Glenn Miller-"King Porter Stomp"

[edwardconway27]

I have this song on Vinyl Records! This song is great!

[potatoepeter1]

absolutly einwandfrei very toatol glodoo.. chehrewesr

[potatoepeter1]

VERY GOOD :-)



[Squarerig]

Ghastly!

[InstrumentalMania]

sounds a lot like benny goodman's version, just a good deal faster

[BardCoennius]

@InstrumentalMania Both based on the same Fletcher Henderson arrangment I believe...

[DOMORCIDEA]

man,this the most jumpin' jivin' tune i have ever heard

[berriganfan]

interesting how different bunny plays this version from the one he recorded with benny goodman

[jbradshaw7]

This is THE version of King Porter Stomp that I grew up loving. Anyone know a CD I can get this version on? All versions I have are played much slower than this.

[MorganPolander]

This arrangement used to get me going for high school every day in the early sixties

[ryanyee1234567890]

was this recorded live?

[wjolly]

Jes Stacy did a version in 1956 that is my favorite...this is a warhorse of a song...

[Corrie121]

Great!!!

Thanks for sharing.

[4205lr]

Al Klink played the second tenor solo and showed what an underestimated musician he was.

[leantext]

The great tenor sax work in this was by the inimitable Tex Beneke. Unmistakable style.

[RIMSHOTSON2AND4]

@leantext You're mostly right...the first tenor solo is by Tex Beneke. After the smokin' trumpet solo by Clyde Hurley, the finisher is the tenor solo by the "other" tenor player in the band, the equally great and mostly underappreciated Al Klink. Tex used a lot more vibrato in his solos , whereas Al Klink plays a little more jazzy style (he must've been listening to Lester Young). You can check out more of Klink's great solos on the live versions the Miller band did of "Tiger Rag"

[4205lr]

@RIMSHOTSON2AND4 You are correct about Al Klink being influenced by Young. In a letter from Al back in 1963, he admitted his admiration for Lester.

[ocmike34]

i love this song! my classmates think i'm weird cuz i hum it in art, but personally, i think this song way better than anything by like Chris brown or the "Jonas Bros"!

[insoucciant]

The Harry James version of "King Porter Stomp" back in the 4o's was pretty damn good too!

[bingcrosby1903]

It sure was, i think ive got it on a 78 around here, ill look for it and post it soon if i do.

Thanks for listening

[bostonblakie]

Used to love the "Big Band" sounds back in high school just around the time Rock n' Roll was becoming popular. Never could dig that stuff, so stuck with Jazz. No regrets about it ever.

[fuzzbear6240]

Bing, Thanks! What a number! King Porter has got to be one of the most resilient tunes ever. It's always fantastic. Regards, J.