Benny Goodman small group with George Benson salutes John Hammond (1975)
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2013
- These two numbers immediately precede the sextet recreation I have previously posted. The clip ends with Goodman's rather inadequate spoken introduction to that swinging performance.
The clip begins with four minutes of talk between Goddard Lieberson, John Hammond, Jerry Wexler and Benny Goodman.
The group is Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, Milt Hinton, Jo Jones and George Benson (solo on the second number).
I was in the audience. This was an amazing show all-around.
All I can say is WOW!
Benson captures Charlie Christian's greatness in his solo on Avalon! On the other clip 'Seven Come Eleven' he plays his George Benson style and pulls it off well.
Benny...simply great... ;)
This is just GREAT........legends all......youtube rox jass's ...everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These 2 songs are "Sweet Lorraine" and "Avalon". (Benson solos on Song #2, which begins at 7:14.)
jhon hammond sr one of a kind not many people know who john hammond is🇦🇺🇨🇱
True. I enjoyed reading his autobiography "On The Record". It was so good that I read it twice and may pick it up again in the near future.
After this show,Benny asked George to do a couple of gigs on the road which he did..then bennys manager asked george to be permanent in the band,George turned it down...Benny threatened George! with a “you’ll never work in this town again” kind of threat..blacklisting George.. George didn’t care and continued on and the rest is history...
And George made history!
Interesting story. I hadn’t heard that before. He’d have to have a serious amount of self confidence to turn down Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, and James Brown that early in his career. I wonder if that Seven Come Eleven album that Benny recorded in 1975 and George played on was before or after this.
is that Teddy Wilson on the piano
Yep, sure is. The rest of the band is: Red Norvo, vibraphone; Milt Hinton, bass, and Jo Jones (I believe) on drums. Talk about your all-star groups.
times:
Sweet Lorraine 4:28
Avalon 7:14