Playlist
Benny Goodman: Next Steps
Apple Music Jazz
Tracks: 2377:01
Crisp big band sides, limpid solos and a meeting with Lady Day.
Updated Mar 1, 2017
Tracks 23
- 1Trésors Benny Goodman (Remastered)2:21
- 2Trésors Benny Goodman (Remastered)3:17
- 3Benny Goodman & His Great Vocalists2:31
- 4The Essential Charlie Christian2:46
- 5The Genius of the Electric Guitar2:58
- 6Benny Goodman Performance Recordings 1937-1938 (Mono Version)3:10
- 71934 in Music, Vol. 12:46
- 8Helen Forrest, the Voice of the Name Bands3:01
- 9Greatest Hits2:49
- 10Big Band Swing and Bop2:50
- 11Small Groups: 1941-19452:41
- 12The Centennial Collection3:03
- 13All That Jazz, Vol. 22: "From Jazz to Swing" – Benny Goodman, Vol. 1 (2014 Remaster)2:37
- 14Mozart - The 50 Best Classical Masterpieces9:02
- 15American Swing4:22
- 16Jazz & Conversation2:52
- 17Benny Goodman & His Great Vocalists2:45
- 18The Essential Charlie Christian3:12
- 19Ken Burns Jazz: Benny Goodman4:15
- 20On the Air (1937-1938)3:26
- 21On the Air (1937-1938)3:35
- 22The Complete Recordings 1941-19473:20
- 23Benny Goodman: the Quintessence 1935-19543:09
About this playlist
This clarinetist's crisp sense of swing, limpid instrumental tone and confident manner of leading a big band endeared him to a national audience in the 1930s. Goodman used his cultural ambassadorship to integrate American musical culture, playing tunes by Fats Waller (“Handful of Keys”) and collaborating with the high priestess of jazz vocals, Billie Holiday (“Riffin' the Scotch”).