Benny Goodman Orchestra feat. Anita O’Day

wykonawcy

Goodman, Benny;
O'Day, Anita

nr katalogowy

101732

opis

Benny Goodman's playing was the embodiment of swing. Moreover, his silky-smooth tone helped boost the clarinet's status as lead instrument throughout the decades of the swing era. And whatever one says about the qualities of the soloist, is equally true of the bands he led – exemplary symbioses of perfection and feeling. The momentum his music generates derives from the lively inspiration of the jazz rhythms themselves. The concert's opening number, Let's Dance, became Benny Goodman's theme tune when he rose to stardom on a radio show of the same name with his band in 1934. • Freiburg, 15 October 1959. With a handpicked band, an unerring sense of swing and proven entertainer qualities, Benny Goodman had no trouble whipping the two thousand jazz fans at the city's Stadthalle into a frenzy. Notwithstanding to the individual brilliance of its musicians, one of the strengths of this touring band assembled by Benny Goodman was the way it combined a range of orchestral colours with the flexibility of smaller ensembles drawn from among the band members. In Anita O'Day, the bandleader had brought to Europe a singer whose recordings already enjoyed a massive following, millions of fans who were not alone in considering her one of the outstanding white jazz vocalists of the day. In these recordings she demonstrates her versatility and originality – with a spectrum that ranges from interpretations of romantic ballads to lightning quick improvisations with scat vocals. The band's repertoire offers a kaleidoscopic mix of jazz standards and Goodman classics, giving each performer ample material to work with – the whole programme effectively choreographed by the bandleader himself. What we have here is great music combined with top-level entertainment – one would expect nothing less from such a moment in the history of jazz.

nośnik

Vinyl x 2

gatunek

Jazz

producent

Jazzhaus

data wydania

05-12-2013

EAN / kod kreskowy

807280173291