Sweet Georgia Brown - Benny Goodman 1980

[hattonhall]

Aaaah! To sleep, perchance to dream.............I saw the movie "The Benny Goodman Story" when I was about 18 and straightaway went out from the cinema and bought a Clarinet.

Now that's Salesmanship...Benny!

Thank goodness for these recordings of the Great One in action which are there for posterity for us all to enjoy.

As to the Clarinet being locked out of USA schools?......You ratbags! How dare you!

That's an affront to the memory of one of your country's greatest ever musical talents.

[jimaroo100]

Still swinging! Always good to see Benny - my favorite musician for 55 years (I am only 64) and my idol as a clarinet player. Great to see that great jazz pianist Teddy Wilson too - great talent and real class. Thank you for posting

[RisingSon011]

this guy is better than Squidward Tentacles

[danb871]

dad loved you

[JEMCO2008]

I would love 5to go back to my HIGH SCHOOL. Marian High Bellaire Texas and play back in the band 1970 what fun and good times. Thank you for the time it took to make this post and my day. I just mighjt take out my trombone and get back in the swing. From Earl

[ittou5]

SWING HEIL!

[plappolog]

la dolce giorgia dai capelli castani..ti amo!

[123jsbach]

This was one of my wee daddy's favourite songs. Love you wee darling! Rest in peace! You deserve it! XX

[orangefab1990]

THE best clarinet player I know :D

[emrkinne]

The 'no clarinets' would be because it's a modern type jazz band. You need to form a Swing Band. Goodman did not play jazz (maybe his small groups would classify as jazz), though his first Bennie and His Boys 1928 band was a jazz band and he played bari sax and cornet as well as clarinet. Many swing (sweet) bands used full, 4 or 5, clarinet sections at times as well as alto and bass clarinets. Trouble is, most jazz people poo poo swing. Their loss.

[ultralillukka]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!<3

olisimpa itse yhtä hyvä klarinetisti, mutta ehkä jonain päivänä...

[jay18238]

my schools jazz band does NOT let clarinets join!!!

[Abriggs500]

@jay18238 I think there needs to be a student movement across the world, particularly the United States regarding the issue of clarinets not being able to play in school jazz bands. It is absolutely ridiculous and discriminant to us clarinetists who enjoy such a fine music genre that is jazz. They tell us to learn the saxophone. Do these school band instuctors even have a clue about the history of jazz? In Dixieland Jazz (early jazz) the clarinet was the bird of life! It's time schools know!

[jay18238]

@Abriggs500 yeah i know. WE CLARINET PLAYERS NEED TO RISE UP!!!!!

[SANNAFABICH]

@Abriggs500 You see, the thing is you need to be VERY good at playing the clarinet to make jazz sound good. The clarinet is one of the most difficult instruments to master, I'm sure you know that. Probably the reason why directors are so reluctant to let clarinetists join a band. Most often than not a clarinet ruins the sound of the band, specially when they are students.

[Lissy612]

@jay18238 What?! That sucks! My high school has a jazz band and I played my clarinet and bass clarinet in my school's jazz band when I was in high school about 2 years ago.

[UnRoman111]

awsome tune! Remainds me of 30's, 40's or 50's, big american town, yellow cabs,skyscrapers,beer and a good woman near me.

[Sactreats]

Hey, this guy is pretty good.

Heh...

[slidomix69]

"Peter Falk" aka Dick Nash, is arguably the greatest trombonists of the last 50 years.

[frankthetank112244]

matchless great performance

the trombone looks like Peter Falk :))

[plafkinfarms]

Kent County Probate Court and Wayland Twp officials detrimental to the arts.

Roger Plafkin--Plafkin Farms--Ada, Michigan.

[ronaldseto]

I don't care who it is; anyone hearing this music cannot help but like it.

[adoreslaurel]

Front teeth gone,well worn maybe,he even went back to "school" to learn how to play holding the reed in his lips instead of his teeth back in the 50's just like a golfer getting a pro to check out why he is off his game.

[BennyGoodman1977]

@adoreslaurel

You must to learn to play man!

You are a KID!

[dirtbike5100]

are all of these solos rehearsed or improved?

[BennyGoodman1977]

@dirtbike5100

Improvise,man!

WHO ARE YOU?!!!

Listen and shut up!

This man can play!

Who are you...?

[BLUEGENE13]

2:26 bet no1 ears heard that

[kevinherbert]

How coooool is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MindIsMagic1]

great swing

[TheMuzikanten]

All the videos of this Budokan date stutter, stop and hang up. What gives, YouTube?

Charles

[kevinherbert]

Go Benny....4eva....

[louswire]

the Budokan always seems to get good shows... but this time they got a GREAT one!

[singingabc123]

How sweet would i be if they had Stephane Grappelli up there on violin?

[nickeyparadise]

Teddy plays a masterful solo....

[stealthbadger]

Whoever disliked this, I thumb down YOU! D:<

[korwetatw1952]

zawsze dobra" słodka Julka Brązowa".

[saxman6077]

One of the greats, great band also, coooool

[Torn80cj]

That's what I call some serious playing, these guys put so much heart in this song. Love it.

[FragRaptor]

Jazz these days NEEDZ MORE CLARINET

[firemonhappyface]

@FragRaptor YES!!!!!

[theinvisiblelight]

I almost prefer this sound over that of his younger years.. o.o

[TaylorTheClarinetist]

I like all of them

[swilsonsww]

swing it benny!

[kiethw2006]

BRAVA



[redjuice69]

Class in a glass maaaan!..like a fine wine matured and cared for just right...

[spike6060]

that teddy wilson piano ?

[TheDukepeterson]

@spike6060 Yes, is Teddy Wilson.

[arellad]

I like that very much. The improvisation is so good! Arellad

[PrettyFli4aWhiteguy]

Someone needs to show this to my band director! He WILL NOT allow clarinets into jazz band! So b/c i love jazz im playin tenor sax for it. But my god this man is amzing! i wish i was allowed to play my clarinet for jazz!!!

[vidnut67]

@PrettyFli4aWhiteguy Your band director won't let clarinets in the jazz band? What the hell is he doing in the business? Read these names out to him: Goodman, Pete Fountain, Irving Fazola, Artie Shaw, and Pee Wee Spitalera (from the Al Hirt Sextet). If these guys don't play jazz, then the term jazz ought to be banned from the dictionary. And the gentlemen whose names I mentioned are all clarinetists.

[Kaalec]

Holy sweet mother of man, these musicians are gods.

[aroundthepinhead]

I've been blowing clarinet for 60 years. My teeth are normal: same as ever. But then I'm no Benny.

I do have a callus inside my lower lip where my bottom row of teeth press tightly into the lip.

[Pug1949]

Age 71 here, unbelievable. Benny was on top of his game for over 55 years.

The best there ever was, the best there ever will be.

[danielramos56]

Muy bueno , pero cheeeeeeeeee....Ponganlen mas onda joder!!! Jovatos!!! ja ja ja

[guitarpicka1]

Timeless Virtuosity...Jazz Perfection..BRAVO ...BRAVO..etc.

[MatheusLimaFerreira]

awesome!

[Pistogamo]

MUSIC INDEED, THE BEST!

[1chevellelover]

That's the best version of this tune I've ever heard.

[Offers12]

Listen also to Harlem Ramblers

[MultiDKenny]

if you listen to much of Goodman you'll

hear the best version of a lot of songs

that you've ever heard!!

[CalogeroLino]

Great !

[FortunaFortesJuvat]

These cats never lost it!

[debbyluvsbud]

I was only 1 year old when this song was played in "85

Loving it

[kobachan0o68]

ベニーグッドマンのメロディーセクションはピアノのほかに何かと­興味を持った。

トロンボーンを持ってきたもんね!!!!

素晴らしいんじゃないですか!!!!!

[eslmc]

Just came back for another listen. These guys are smokin'!

[anotherreasonwhy]

another shocker. lol. i will always appreciate this music far more than any other genre. this takes skill and confidence for sure.

[eslmc]

Pretty good for a bunch of old guys.

[iorioriorio]

very young younsters

[VMFA115Starloric]

What's up with his ligature?

Never seen that kind

[valvetrom]

Its an ordinary ligature but turned downside up.

when the bolts are down, the crack of the ligature has to be exact in the middle but will still "crush the reed somewhat. Lots of clarinet and sax players prefer the bolts up position,also easier for a lefthander

[Skinslayer1]

These guys sure know how to SWING! Almost a lost art these days.

[wilsondenazare]

@Skinslayer1 A lost art?? I'm pretty sure that almost every Jazz musician this days knows how to swing. Even Dave Methews Band's musicians know it. Swing is not a lost art, it's alive and well!

[otef434]

@Skinslayer1 Oh I am sure there are few left well under the radar who carry on the traditions. As it should be!

[jpcroisy]

sublime, extraordinaire, quelle classe, ce qu'il y a de mieux , a écouter et réécouter, on ne s'en lasse pas.

[anton36]

It is worth noting that Teddy Wilson was the pianist on this number. The same great jazz pianist that made up the Benny Goodman Trio and then the Quartet after Lionel Hampton joined him, Benny and Gene Krupa...

[demiseisdue]

needs more tractor.

[DeathCabForCutie77]

Who's the cute trombone?

[VMFA115Starloric]

Your mom.

[DeathCabForCutie77]

Oooh, mature.

[ubernaffa]

Holy shit... I had NO idea Benny could play like that. I'm speechless... Absolutely amazing.

[chkjns]

How wonderful BG could still play this beautifully here at the age of 71! He was barely 30 at the peak of his popularity! Thanks for sharing this with us ! ! ! ! !

[coldharbur00]

thanks god this!

[watermelonclarinet]

whenever im sad or angry, benny goodman can always cheer me up. his music is amazing

[Abriggs500]

What brand of clarinet did Benny often use to play his magic?

[crebe44]

Many years ago he played on Selmer clarinets and the last years he played on Buffet Crampon. So I heared.

[Leycosmica1]

Maravilloso...B G el dueño del ritmo...es una delicia!!!

[sonarman65]

It was a sad day indeed when B.G. passed from this world to the next but he left so many of us with pure joy. He will never be forgotten. Love that man.

[AllTheGoodNamzWerTkn]

@sonarman65

Don't forget the great Teddy Wilson - one of the greatest of all time and played in the first Benny Goodman Trio - one of the first and most successful integrated jazz groups of the day.

[dantonmikee]

He's the greatest even today.Genius !!!!

[comateensnyc]

Goddamn it Benny Goodman was good; the Wes Montgomery of the clarinet. Head and shoulders above any jazz clarinet in history IMHO. DIck Nash rocked in this clip as well.

[jlynch187]

i'm a guitarist and worship wes... but perhaps wes is the benny goodman of guitar??

[clarinet1]

You don't HAVE to lose your teeth as you age. I'm within a year or two of the age that he was when this was recorded. I still have all my front teeth, and can play comfortably to top C...

[mrmusichead]

benny was a pro he could play with or without teeth ill bet he could play a sears mail order horn as well as the most expensive and make sound as good

[trissethomsen]

AWESOME!!!!! And no sex!!!!!!!

[jokingpants]

It's just genius! Question: he's such an old dude at this point...how can he play so well when his upper front teeth surely aren't his?

[SwingCla]

I had his picture at this stage. His upper front teeth was worn out roundly. I learned that playing clarinet for long years make his teeth worn out.

[undapar1]

@SwingCla my father went through 2 sets of uppers from playing the soprano sax. Like his idle Sydney Bechet.

[barliman2001]

@SwingCla

It must be some kind of senior's trick - I knew a fantastic clarinet player who, in his late nineties, played like B.G., and every time he stopped his dental plate fell out...

[ciroalb3]

@jokingpants a fair question, but the evidence is in this live performance. He didn't have a problem, though he sometimes seemed to breath very loudly out of the side of his mouth. A consummate pro.

[ciroalb3]

@jokingpants it's all in the embouchure and playing pretty much the same repertoire for about fifty years. And need I add, practice -every day for hours.

[jokingpants]

@ciroalb3 Very good point there!

[baltimoras1]

@jokingpants

with or without teeth he is the best ! do you agree?

[jokingpants]

@baltimoras1 totally agree :)

[tkmiz777]

Thanks for uploading this video ! This concert is my all the time favorite ! Benny is GREAT !!!!!!