medjuck Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 https://www.hotclubny.com/radio?fbclid=IwAR0mg6Fw7ggJJO2pQpI0XJr6nRuD5oMyycCmzQnIy2lk5ip_ChB-VRQzdyY This is a new website for a program called The Hot Club on New York. the whole show is pretty great but at the 1 hour and twenty minute mark they play an uncirculated Benny Goodman and his Sextet featuring Charlie Christian playing a long blues solo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Must be a new show on WKCR because that time is reserved for Out to Lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sgcim Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Captain Howdy said: Is this the source? https://www.wnyc.org/story/204512-america-in-swingtime-benny-goodman-sextet/ Has the America in Swingtime BG Sextet ever been available commercially? The WNYC program has the added bonus of some great CC on "Flying Home" that the KCR doesn't have. IMHO, the "Blues" cut isn't that interesting as far as CC's solo was, but CC's solos on Flying Home and Gone With What Wind (which is just an up tempo blues) are priceless!!!! Benny could be a real dick about volume, as that story with CC shows. I just finished the Geo. Duvivier bio, Bassically Speaking, and Derek Smith relates the story of Duvvivier's last gig with BG. They were playing with the Quartet in Atlantic City, and Duvivier was using an amplifier. BG told him,"Pops, could you just turn it down a bit". It was at the lowest level possible, but George went through the motions of turning it down. Benny wasn't satisfied, and said again, "Pops, turn it down". So George turned it off, and Benny immediately asked him to turn it down again. Without another word, George packed up the bass and amp, and left. Duvivier called BG's secretary on the way back to NY, and told her to cancel any remaining dates he had with Benny, and told her to tell Benny if he ever called him for a gig, he was "busy for life". LOL!!!!!!! Edited July 26, 2019 by sgcim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 That February 1941 'America in Swingtime' broadcast by the BG Sextet is awesome! A very rare opportunity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Liek Captain Howdy says, the segment in Hot Club's radio show is shorter and in not as good sound than the clip from WNYC, which was posted in late 2012. I blogged about it at the time: http://jazzontherecord.blogspot.com/2012/12/encore-bg-and-sextette-unissued.html F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Sgcim's post about Benny's behavior is similar to many other accounts. I read the bass player's account of the early 60s trip to Russia. Benny's behavior on that tour, and at many other times, suggests some kind of mental illness. Whatever was going on, I'm glad I never had to work with the man. His lovely sound on the clarinet, and that of all his groups, give no clue about what was, at best, a highly antisocial nature. One certainly does not have to be a martinet to get a nice-sounding ensemble. Oliver Nelson is a good example. Edited July 26, 2019 by Shrdlu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Shrdlu said: Sgcim's post about Benny's behavior is similar to many other accounts. I read the bass player's account of the early 60s trip to Russia. Benny's behavior on that tour, and at many other times, suggests some kind of mental illness. Whatever was going on, I'm glad I never had to work with the man. His lovely sound on the clarinet, and that of all his groups, give no clue about what was, at best, a highly antisocial nature. One certainly does not have to be a martinet to get a nice-sounding ensemble. Oliver Nelson is a good example. I think the eyewitness accounts of all that would fill a book or a lengthy thread. Edited July 26, 2019 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Shrdlu said: Sgcim's post about Benny's behavior is similar to many other accounts. I read the bass player's account of the early 60s trip to Russia. Benny's behavior on that tour, and at many other times, suggests some kind of mental illness. Whatever was going on, I'm glad I never had to work with the man. His lovely sound on the clarinet, and that of all his groups, give no clue about what was, at best, a highly antisocial nature. One certainly does not have to be a martinet to get a nice-sounding ensemble. Oliver Nelson is a good example. Derek Smith went on to say that he left the band shortly after when that psycho started to give him the "Ray". When he replaced his solo feature on "Love For Sale with a drum solo, Derek hit the road. The bad time he gave Phil Woods on the Moscow tour is legendary. It climaxed with Benny trying to embarrass Phil at a rehearsal, and saying to Phil, "So you think you can swing more than me, huh?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) Mel Lewis, who was on that tour, said that they had to play a complex piece for which a conductor was essential. Benny normally didn't bother with it. On one occasion, Benny did conduct, and Mel shouted "Atta boy" at him. Meanwhile, one of the guys scored some green and half the band had some spliffs and the clarinet player didn't even notice. Edited July 27, 2019 by Shrdlu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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