Benny's Bop / Benny Goodman

こんばんは、JazzyIsshiです。今夜もBenny GoodmanのBopです。

Benny's Bop / Benny Goodman
Dan VC-5003

A
1  Undercurrent Blues
2  Benny's Bop
3  Mary's Idea
4  Swedish Pastry
5  Indiana
6  Bye Bye Blues
7  Mel's Idea
8  WMGM Stomp
B
1  King Porter Stomp
2  Jersey Bounce
3  Sweet Georgia Brown
4  Blue Lou
5  After You've Gone
6  The Huckleback
7  A String of Pearls

A1  1948 December
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Howard Reich, Doug Mettome, Al Stewart, Nick Travis (tp), Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, George Monte (tb), Mitch Goldberg, Angelo Cicalese (as), Wardell Gray, Eddie Wasserman (ts), Larry Molinelli (bs), Benny Goodman (cl),  Buddy Greco (p), Francis Beecher (g), Clyde Lombardi (b), Sonny Igoe (ds)

A2  1948 July
Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl), Wardell Gray (ts), Mary Lou Williams (p), Billy Bauer (g), Clyde Lomabrdi (b), Mel Zelnick (ds)

A3,4,5,6,7  1948 July 26
Benny Goodman Septet
Benny Goodman, Stan Hasselgard (cl), Wardell Gray (ts), Mary Lou Williams (p), Billy Bauer(g), Clyde Lombardi (b), Mel Zelnick (ds)

A8  1948 September 17
Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl), Wardel Gray (ts), Count Basie (p), Billy Bauer (g), Clyde Lombardi (b), Mel Zelnick (ds)

B1,2  1949 March 25
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Howard Reich, Doug Mettome, Al Stewart, Nick Travis (tp), Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, George Monte (tb), Mitch Goldberg, Angelo Cicalese (as), Wardell Gray, Eddie Wasserman (ts), Larry Molinelli (bs), Benny Goodman (cl),  Buddy Greco (p), Francis Beecher (g), Clyde Lombardi (b), Sonny Igoe (ds), Louis Martinez (bongos)

B3 1949 March 17, B5 1949 March 8
Benny Goodman Septet
Doug Mettome (tp), Benny Goodman (cl), Wardel Gray (ts), Buddy Greco (p), Francis Beecher (g), Clyde Lombardi (b), Sonny Igoe (ds)

B4  1949 August 27
Benny Goodman Septet
Doug Mettome (tp), Benny Goodman (cl), Wardel Gray (ts), Buddy Greco (p), Francis Beecher (g), Bob Carter (b), Sonny Igoe (ds)

B6,7 1949 August 27
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Howard Reich, Doug Mettome, Al Stewart, Nick Travis (tp), Billy Byers, Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, George Monte (tb), Mitch Goldberg, Angelo Cicalese (as), Wardell Gray, Eddie Wasserman (ts), Larry Molinelli (bs), Benny Goodman (cl),  Buddy Greco (p), Francis Beecher (g), Bob Carter (b), Sonny Igoe (ds), Louis Martinez (bongos)

Gray や Doug Mettome, Stan Hasselgardがいた頃のV-Diskから集めたBenny GoodmanのコンボとBig Bandの演奏です。A面は、Philladelphiaでの演奏とほぼ同じですが、8だけはCount Basieが加わってちょっと古風な感じのピアノを弾いています。珍しい録音です。
B面のBig Bandは曲は昔の物でも編曲は新しいものです。King Porter StompがBopになっているのは聞きなれるまで苦労します。B6は例によって混声コーラス入りです。Glenn Millerのヒット曲 B7もモダンな編曲とソロで楽しめます。