Benny Goodman Trio (China Boy and Sheik of Araby)

[Big27Jer]

Let's not forget the pianist, Teddy Wilson!!

[JimmyDeLocke]

only one BG

[armaggedoom]

that is music!!!

[medmond6]

Many,many thanks for posting this marvelous clip - must have visited this clip fifty times this year already can't get enough of this wonderful stuff!!!

[ton41]

Giants!!!!!!!

[medmond6]

great!!!

[69torus]

Great stuff!! I still play these tunes on my guitar and work on ripping through the changes ala Rosenberg trio

[EliasCalabretta1]

ABSOLUTELY GREAT

I wish there where still composers like this who where near as famous as back then.

:'(

Oh well, you can always dream of the past. :)

[clarinettistwalt]

Swinging clarinet at its best with superlative players ! Cannot believe how good these guys are - absolutely wonderful performance !

[kevinherbert]

The piano player's left hand makes up the quintet...their combined brilliance gives them the presence of a very hot sextet...amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!...thanx 4 this.....BG rox.....

[95Galante]

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!! Jeezz they could swing could'nt they!!!!! and with no bass player - Teddy Wilson holds up the bass from the piano for the WHOLE band!, you ask a jazz pianist today to do that and they would'nt last 2 bars! jeezz they were good!

[sonofnothing]

6 dislikes.. 6 morons.

[IrishDutchman]

oh man, what a group.

[downtroddenmusic]

roll forward a few years - ginger baker on drums, eric clapton on guitar, jack bruce on bass - it's the same vibe - 3 virtuosos taking the place by storm

[happypiano1]

Awesome. Teddy Wilson is really something else.

[classicvinylbiz]

China Boy: Mel Powell, Peanuts Hucko, Ray McKinley, WWII -

watch?v=2RWzDxVuYIg

thanks and regards

[atomicskipunk818]

As a former Clarinet major...this makes me remember why I thought clarinet was SO FREAKING COOL! GO B.G.!!

[LostGoldMusic]

6 people missed the like button!

find music like Benny Goodman, Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, and much more on our channel!!

[YurisDisciple]

This swing time music makes me feel like smokin' reefer with the negro Jazz musicians and drinkin' bootleg alcohol with some fare dames........

Ha-cha-cha!

[max1941]

Most of the videos you are showing are part of them and not complete,which is not good for me...prefer to remember Gene Kruppa while playing at the Metropole cafe in the early 60s when I lived in NYC,or during my 15 yr jazz career in Buenos Aires(Num 1 jazz divulger-Argentinejazz)Mississ­ippi rag & Downbeat correspondent,now living in Aranjuez,Spain....keep swinging all of you,MAX

[medmond6]

@max1941 I remember GK at the metropole back then too by the end of the sixties it was a nude juice bar - thats gone too (Thank God) now its a retail store or something and you'd have a hard time spotting it - that's progress. Oh I was in my late teens and not much scratch so I had to nurse a beer for as long as I could because the barkeeps wouldn't let you stand around watching Gene for free.

[rfdarsie]

Any idea what year this performance was? Fantastic upload, thanks!

[rfdarsie]

Benny Goodman was the first white bandleader to have black musicians play onstage with him in public - first Teddy Wilson then Lionel Hampton. What a guy.

[juanvanleshnik]

just big WOW!

[bigmickeyb]

incridible, this is footage from all those years ago, over 100,000 people have watched it on here and have since left hundereds of comments............and still nobody has anything negative to say.

This is because music doesn't get any better than this. Even young people (such as myself) have to appreciate and admit that these guys are so talented that it goes off the scale.

We will certainly never see there like again

God Bless You Benny

[ton41]

The great Benny always keep on in Chicago style

[ciroalb3]

BG from 3:58 to 4:05and then 4:06-4:10 - just great. the long phrase from 3:58 with the high note added on unexpectedly, then barely a breath before the next passage, whew. Of course if you practice and know where you're going, you can do it, but it's amazing work.

[Nvg8r1]

Amazing

[KMKGU]

Great music. I noticed, though, that there's a problem with the sync between the audio and the video. I downloaded it, fixed it, and posted the fixed video as a response. I think you find that the improvement in the sync makes it even more fun to watch.

[usefulmusic]

Dig Teddy Wilson's changes at 2:35.

[MARCROBERTJEAN]

@usefulmusic 1 bar of A7 halfdim before 1 bar of D7 I presume...

[Thejessi403]

BRAVO!!!!!

[Zorn96]

amazing how old this music is and its still better than half the shit that those no talent artists of today put out and call genius. I'm saying this and I'm still in high school.

[sonarman65]

The truth is Mr. Zorn96 that i'm 73 and born and bred in N.Y.City. It does my heart good though to know that a young person as yourself digs B.G. I started to dig the man when I was 14 and it still gives me chills every time I hear him and his boys swingin' out. ( Also Artie Shaw

Messrs. Basie, Miller, and like that.)

With music its whatever floats your boat, but as for me no ones come close to these cats yet. But hey boys and girls

if it gives you the shivers, be my guest.

God bless.

[ChingaChe]

@sonarman65 Shivers, another great Goodman tune!

[urbancl]

I'm 14 and i think the same... The music artist of swing and jazz... are probaly the best ...

[stride412]

@Zorn96

no more comment necessary - I fully agree with you, THESE are real musicians

[sonarman65]

My oh my oh my!! Gimmee more of that stuff Jack. Did Gene EVER drop a beat?

I mean EVER ???Don't you try to find one....they ain't any. And is that

Mr. Wilson........playin' with 3 hands again?

Now I know Benny was about as far down in his groove as he could get that night. Mercy. Anybody on the bench can take over for these boys for a spell. Don't believe so, do not believe so.The train has left the station and they have pulled up the tracks. But at least we HAD them for awhile.....SOLID.

[Zorn96]

yessur you sound like your from the 1920's in the south, but you're completely correct i've seen clarinetists who make all eastern and can't play benny goodman music

[JazzyFedora]

This was a priviledge to listen to. Anyone who thought otherwise, can go to th north pole and stay there. :)

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Oh Teddy Wilson and his 10ths.

[OscarPetersonFan]

One of the best trios I ever heard

[julesmonendrumface]

Haha, i think that you like the oscar peterson trio to !!

[OscarPetersonFan]

Course I do! Just remeber the Peterson-Brown-Ellis, Peterson-Brown-Thigpen, or Peterson-Pedersen-Pass. The Benny Goodman trio was unique; I never heard another trio like this, except in Benny Goodman tributes.

Recently I've been playing in different bands in jam session, including two kind of trios (p-b-g and p-b-d) and a swing quartet ala Goodman (cl-p-b-d).

[sharrer2]

Wow you can tell How John Bonham was influence by Krupa.

[burningface]

I love both of these songs. I had no idea this recording even existed. Thanks for posting.

[weggi321]

Elvis is allive !

[OscarPetersonFan]

Maybe, but this is Benny Goodman. Sorry, wrong video

[Chiparoo22]

weggi321 - What's an Elvis ! ? Sounds like a part of the Pelvis !

[CrackerJackLee]

1:41 the sheik!

[Nicorette1234]

I prefer benny goodman and teddy wilson to gene krupa actualy

[sonarman65]

The amazing thing about Krupa is his unbelievable diverse and unique beats.

And I don't believe he ever dropped a beat

in his life.

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

This trio rocked indeed. Benny still rules.

If you like, please check out my blog with more great jazz. Link is in profile.

Thx for the upload and cheers,

Brew

[williamholzman]

Krupa Rocks !!!

[Jagermeister196]

Damn right, have you checked out Avalon?

[bandbettyboop]

man i wish i could play like that

[pwaite05]

the 3 of them together is exquisite. Teddy is just incredible. By far one of my favorite piano players. Has the most unique and delicate touch that is unparalleled to anyone i have herd. Never get tired of this music. Truly, this is one of my favorite groups ever. Their chemistry is unmatched. Love Life, God Bless

[FatSlim666]

orgasmn

[musictranscription]

I'm transcribing this song

[barbary10]

This was so great. I listened to "Limehouse Blues" by the TRIO forever when I was in high school and I cannot find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find it?

barbary 10

[wftpmt]

Dave Tough is almost universally recognized as the finest Big Band drummer. Exhibitionists like Krupa and Rich did not drive a band like Tough did. Anyway "de gustibus non desputandum est."

[drummer78]

Dave Tough was an interesting guy. Very well read, hung out with Hemmingway in Paris, and a sad alcoholic. Brilliant musical drummer by all accounts. I would love if someone did a film on him.

[wftpmt]

I didn't know those cultural things about Dave. Thanks for posting. I met Dave in Chicago at the Stevens Hotel at a college dance years ago. He was such a fine guy.

[ParadiddleMcFlam]

Yes, Tough is recognized as a great drummer, but nobody is recognized 'almost universally' as the greatest. That is a silly statement. Benny's favorite drummer was in fact Krupa (according to Bellson). Ellington's favorite was Bellson. Basie's favorite was Jo Jones. Krupa and Rich were much more than 'exhibitionists'. There are many exhibitionists who go onto youtube channels writing comments in an attempt to flash their higher aesthetic sensiblities to the masses.

[wftpmt]

We obviously have a difference of opinion but personal attacks because of them is childish

[clarinet001]

Agreed. That was a little too much. What do you think about Gene Krupa?

[wftpmt]

I prefer him to Buddy Rich, but hell they're both beyond category , as Duke might say.

[drummer78]

Exactly, they were all in the master class of swing drummers. Krupa became most popular because his style was brash and exciting (and he had the movie star looks). Still, this doesn't mean he was less of a swing drummer. Krupa created a model which a lot of drummers emulated. Tough also created a type too (straitfoward and focused on swinging). I;'d say Jake Hannah followed that model of playing. Let's not forget others like Don Lammond.

[JosephNScott]

"Exhibitionists like Krupa and Rich did not drive a band like Tough did." Imo when Rich subbed for Jo Jones with Basie in 1944 and when he subbed for Tough with Herman in 1945 he showed that he could drive a band in a style similar to Tough.

[wftpmt]

I just like the suaver approach of Dave. Hair flapping is not as pleasant to me.

[TheOverlordDale]

Benny Goodman. The ultimate balance between musicianship and showmanship. Between art and entertainment. The Elvis of his day, and one of the most proficient clarinetists of all time.

[timzydecozahn]

great footage of pianist Teddy Wilson! thank you! I saw Wilson perform in 1980 in Denmark: a blessing from a true piano deity and patriarch of jazz piano!

[attabuoy]

Sleek Sheik. Benny, Teddy and Gene, what more do you need for great music. Okay, put Lionel in there too and Fletcher's arrangements if you wanna be blown out the back door.

[Floskeknosk]

Candy for my ears!

[betteroffsingle]

Hey ... has anyone thought of this yet?

May not apply to trio of course but ... Goodmans band, which I loved.

Nobody has mentioned arrangers yet. Fletcher Henderson made my hero Goodman's band.

Just wanna share that.

[betteroffsingle]

Even in my dreams and fantasies (musically) I'm not as good as any of these greats. I once shook hands with Goodman, I was maybe 9 or 10. Just can not thank you enuff ZPants. Kudos! Thank You.

[jimmy5x]

The man is not human.

[dicciateo]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ailtmem]

Esse Benny Goodman é referencia para qualquer clarinetista, com esse trio então ficou 10.

[jimraw1]

I love Goodman - almost wanted to quit the clarinet the first time I heard him play - but there are legendary stories about how he was not the easiest person to play with.

[trevorgiles]

Why these three haven't been made Saints I'll never know...

[bigmickeyb]

where have all these guys gone? nobody now can touch them. Thanks to God for Benny and the gang

[egrosz]

Fantastic!!!!!What a great time of jazz musiciens!

[swingyoucats]

Wilson, peerless as ever -- and that's not hyperbole -- held this group together as he so generously did for other assemblages for half a century. Listen closely to his left hand and marvel!

[biscutsdad]

Has nobody noticed Teddy Wilson????

[kaplansidney]

OOOOO THE PAST

[ZPants]

lol

[islandcrimes]

whos the piano player --asshole

[ODS31]

Saw reddy when he played in the UK in the 50's. If I told you who the Jazz band that accompanied him (during the Musicians Union Ban) I would have to kill you? But what a performance that was.

[Jeaneathean]

Said it before, I'll say it again. small band swing: America's greatest gift to the world. Thanks for a most excellent clip!

[whateverlife000]

deff agreed =]

[bertrandkolesza]

Gene Krupa playing the drums. You did not see it? You have not lived. Heard him, with Benny, in an old LP at 14. Love at first sound. I was starting drum lessons by then. He is the greatest, although there is Buddy. And Carl Palmer in rock and roll environment. Thanks for making that avaiable.

[millsbrothers]

EVER LISTEN TO POPPA JO JONES?

[JosephNScott]

Krupa on a good day was unique, but there are others I like better overall, such as Art Blakey and Dave Tough.

[drdee51]

Dave did not work that well with Benny- Benny pushed him around alot. I cannot imagine Art and Benny getting along musically.

[wftpmt]

Sadlly Dave had drinking problem

[Jagermeister196]

Who is dave & why is this relevent

[ZamzarBob]

lol

[jazzclarinet2006]

Thanks for posting this, it's great to be able to see Benny, Teddy, and Gene playing together in the trio!