Benny Goodman Sextet- Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (CD)
The recording era of 1939 to 1941 saw Benny Goodman at perhaps his most productive, working with incredible guitarist Charlie Christian to create a jazz sextet the likes of which the genre had never seen before. Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie and Cootie Williams flesh out the six-piece, and the combination of these titans of the genre changed jazz forever.
Tracklist:
- Flying Home
- Stardust
- Memories of You
- Soft Winds
- Shivers
- AC/DC Current
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- Sheik of Araby, The
- Poor Butterfly
- I Surrender, Dear
- These Foolish Things
- Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
- Breakfast Feud - (previously unreleased)
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby
- Gilly - (previously unreleased)
- On the Alamo
- Gone with What Draft
- Smo-O-O-Oth One, A - (previously unreleased)
UPC > 074644514421
Format > New CD
Label > Sony
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The recording era of 1939 to 1941 saw Benny Goodman at perhaps his most productive, working with incredible guitarist Charlie Christian to create a jazz sextet the likes of which the genre had never seen before. Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie and Cootie Williams flesh out the six-piece, and the combination of these titans of the genre changed jazz forever.
Tracklist:
- Flying Home
- Stardust
- Memories of You
- Soft Winds
- Shivers
- AC/DC Current
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- Sheik of Araby, The
- Poor Butterfly
- I Surrender, Dear
- These Foolish Things
- Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
- Breakfast Feud - (previously unreleased)
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby
- Gilly - (previously unreleased)
- On the Alamo
- Gone with What Draft
- Smo-O-O-Oth One, A - (previously unreleased)
UPC > 074644514421
Format > New CD
Label > Sony
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.