Benny Goodman

[guydarryl]

At the end of the Sopranos episode “remember when”, Benny Goodman and his orchestra play “sing, sing, sing”.

any recommendations for good recording of this on LP?

 

[gavreid]

Can't answer your question but brilliant isn't it? It predates LPs but there's a well known greatest hits from the 60s on Columbia I think.

 

[boneman]

Live at Carnegie Hall is the definitive version:

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[palasr]

This:

https://www.discogs.com/release/25863763-Benny-Goodman-The-Famous-1938-Carnegie-Hall-Jazz-Concert

Later versions and releases were re-equalized in an attempt to remove surface noise from the 78 RPM acetates originally used to record the concert, with mixed results at best. This version is raw - surface noise and all. The recording quality, while not what we're used to, is explosively dynamic and amazingly extended in bandwidth. Your foot will tap.

 

[les24preludes]

I was a jazz musician for many years. The record that started me off in jazz was a 78 by Benny Goodman - Farewell Blues. Great track.