Benny Goodman, the "King of Swing" presented his landmark debut concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938.
On Thursday 11, Friday 12 & Saturday 13 January 2018, in Rose Theater, the "Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis" (JLCO) reimagines this historic event under the guidance of music director and JLCO reedman Victor Goines, with special guest clarinetists Anat Cohen, Janelle Reichman, Ken Peplowski, and JLCO multi-instrumentalist Ted Nash.
PART ONE
♪ 00:02:25 - Don't Be That Way (1934)
Music: Benny Goodman & Edgar M. Sampson
Lyrics: Mitchell Parish
Soloist Clarinet: Victor Goines
♪ 00:08:45 - Sometimes I'm Happy (1927)
Music: Vincent Youmans
Lyrics: Irving Caesar & Clifford Grey
Soloist Clarinet: Janelle Reichman
♪ 00:13:43 - I Got Rythm (1930)
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Soloist Clarinet: Janelle Reichman Clarinet
Piano: Dan Nimmer Piano
Vibraphone: Joseph Doubleday
♪ 00:19:35 - The Man I Love (1927)
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Soloist Clarinet: Ted Nash, member of JLCO
Piano: Dan Nimmer Piano
Vibraphone: Joseph Doubleday
➜ The song was the basis for the 1947 film "The Man I Love" starring Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett
♪ 00:25:15 - One O'clock Jump (1937)
Composed by Count Basie
Soloist Clarinet: Anat Cohen
Piano: Dan Nimmer
♪ 00:28:45 - China Boy (1922)
Composed by Dick Winfree & Philadelphia (Phil) Boutelje
Soloist Clarinet: Anat Cohen
Drums: Marion Felder
Piano: Dan Nimmer
♪ 00:34:35 - I'm Coming Virginia (1926)
Music: Donald Heywood
Lyrics: Will Marion Cook
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Soloist Trumpet: Kenny Rampton
➜ The song "I'm Coming Virginia" has big influence on jazz bands
♪ 00:37:08 - Sensation Rag (1918)
Composed by Eddie Edwards, the trombonist in the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
➜ This instrumental is one of the earliest jazz recordings
♪ 00:39:45 - Loch Lomond (1841) Τraditional Scottish folk song
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Voice: Veronica Swift, member of JLCO
♪ 00:44:00 - Avalon (1920)
Composed by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva & Vincent Rose, referencing Avalon, California
Soloist Clarinet: Victor Goines
Joseph Doubleday: Vibraphone
♪ 00:47:30 - Blue Skies (1926)
Composed by Irving Berlin
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Soloist Clarinet: Victor Goines
➜ The song was composed as a last-minute addition, to the Rodgers & Hart musical "Betsy"
PART TWO
♪ 00:52:05 - Life Goes to a Party (1937)
Composed by Benny Goodman & Harry James
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Soloist Trumpet: Wynton Marsalis
Soloist Clarinet: Victor Goines
♪ 00:57:50 - When Baby Smiles At Me (1920)
Songwriters: Andrew B. Sterling & Ted Lewis
Composer: Bill Munro
Soloist Clarinet: Ken Peplowski
♪ 01:02:13 - Blue Room (1926)
Composed by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
Soloist Clarinet: Ken Peplowski
➜ The song is a show tune from the 1926 Rodgers & Hart musical "The Girl Friend"
♪ 01:06:10 - Dizzy Spells (1936)
Composed Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton & Teddy Wilson
Soloist Clarinet: Ken Peplowski
Drums: Marion Felder
Piano: Dan Nimmer Piano
Vibraphone: Joseph Doubleday
♪ 01:12:25 - Blue Reverie (1937)
Composed by Duke Ellington & Harry Carney
Alto Saxophon: Sherman Irby
Baritone Sax: Paul Nedzela
Guitar: James Louis Chirillo
➜ Recorded by Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters for Variety on March 8-9, 1937 in New York
♪ 01:19:30 - Swingtime In The Rockies (1936)
Composed by Benny Goodman & Jimmy Mundy
Soloist Clarinet: Anat Cohen
♪ 01:23:35 - Stompin' At The Savoy (1934)
Composed by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb & Edgar Sampson
Lyrics added by lyricist Andy Razaf
Soloist Clarinet: Janelle Reichman
Piano: Dan Nimmer
Vibraphone: Joseph Doubleday
➜ The instrumental "Stompin' At The Savoy" being Goodman's one of the bigger hits
♪ 01:30:40 - Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (1932)
Composed by Sholom Secunda (1894-1974)
English lyrics added by Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin
Soloist Clarinet: Anat Cohen
Voice: Veronica Swift
Drums: Marion Felder
➜ "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" meaning "To Me You're Beautiful" is a popular Yiddish song and become a big hit at 1938 by The Andrews Sisters
♪ 01:36:00 - Body And Soul (1930)
Music: Johnny Green
Lyrics: Edward Heyman
Composed by Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour
Soloist Clarinet: Ken Peplowski
Clarinet: Victor Goines
Piano: Dan Nimmer
➜ Is one of the popular song and jazz standard
♪ 01:41:35 - Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing) (1936)
Music, Lyrics & Composition by Louis Prima
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Drums tempo: Marion Felder
Clarinet Solo
➜ 01:49:33 - Ken Peplowski
➜ 01:51:30 - Janelle Reichman
➜ 01:53:30 - Anat Cohen
➜ 01:55:24 - Ted Nash
➜ 01:57:20 - Victor Goines
13 янв 2018
