if you don't have a turntable, get someone to cut you a CD.
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