I've been listening to BG trio/quartet for over 50 years and I NEVER tire of their renditions.......each member was a n individualist, but together.........
Trio, quartet, sextet, big band whatever the milieu he's the greatast ever. I grew up in the rocknroll era but have always been lost in the thirties and forties. Saw Benny live twice in the seventies. Of course he didn't have the chops of his earlier years but it was a thrill just the same, Saw a young upstart named Warren Vache join him for a gig at the then Garden State Art Center. Great show.
Benjamin Goodman, what have you done? You could have been a doctor! Thank God he wasn't. Once the music grabs you you can't get away. It's worse than heroin.
What a trio. Driving beat, phenomenol piano with bass, chords in and out, progressive tempo like a train runnig down hill, and Benny with impecable arpegios, bends and grace notes with total mastery of the horn. Is there anything better? This is jazz that allows future generations to get where they did.
TEDDY WILSON
wallpole 9 months ago
I've been listening to BG trio/quartet for over 50 years and I NEVER tire of their renditions.......each member was a n individualist, but together.........
jutescrim 10 months ago
Trio, quartet, sextet, big band whatever the milieu he's the greatast ever. I grew up in the rocknroll era but have always been lost in the thirties and forties. Saw Benny live twice in the seventies. Of course he didn't have the chops of his earlier years but it was a thrill just the same, Saw a young upstart named Warren Vache join him for a gig at the then Garden State Art Center. Great show.
medmond6 1 year ago
A lovely trio performing this timeless Henry Creamer and Turner Layton song, must have been really something to listen to back then (;
helluvagun 1 year ago
Benjamin Goodman, what have you done? You could have been a doctor! Thank God he wasn't. Once the music grabs you you can't get away. It's worse than heroin.
ArkRed1 1 year ago 4
What a trio. Driving beat, phenomenol piano with bass, chords in and out, progressive tempo like a train runnig down hill, and Benny with impecable arpegios, bends and grace notes with total mastery of the horn. Is there anything better? This is jazz that allows future generations to get where they did.
trydreamin 2 years ago 7