Best Benny Goodman recordings

The sound track from the bio flick is pretty good, "The Benny Goodman Story". The recordings were made for the movie with mostly one time members of his band. The cd liner notes are very good but one tune from the original LP was deleted so it would fit on one cd. The LP can be found used and is pretty good.

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A couple of "small group" Goodman CDs that I'm partial to are "After You've Gone: the orginal Benny Goodman trio and quartet sessions, vol 1" on RCA, and "The Benny Goonman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian" on Columbia. There are terrific performances on both CDs, and to hear Charlie Christian is always a treat.

I second any of the small group recordings with Charlie Christian.

From the heyday of Swing: 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert. Originally issue by Columbia on 78's - - reissued in the 6-eye era on LP and, I'd bet, now available on CD. A classic.

If you'd like to sample before buying, download *Sing, sing, sing* (live version) from iTunes.