Where Swing is King!
“Wrappin’ It Up” (“The Lindy Glide”) Composed and arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra for Decca on September 12, 1934 in New York. Fletcher Henderson directing: Russell “Pop” Smith, first [..]
“A Smooth One” Composed by Benny Goodman; head arrangement. Recorded by the Benny Goodman and His Sextet for Columbia on March 13, 1941 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Cootie Williams, trumpet; Georgie Auld, [..]
“Honeysuckle Rose” Composed by Thomas “Fats” Waller; arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on November 22, 1939 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Ziggy Elman, first and [..]
“Smoke Dreams” Composed by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on December 9, 1936 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Harry [..]
“Roll ‘Em” Composed and arranged by Mary Lou Williams. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on July 7, 1937 in Hollywood, California. Benny Goodman, clarinet; directing: Harry James, first and solo trumpet; [..]
“It’s the Dreamer in Me” Composed by Jimmy Dorsey and Jimmy Van Heusen; arranged by Edgar Sampson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on April 8, 1938 in New York. Benny Goodman, [..]
“How Deep Is the Ocean?” Composed by Irving Berlin; arranged by Eddie Sauter. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on October 8, 1941 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Billy Butterfield, [..]
“Stomping at the Savoy” Composed and arranged by Edgar Sampson. Recorded by Chick Webb and His Orchestra for Columbia on May 18, 1934 in New York. Chick Webb, drums, directing: Mario Bauza, first trumpet; Reunald [..]
“Madhouse” Composed by Jimmy Mundy and Earl Hines; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on September 27, 1935 in Los Angeles. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first [..]
“These Foolish Things” Composed by Jack Strachey and Harry Link (music); Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell) lyric; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on June 15, 1936 in New [..]
“The Hour of Parting” Music composed by Mischa Spoliansky; arranged by Eddie Sauter. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on April 10, 1940 in Los Angeles. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Ziggy Elman, [..]
“The Maids of Cadiz” “Les Filles de Cadix” Composed by Leo Delibes; head arrangement. Recorded by the Benny Goodman Sextet for Capitol on June 6, 1947 in Hollywood. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Jimmy Rowles, piano; [..]
“I Talk to the Trees” Composed by Frederick Loewe (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyric); arranged by Peter Knight. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Phillips in London, England on October 28, 1969. [..]
“Limehouse Blues” Composed by: Philip Braham (music) and Douglas Furber (lyric)(*); arranged by Benny Carter. Recorded by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra for Decca on September 11, 1934 in New York. Fletcher Henderson, piano, directing: [..]
“Swingtime in the Rockies” (Known previously in the Earl Hines band as “Take It Easy.”) Composed by Jimmy Mundy and Benny Goodman; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor [..]
“Blue Lou” Composed by Edgar Sampson; arranged by Horace Henderson. Recorded by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra for Vocalion on March 27, 1936 in Chicago. Fletcher Henderson, directing: Joe Thomas, first trumpet; Dick Vance and [..]
“You’re Giving Me a Song and a Dance” Composed by Marty Symes and Milton Ager; probably arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on October 7,1936 in New York. [..]
“Good-Bye” Composed and arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor in Hollywood on September 27, 1935. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet; Ralph Muzzillo and [..]
“Lester’s Dream” Composed by Count Basie and Lester Young; informal head arrangement by Benny Goodman and Count Basie. Recorded by Benny Goodman for Columbia on October 28, 1940 in New York.(*) Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: [..]
“I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Composed by: Richard Rodgers, music, and Lorenz Hart, lyric; arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on September 13, 1939 in New [..]
“Ridin’ High” Composed by Cole Porter; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra live in performance from a CBS radio broadcast on March 4, 1937 from the Madhattan Room of Hotel [..]
“Jingle Bells” Composed by J.S. Pierpont; arranged by Lyle “Spud” Murphy. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on July 1, 1935 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first and [..]
“I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)” Composed by Phil Baxter; head arrangement by the Benny Goodman Quartet. Recorded live from a CBS Camel Caravan radio show from the stage of the Palace Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on [..]
“Oh, Lady Be Good”(*) Composed by George Gershwin; probably arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded live in performance by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra from a Mutual radio broadcast on March 11, 1937 from the Madhattan [..]
“Down South Camp Meeting” Composed and arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra for Decca on September 11, 1934. Fletcher Henderson directing: Russell “Pop” Smith, first trumpet; Irving “Mouse” Randolph and [..]
“Why Don’t You Do Right?” Music and lyric by Joe McCoy; arranged by Mel Powell. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on July 27, 1942 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: [..]
“One Sweet Letter from You” Composed by Harry Warren (music), Sidney Clare and Lew Brown (lyric); arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on September 13, 1939 in New [..]
“Sometimes I’m Happy” Composed by Vincent Youmans; arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor in New York on July 1, 1935. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Bunny Berigan, first and [..]
“And the Angels Sing” Composed by Ziggy Elman (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyric); arranged by Abe Osser. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Victor on February 1, 1939 in New York. Benny Goodman, [..]
