I can remember my grandfather playing the drums to this on a scratchy 78 record (clay) back in the 70's when I was a kid. One of the 1st songs I ever learned to play. Thanks for uploading! I always loved this version of the song.
I learned to play drums by playing along to this entire album and of course Singx3 was the highlight. Yes, thank the music gods this epic concert was recorded so this landmark concert performance can be enjoyed forever by jazz enthusiast everywhere.
89.3 WMKV plays all the great swingin' tunes. I listen on the internet and they have even played BG's "Sing, Sing, Sing" and Tony Bennett's "Mood Indigo" for me. A great station run by great people.
By far the most excellent rendition of Sing, Sing, Sing ever recorded! I've heard so many, but this is the only one that includes that Harry James, Gene Krupa trumpet/drum blast. Of course they were in Goodman's other versions, but not like this Carnegie Hall recording! Wonderful!
@4realexpat It's Jess Stacy on piano (not Geoff). Also, it's widely known that the recording was done with at least 3 microphones - the one 44BX microphone that hung above the conductor's podium and the others on either side of the band. However, Benny believed that it was recorded with only one.
@Jpizzel1000 What? This style of music rose from the Great Depression. You know, while America was self-destructing. While this recording was near the tail, the majority of these works were smack dab in the middle of it. That great depression was a lot worse than I think you could possibly imagine. It was also just following the rise of Jazz through the times of the prohibition and rampant crime, and just before a World War. I think the problem with America these days is lack of education.
@mitchly72 - dead on with jess at the end. however, Teddy Wilson was his pianist for many years with the trio and the quartet after lionel joined the ensemble. as far as One O'Clock Jump" at Carnegie Hall, according to my jacket cover credits on the 33-1/3rpm vinyl, the Count was invited backstage in the wings, when they did the song Benny beckoned him on stage to join the orchestra/band. Also you may know, or be interested to know besides Ziggy Elman in the trumpet section he had Harry James.
I love at 4:04 when they start up again - the whole version is awesome because you can hear the band goading eachother on through the solo. Count Basie is awesome.
@mitchly72 That's not Count Basie; the piano solo is taken by Jess Stacy, the regular band pianist in the Benny Goodman orchestra; he also takes a terrific solo on "One O'Clock Jump."
Stacy had a solo career away from Goodman and he was married to Lee Wiley; if you don't know who she was, go "Google" it.
The Justin Biebers, Lady Gagas, and other posers will be forgotten in spades within a few years-Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington et al. will be remembered for generations to come. True musicianship and the discipline it requires speaks for itself.
The Live at Carnegie Hall recording have never been out of production. Hard to believe this concert occurred 73 years ago on January 16, 1938. Piano player at the end was Jess Stacy. Too bad we are unable to hear the rest of his piano number.
@Teddyb1939 - to see the full 12 min+ version, now that you can load more than 10 minutes at a time here, Bigjoemig2003 has posted it! I still like to look at this one for the visual... lol
If you HAD to pick one song to represent the Swing Era, certainly this song, and perhaps more importantly this version of this song, has to be in the top few. The back story to the event..... the gamble it represented to the Jazz community... we look back at it now without the ability to be in their shoes.... Benny Goodman means as much to me in terms of who he surrounded himself with and how he touched and was touched by many other greats. Sing Sing Sing is actually a Louis Prima song....
@acr08807 ..Yes it was...there was Kid Ory and Eddie Condon.....both of them were playing some great jazz along with Sidney Bechet and others before Benny came along. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band or ODJB was playing some really early jazz too. If you want to hear some good jazz, check out The Carling Family Band on YouTube...Gunhild Carling was phenomenal on the trombone when she was only 9 years old.
Please do not forget Fletcher Henderson...without whom Benny would not have had some of those great arrangements. I love Benny Goodman and have many of his records/albums, including the 1938 Concert on 12 inch 78's, LP and CD. But give a good listen to Fletcher Henderson of the early to late 30's and I think you will like his music and hear how it influenced Benny.
@wb2wly Did you know Fletcher was a brilliant Chemist too? Grad school and all. But nowhere to go....and you know why. Alas. Yes...Fletch was a founding father of Big Band Arrangements. John-Hans Melcher "TheQuietDrummer"
This gives me the chills, and I can feel the hair on the back of my neck standing up. I would give almost anything to have been there at this concert in 1938.
There were giants in those days, and proof that the original Benny Goodman band had one of the best rhythm sections in the business: Gene Krupa (1909 - 1973) on drums, big brother Harry Goodman (???? - 1997) on bass, Alan Reuss (1915 - 1988) guitar, and Jess Stacy (1904 - 1995) piano. When Benny tosses the ball to Stacy toward the end ("Yeah, Jess!"), he recovers nicely, with one of the prettiest solos I've ever heard.
"Sing,Sing,Sing" was,and is,THE Moment of this Famous Concert! A Relay mic was set up in the hall,and a long wire was run down the street to Columbia's studio on 34th St.,which then was recorded on 16" Transcription Radio 78 RPM Discs..tranferred onto12" Lp in 1950,this went on to be the All-Time Best seller for Benny! Gene left after this concert for his own band,along with Harry James (Ditto!)..the others remained for awile. Michael Boyce
@mrmjb1960 Really a wire for 20 blocks? Amazing! I didn't know that. Thanks so much for this fact. And the rest is history forever. Thank you Recording engineers!!!!! I salute your genius too. John-Hans Melcher "theQuietDrummer"
I never tire of listening to this version - I was told that it was - unoficially recorded on a wire recorder. I was also told that in this version Benny Goodman - in his long solo - plays a note which is not on the claranet. I was privilaged to see one of the last perfomances of the Octet - in Munich - 1974. I had a seat just two rows from the fron - it cost the equivalent of a weeks wages but was worth every penny. I also managed to get the signatures of Benny and the band.
havent heard this song since forever. im 33 years old and grew up with this song in the house from my parents. lots of memories listening to this. my grandparents were at this show and said it was incredible. towards the end, near the big finish, where krupa is pounding the bass drum, its the audience's feet stomping in time as well. we used to have the double LP but who knows what happened to it. anyway thanks for posting!
@jefscolnago I did just as you suggested, thanks for the advice,also a lovely Goodman, Wilson , memories of you. I have the Sing Sing Sing 12 inch 78 rpm but it is great to have the Stacy solo at my leisure. many thanks.
Amen, Charger. Gene Krupa's ferocious power is absolutely awe inspiring here. All of the players rocked out HARD, but Gene was the force of nature that turned this performance into one for the ages. In a later era, he would easily have been a Rock God.
You find yourself just steppin' back, shakin' your head. Because it's like nothing that happened before or after. I always knew Gene Krupa was a pot head. This made me see that as a good thing. he's like a locomotive back there. Just chuggin' away.
I am 25 years old and I grew up listening to the Benny Good Man band....I try explain to my 21 year old girlfriend the importance of this type of music and she just doesnt get it.... The greatest band ever
Poor Jess Stacy, indeed - and us. For what was cut-off is the finest two minutes of improvisational jazz piano ever captured by a microphone. Until his death on the first day of 1995, people would ask Stacy if he could play that again; he'd just smile and say in his quite voice, "No."
This is THE 'killer-diller' performance of "Sing, Sing, Sing." In the last section when the soloists strut their stuff, Jess Stacy produced what many consider to be the finest two minutes of improvisational jazz piano ever captured by a microphone. On one side of the stage, Goodman's other pianist, Teddy Wilson, was experiencing total rapture; seeing that, Goodman can be heard saying, "Yeah, Teddy." For the rest of his life, people would ask Stacey to repeat the magic. Jess would just smile.
I just this moment saw a notice on YT that said they were increasing the time limit on uploaded vids to 15 minutes! You would make me and a lot of other folks happy if you were to repost this in complete form! Please!!!!
@bwc3821 Agree! Just as electrifying as Deep Purple's Made In Japan, Frampton Comes Alive, Queen Live Killers, The Original Three Tenors concert, Metallica's Live S^&t, The Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East, Jimi Hendrix at Monterey, Woodstock - ALL ELECTRIFYING LIVE RECORDINGS.
Hi Tpetman85: Who puts out this complete version? I downloaded the one from ITunes and Jess Stacy was cut out completly. It is a crime. I couldn't believe it. Any help will be appreciated.
This one concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938 singlehandedly transformed jazz from a regional music appreciated primarily by the black community in America and by hip Europeans to the most popular music in America at the time! It legitimized jazz to a majority of the American public! A good retelling of the story is found in the movie The Benny Goodman Story! Sadly, this clip is not entirely complete.
@1953jazzman it's arguable that louis armstrong did the same thing, but this was definitely a milestone that shows that the age had come, and passed? maybe not fully.
@charger4079 I'd like to put in my two cents' worth.Your list is pretty darn near perfect, with a couple of exceptions: Hoagy Carmichael (who influenced so many is truly underappreciated); and JANIS, of course, belongs on the list, too. Where would all of our great "chick" singers be without her courage and voice? Hugs, my friend!
Does anyone know if there's a film of this concert?
This was a magical night.....those guys were in the f 'ing zone and this song is amazing. Krupa was kickin' it and everyone was totally in sync; great solos.
At times it sounded like the first rock song, in 1938!.....just wish that the whole thing could have fit into the YT time frame.
This is the most thrilling video I've ever seen on YouTube, and it's not even a video. Absolutely unbelievable. I would give anything to be there that night.
My 82 y/o Pop has the original vinyl recording of this, which he treasures above most anything else he has!! I remember listening to this music growing up. Thank heavens for my beloved Pop, who introduced me to this legendary music of his generation. When I hear the drums start to roll in the intro of this, I immediately think of The Greatest Generation.....and they were, from this timeless music to surviving the worst Depression this country has ever known, to winning a war on 2 fronts.
This is the best version of Bennies sing sing sing. Any chance you can post the whole thing? I know youtube limits the megabites, but maybe you can make part one and two or so. My parents used to own this record, and I taped it like 20 years ago, I even bought a Mercedes with tape-player to listen to this song, but the tape is kind of worn out, and sounds pretty bad this days. I can download youtube music, and you would make my day by posting the whole record!!
Hey guys, I have acquired the original recording of this, and for the most part the bad sound quality was due to bad acoustics. However, my versions sounds slightly better, and "rdx506," I'm going to do what you suggested with splitting it into two parts. It should be up on my channel within the hour.
lol, i liked this music at the age of 8, when i still watched that, and i did enjoy the music collection. didnt start collecting until i was 13 though, and ive only been at it for a year.
I hate these digital "remasterings". They are VERY poorly done, and all the treble is attenuated. I restore records just as a hobby, and I by no means have professional equipment, or a large budget, but I get MUCH better results than this. I wish I could have a copy of the original recording of this.
I would love to make one, but I can't find this record anywhere. I do however, have a restoration of the 1936 recording on my channel. I've done better ones, but it certainly was not my worst.
@deathray393 The Sony remasterings of the master acetates were NOT rolled off or filtered in any way. On the CD you can hear everything...no attenuation. The symbol brush and trumpet bites are pristine. Krupa's drum sounds like skin. Sony took a chance doing it this way, but the results are authentic.
I grew up listening to this album, (by the way, the first double album in popular music history). I've listened to the whole concert at least 1000 times, & only recently realized something -- that night, there were several trumpeters (James, Clayton, Elman) several pianists ( Stacy, Wilson, Basie ) several saxes ( Young, Rollini, Carney, Hodges ) ...one clarinet of course ( Goodman )....& 1 & ONLY 1 drummer, who played on EVERY song, changing styles &going full bore ALL NIGHT -- Gene Krupa.
What a great moment in music history....it all builds to the end and I hope someone puts it on you tube.......this was 72 years ago.....I love all music including a lot of rock and roll, but this will always be my favorite.
Benny Goodman was of course a great musician in both the jazz and classical scenes, first class ,stuff just imagine if the recording techniques were as good then as they are now, but we have to be thankful that we have these recordings still around.
@ebuliavac "Newer" equipment yes but not the gear that is available today to record mostly inferior artistes. Some of the digitally remastered stuff just sounds like it was done in the bathroom.
I bought this concert in 1956 on two LP's and wore them out. I still enjoy listening to it on my CD player. Pop stars come and go but this stuff is timeless and everlasting.
@bpabustan Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber music is for low culture music people. I know some people gonna get mad with me, but that's the naked true. Believe me.
most people in 1938 were not used to this type of music......this concert, (a classic of all classics), must have blown their minds.....harry james trumpet solo can never be outdone!!!!
This is the hardest rocking song EVER!This band was out years BEFORE Elvis,Beatles and Led Zeppelin.This was one the BIGGEST,BADDEST BANDS of all time!
@charger4079 I would like to agree with you. This was Hard Rock before there was Hard Rock. This along with In The Mood were as hard rocking and heavy for their time.
the whole sound of the arrangements and "feel" is do to Flecther Henderson, Benny's whole "Book" was built around Fletcher. He knew it and gave many kudos to Fletch over the years. Fletch was writing "big band" arrangements before there was big bands.
I read in Irving Kolodin's liner notes that someone told Benny after the concert, "It's too bad someone didn't make a record of this"; Goodman replied, "Someone did". So how couldn't he have known that Albert Marx was recording the concert? {After the fact?} I haven't heard the introduction to the original 1950 release of the album set, incidentally...
Have just listened to Benny Goodman recounting the story behind this concert and THAT solo on Benny Goodman: King of Swing, a radio doc streaming from BBC 2. The story of the concert begins at 19:38 (yea, spooky) on Episode 3 and its worth listening to just to hear how unbelievably lucky we are that a recording was even made - and found again 12 years later. It includes Jess Staceys breathtaking solo, but not the rest, so thanks for posting this, Ill play it all night long.
Apparently Jess Stacey was not expecting to solo, but when Benny gave him the nod he knew he had to. Listening closely, you can hear a brief second of hesitation as Jess starts out. If true, his solo is masterful musicianship. Imagine making up that 'on the spot', even though he may have played some of the riffs many times over in earlier shows and concerts. I have been listening to it more than 40 years and never tire of it. What an artist!
Yep. I read not too long ago that he was glad he didn't know Benny was going to call him for a Solo, because he thought if he HAD known, that the nerves would have caused him to mess up. Anyone who's done a little reading on Benny's temperament knows how bad that coulda turned out....
Benny's temper is right. After firing Big Sid Catlett (my favourite of all jazz drummers) apparently Benny said that if he wanted his final pay he would have to show up for the remaining two weeks of his contract. This ignominy suffered by Big Sid meant that he had to sit backstage for those two weeks, watching and hearing everything of the replacement drummer taking over. Hope this is incorrect, and I wish I could recall the source.
This all time great live versio9n of sing, sing, sing sure brings back memories. When I was a kid our family use to sing down in the living room every Sunday and listen to this.
How could this have ANY dislikes?
jdodge349 1 week ago
@jdodge349 Because people think that they are special or don't like to fit in.
WetChicken 1 week ago
I can remember my grandfather playing the drums to this on a scratchy 78 record (clay) back in the 70's when I was a kid. One of the 1st songs I ever learned to play. Thanks for uploading! I always loved this version of the song.
ces1drums 4 weeks ago
Dad got me appreciate The King. Received the whole Carnegie hall concert when it came out on disc. One of the best gifts I ever received.
TheDoodoo71 3 months ago
I learned to play drums by playing along to this entire album and of course Singx3 was the highlight. Yes, thank the music gods this epic concert was recorded so this landmark concert performance can be enjoyed forever by jazz enthusiast everywhere.
bobobba442 4 months ago
@nhiekd No. There are videos from one of the channels that I suscribed to that are over two hours in length.
MrMKH2010 4 months ago
89.3 WMKV plays all the great swingin' tunes. I listen on the internet and they have even played BG's "Sing, Sing, Sing" and Tony Bennett's "Mood Indigo" for me. A great station run by great people.
tiggercat141 6 months ago
By far the most excellent rendition of Sing, Sing, Sing ever recorded! I've heard so many, but this is the only one that includes that Harry James, Gene Krupa trumpet/drum blast. Of course they were in Goodman's other versions, but not like this Carnegie Hall recording! Wonderful!
fffarfarf45 6 months ago
It is Geoff Stacy on piano and he tops Goodman with his solo.You can just hear Benny Goodman say 'yeah Stace' as he begins his solo.
According to Hubert Gregg [who was there] the recording was made possible because a sound engineer just hung one microphone from the ceiling.
4realexpat 7 months ago
@4realexpat It's Jess Stacy on piano (not Geoff). Also, it's widely known that the recording was done with at least 3 microphones - the one 44BX microphone that hung above the conductor's podium and the others on either side of the band. However, Benny believed that it was recorded with only one.
TheOrcl80 1 day ago
It brings us back to when America was a great nations not a nation that is self distructing..
Jpizzel1000 7 months ago
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Kaylus 7 months ago
@Jpizzel1000 What? This style of music rose from the Great Depression. You know, while America was self-destructing. While this recording was near the tail, the majority of these works were smack dab in the middle of it. That great depression was a lot worse than I think you could possibly imagine. It was also just following the rise of Jazz through the times of the prohibition and rampant crime, and just before a World War. I think the problem with America these days is lack of education.
Kaylus 7 months ago
@mitchly72 - dead on with jess at the end. however, Teddy Wilson was his pianist for many years with the trio and the quartet after lionel joined the ensemble. as far as One O'Clock Jump" at Carnegie Hall, according to my jacket cover credits on the 33-1/3rpm vinyl, the Count was invited backstage in the wings, when they did the song Benny beckoned him on stage to join the orchestra/band. Also you may know, or be interested to know besides Ziggy Elman in the trumpet section he had Harry James.
USSAult 7 months ago
I love at 4:04 when they start up again - the whole version is awesome because you can hear the band goading eachother on through the solo. Count Basie is awesome.
mitchly72 8 months ago
@mitchly72 That's not Count Basie; the piano solo is taken by Jess Stacy, the regular band pianist in the Benny Goodman orchestra; he also takes a terrific solo on "One O'Clock Jump."
Stacy had a solo career away from Goodman and he was married to Lee Wiley; if you don't know who she was, go "Google" it.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
sorry, but too put the zep, before buddy, the count , the duke, but most of all the louis's..armstrong or jordan is "uninformed"..
foil4dora 8 months ago
To Thekingofpop1958 It's Sing Sing Sing. Great recording!
SGKAC 8 months ago
The Justin Biebers, Lady Gagas, and other posers will be forgotten in spades within a few years-Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington et al. will be remembered for generations to come. True musicianship and the discipline it requires speaks for itself.
Friendoffreedom 8 months ago
One of the most famous piano solos ever recorded...and it gets cut off. Oh, my heart!
fairalways 8 months ago
The Live at Carnegie Hall recording have never been out of production. Hard to believe this concert occurred 73 years ago on January 16, 1938. Piano player at the end was Jess Stacy. Too bad we are unable to hear the rest of his piano number.
MaxCruise73 9 months ago
WTF is Led Zep doing here? Who tf they are??
laoczy 9 months ago
@Teddyb1939 - to see the full 12 min+ version, now that you can load more than 10 minutes at a time here, Bigjoemig2003 has posted it! I still like to look at this one for the visual... lol
jefscolnago 9 months ago
@jefscolnago .../watch?v=HPNbCbZb32Y
thjms 9 months ago
this is monument in the jazz history.
aykut501 9 months ago
"you tube only allows a 10 min video."m No, I've downloaded videos anywhere from 55 minutes to well over 1 hour.
MrMKH2010 9 months ago
1938 heavy metal!!!
jaykerouac2 9 months ago 2
Hear that "High C" at 9:37?
binsfeld1938 10 months ago
F U tube LONGER VIDS
jbfreek22 10 months ago
Please reload. No time constraints now.
dynodon12 10 months ago 6
Really an excellent recording for 1938 (I understand that it's been remastered, but the source had to be really good). Great sound.
bobareebop 10 months ago
And to think... somewhere out there... there are two people with no sense of rhythm, music, or soul... how else can you explain the negs?
louswire 10 months ago
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redshark618 11 months ago
thx SOOOO much for this. was my dad's fave song from back in the day. thx again.
flibideegibbit 11 months ago
This goes to prove what I've always said: Goodman was almost as good as Artie Shaw.
andermoose 11 months ago
If you HAD to pick one song to represent the Swing Era, certainly this song, and perhaps more importantly this version of this song, has to be in the top few. The back story to the event..... the gamble it represented to the Jazz community... we look back at it now without the ability to be in their shoes.... Benny Goodman means as much to me in terms of who he surrounded himself with and how he touched and was touched by many other greats. Sing Sing Sing is actually a Louis Prima song....
WhistlersFool 11 months ago
@WhistlersFool The gamble? Jazz was swinging along fine before this concert.
acr08807 10 months ago
@acr08807 ..Yes it was...there was Kid Ory and Eddie Condon.....both of them were playing some great jazz along with Sidney Bechet and others before Benny came along. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band or ODJB was playing some really early jazz too. If you want to hear some good jazz, check out The Carling Family Band on YouTube...Gunhild Carling was phenomenal on the trombone when she was only 9 years old.
SpeedyNeutrino43 10 months ago
Never quite figured out the Beatles......maximum milage from minimal talent. But then what do pubescent girls know?
SpeedyNeutrino43 11 months ago
@SpeedyNeutrino43 Frank Sinatra
eatsandsleeps 11 months ago
@SpeedyNeutrino43 They used to say the same thing about Frank Sinatra.
eatsandsleeps 11 months ago
Oh, yeah. So good and so groundbreaking. My mother had the album and I have listened to it often. Amazing.
Christina5Archer 1 year ago
Please do not forget Fletcher Henderson...without whom Benny would not have had some of those great arrangements. I love Benny Goodman and have many of his records/albums, including the 1938 Concert on 12 inch 78's, LP and CD. But give a good listen to Fletcher Henderson of the early to late 30's and I think you will like his music and hear how it influenced Benny.
wb2wly 1 year ago
@wb2wly Did you know Fletcher was a brilliant Chemist too? Grad school and all. But nowhere to go....and you know why. Alas. Yes...Fletch was a founding father of Big Band Arrangements. John-Hans Melcher "TheQuietDrummer"
thequietdrummer 1 year ago
This gives me the chills, and I can feel the hair on the back of my neck standing up. I would give almost anything to have been there at this concert in 1938.
nebraskafrankcourtny 1 year ago 2
Who put out this remastered recording please, must have it!
stuvio 1 year ago
There were giants in those days, and proof that the original Benny Goodman band had one of the best rhythm sections in the business: Gene Krupa (1909 - 1973) on drums, big brother Harry Goodman (???? - 1997) on bass, Alan Reuss (1915 - 1988) guitar, and Jess Stacy (1904 - 1995) piano. When Benny tosses the ball to Stacy toward the end ("Yeah, Jess!"), he recovers nicely, with one of the prettiest solos I've ever heard.
librarybob1958 1 year ago
Tpetman85 what rdx 506 said
baklava151 1 year ago
"Sing,Sing,Sing" was,and is,THE Moment of this Famous Concert! A Relay mic was set up in the hall,and a long wire was run down the street to Columbia's studio on 34th St.,which then was recorded on 16" Transcription Radio 78 RPM Discs..tranferred onto12" Lp in 1950,this went on to be the All-Time Best seller for Benny! Gene left after this concert for his own band,along with Harry James (Ditto!)..the others remained for awile. Michael Boyce
mrmjb1960 1 year ago
@mrmjb1960 Really a wire for 20 blocks? Amazing! I didn't know that. Thanks so much for this fact. And the rest is history forever. Thank you Recording engineers!!!!! I salute your genius too. John-Hans Melcher "theQuietDrummer"
thequietdrummer 1 year ago
I never tire of listening to this version - I was told that it was - unoficially recorded on a wire recorder. I was also told that in this version Benny Goodman - in his long solo - plays a note which is not on the claranet. I was privilaged to see one of the last perfomances of the Octet - in Munich - 1974. I had a seat just two rows from the fron - it cost the equivalent of a weeks wages but was worth every penny. I also managed to get the signatures of Benny and the band.
PeterLake001 1 year ago 3
A gold-plated classic
RayGettings 1 year ago
havent heard this song since forever. im 33 years old and grew up with this song in the house from my parents. lots of memories listening to this. my grandparents were at this show and said it was incredible. towards the end, near the big finish, where krupa is pounding the bass drum, its the audience's feet stomping in time as well. we used to have the double LP but who knows what happened to it. anyway thanks for posting!
infamousButcher1 1 year ago
Harry James playing the trumpet solo!!
mos454 1 year ago
Gene Krupa's a BEAST!
5:45 Who's playing the trumpet solo?
PuuMastaFunk 1 year ago
@PuuMastaFunk that was harry james...............once married to betty grable
exccc1 1 year ago
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PuuMastaFunk 1 year ago
I'm 80 years of age and this is STILL my favorite piece of music ever..................
exccc1 1 year ago
@exccc1 This must have blown everyone's socks off in 1938!
duckman531 1 year ago
If you want to hear the Jess Stacy solo from this concert, although it's a bit scratchy, BENNY GOODMAN JAZZ LEGEND PART 5
jefscolnago 1 year ago
@jefscolnago I did just as you suggested, thanks for the advice,also a lovely Goodman, Wilson , memories of you. I have the Sing Sing Sing 12 inch 78 rpm but it is great to have the Stacy solo at my leisure. many thanks.
Teddyb1939 1 year ago
Amen, Charger. Gene Krupa's ferocious power is absolutely awe inspiring here. All of the players rocked out HARD, but Gene was the force of nature that turned this performance into one for the ages. In a later era, he would easily have been a Rock God.
PhiloPharnsworth 1 year ago
TO ALL PEOPLE WANTING THE FULL PERFORMANCE:
On beemp3.com, there is a full 11 minute, 55 second recording of this. Go there!
Also, not meaning to be an asshole, please thumb this so that others can know about this.
JuilliardOrBust 1 year ago 30
You find yourself just steppin' back, shakin' your head. Because it's like nothing that happened before or after. I always knew Gene Krupa was a pot head. This made me see that as a good thing. he's like a locomotive back there. Just chuggin' away.
postdrop 1 year ago
I am 25 years old and I grew up listening to the Benny Good Man band....I try explain to my 21 year old girlfriend the importance of this type of music and she just doesnt get it.... The greatest band ever
rickjames21 1 year ago 2
yeah jess
grafonolafavorite 1 year ago 2
@Tpetman85 - YouTube now allows 15 minute videos. Any chance you could make a vid of the entire Sing Sing Sing recording?
Thanks for bringing us the music.....this concert was the best example of this wonderful era.
logansGT 1 year ago 3
Oh man, you cut off the best part too! Jess Stacy's godlike piano solo...listening to it is like a religious experience.
ZombieBriscoe 1 year ago
@ZombieBriscoe I know. I hate the 10 minute restriction here. That piano solo is considered to be the best live of all time in jazz.
triplettam 1 year ago
I have to play the clarinet solo
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allpowrz1 1 year ago
this is awesome XD Cant wait to play this in marching band
uzumakinaruto1613 1 year ago
@uzumakinaruto1613 I don't think anyone could march to it-----would HAVE to dance
7754349200 4 months ago
@7754349200 LOL we did dance to it! like the whole piece! XD so much fun
uzumakinaruto1613 4 months ago
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AJNorth 1 year ago
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Poor Jess Stacy, indeed - and us. For what was cut-off is the finest two minutes of improvisational jazz piano ever captured by a microphone. Until his death on the first day of 1995, people would ask Stacy if he could play that again; he'd just smile and say in his quite voice, "No."
AJNorth 1 year ago
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AJNorth 1 year ago
Poor Jess Stacy, diss'd again!
sealman546 1 year ago
Dance music cannot get much better than this - Krupa's drumming is amazing!
nedhamson 1 year ago
@nedhamson Gene Krupa was John Bonham before there was John Bonham. He totally kicks ass!
bpabustan 1 year ago 2
@bpabustan Krupa and Buddy Rich were the best I have ever heard.
royalconcertgebouw 1 year ago
If he hasn't replied back I could post my copy of the recording I have of the 1938 concert
hoodedarche0 1 year ago
If you're going to only load one video, this be the one to load. Timeless swing/jazz and pure jammin'! Thanks!
cdbpdx 1 year ago
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This is THE 'killer-diller' performance of "Sing, Sing, Sing." In the last section when the soloists strut their stuff, Jess Stacy produced what many consider to be the finest two minutes of improvisational jazz piano ever captured by a microphone. On one side of the stage, Goodman's other pianist, Teddy Wilson, was experiencing total rapture; seeing that, Goodman can be heard saying, "Yeah, Teddy." For the rest of his life, people would ask Stacey to repeat the magic. Jess would just smile.
AJNorth 1 year ago
I just this moment saw a notice on YT that said they were increasing the time limit on uploaded vids to 15 minutes! You would make me and a lot of other folks happy if you were to repost this in complete form! Please!!!!
1953jazzman 1 year ago 2
@1953jazzman
Oh, hell yeah!
wtsharpe3 1 year ago
TPETMAN85:
I agree with 1953jazzman.
Please DO re-post the whole thing in complete form.
It would be great if you could.
boxingjos 1 year ago
@boxingjos I concur...lots of us would be happy if you went to the trouble to post it again since YouTube will allow 15 minutes.....THANKS !
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
This song (not just this version) is one of the best LIVE songs of any genre you will ever hear. Amazing......
bwc3821 1 year ago
@bwc3821 Agree! Just as electrifying as Deep Purple's Made In Japan, Frampton Comes Alive, Queen Live Killers, The Original Three Tenors concert, Metallica's Live S^&t, The Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East, Jimi Hendrix at Monterey, Woodstock - ALL ELECTRIFYING LIVE RECORDINGS.
bpabustan 1 year ago
Crisp. Hot. Absolutely glorious! Love Krupa's work on the toms. I have this recording, and I never get tired of listening to it.
lauraalittle 1 year ago
Hi Tpetman85: Who puts out this complete version? I downloaded the one from ITunes and Jess Stacy was cut out completly. It is a crime. I couldn't believe it. Any help will be appreciated.
rwillihn 1 year ago
Isn't this Glenn Miller
clapthatdoor 1 year ago
This one concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938 singlehandedly transformed jazz from a regional music appreciated primarily by the black community in America and by hip Europeans to the most popular music in America at the time! It legitimized jazz to a majority of the American public! A good retelling of the story is found in the movie The Benny Goodman Story! Sadly, this clip is not entirely complete.
1953jazzman 1 year ago
@1953jazzman it's arguable that louis armstrong did the same thing, but this was definitely a milestone that shows that the age had come, and passed? maybe not fully.
glennmiller2005 1 year ago
@glennmiller2005 Good point!
1953jazzman 1 year ago
One of the very few 'artists' or bands that changed the musical culture of the WORLD.I can think of four
The GREAT Benny Goodman Band
Elvis
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Great music is ETERNAL no matter what era.PEACE
charger4079 1 year ago 44
@charger4079 pfunk
glennmiller2005 1 year ago
@charger4079 No arguement about your four choices of the greatest Bands.
hootowlholler 1 year ago
@hootowlholler coolio
charger4079 1 year ago
@charger4079 Led zeppelin? oh please give me a break
mxDragon18 1 year ago
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charger4079 1 year ago 17
@charger4079 John Entwistle was in Zeppelin?
acr08807 10 months ago
@acr08807 He He.....excellent!!
charger4079 10 months ago
@charger4079 I'd like to put in my two cents' worth.Your list is pretty darn near perfect, with a couple of exceptions: Hoagy Carmichael (who influenced so many is truly underappreciated); and JANIS, of course, belongs on the list, too. Where would all of our great "chick" singers be without her courage and voice? Hugs, my friend!
pearlsgirl61 11 months ago
@charger4079 Don't forget Jimi hendrix.
jassbo 8 months ago
@charger4079 incomplete list.
Louis Armstrong.
Jimi Hendrix.
Les Paul (inventor of the solid body electric guitar)
chas63 8 months ago
@charger4079 Somebody NEEDS to put 1940's era music back on our radios instead of the dross that passes for music today.
electricpizzafly 7 months ago 2
@electricpizzafly You are so right! Let's build a time machine and have some fun.CHEERS MATE!
charger4079 7 months ago
1 person missed the like button!
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LostGoldMusic 1 year ago
Does anyone know if there's a film of this concert?
This was a magical night.....those guys were in the f 'ing zone and this song is amazing. Krupa was kickin' it and everyone was totally in sync; great solos.
At times it sounded like the first rock song, in 1938!.....just wish that the whole thing could have fit into the YT time frame.
logansGT 1 year ago
Gene Krupa solo???
Comdesron17 1 year ago
This is the most thrilling video I've ever seen on YouTube, and it's not even a video. Absolutely unbelievable. I would give anything to be there that night.
nebraskafrankcourtny 1 year ago 2
@nebraskafrankcourtny Me too.
AciidExE 1 year ago
My 82 y/o Pop has the original vinyl recording of this, which he treasures above most anything else he has!! I remember listening to this music growing up. Thank heavens for my beloved Pop, who introduced me to this legendary music of his generation. When I hear the drums start to roll in the intro of this, I immediately think of The Greatest Generation.....and they were, from this timeless music to surviving the worst Depression this country has ever known, to winning a war on 2 fronts.
Theodorej1960 1 year ago
i have a chunk of the concert on vinyl. man these guys are rockin.
DylanRude 1 year ago
Man, no offense but you wasted like, 10 seconds of Jess Stacy's Piano solo with that dead space before the clip gets underway...
retroflow44 1 year ago
Why did you let it stop at the piano solo? This was a night which changed music.
Christina5Archer 1 year ago
This concert was a high point in American culture.
cosmo2631 1 year ago
@cosmo2631 Amen to that!!
charger4079 1 year ago
I love benny goodman! I wish I could play jazz on clarinet like him!
Pinoygurl613 1 year ago
This is the best version of Bennies sing sing sing. Any chance you can post the whole thing? I know youtube limits the megabites, but maybe you can make part one and two or so. My parents used to own this record, and I taped it like 20 years ago, I even bought a Mercedes with tape-player to listen to this song, but the tape is kind of worn out, and sounds pretty bad this days. I can download youtube music, and you would make my day by posting the whole record!!
Markoloppogus 1 year ago
@Markoloppogus Dude, buy the CD. It costs like ten whole bucks.
jgrab1 1 year ago
@jgrab1 whats the cd called then?
Jazzatic2 1 year ago
@Jazzatic2 Try 'The Famous Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert 1938' - available on amazon or your favourite music retailer. And yes, worth every penny/cent.
Piotrpumpinkopf 1 year ago
The best there ever was, the best there ever will be.
Pug1949 1 year ago
That "C" above High "C" is so clear and sweet! Happy the cut off was not before it.
shooshoo2012 1 year ago
Hey guys, I have acquired the original recording of this, and for the most part the bad sound quality was due to bad acoustics. However, my versions sounds slightly better, and "rdx506," I'm going to do what you suggested with splitting it into two parts. It should be up on my channel within the hour.
deathray393 1 year ago
my son said to me ( i didnt know you liked tom and jerry music )
kumatosky 1 year ago 2
lol, i liked this music at the age of 8, when i still watched that, and i did enjoy the music collection. didnt start collecting until i was 13 though, and ive only been at it for a year.
deathray393 1 year ago
i wish to hear stacy to the last.
please up.
hhk763 1 year ago
I hate these digital "remasterings". They are VERY poorly done, and all the treble is attenuated. I restore records just as a hobby, and I by no means have professional equipment, or a large budget, but I get MUCH better results than this. I wish I could have a copy of the original recording of this.
deathray393 1 year ago
@deathray393 I would love to hear your restorations. I'm having trouble hearing Benny at 1:12 and blasting my ears out when the brass comes in.
clonecaptain13 1 year ago
I would love to make one, but I can't find this record anywhere. I do however, have a restoration of the 1936 recording on my channel. I've done better ones, but it certainly was not my worst.
deathray393 1 year ago
@deathray393 The Sony remasterings of the master acetates were NOT rolled off or filtered in any way. On the CD you can hear everything...no attenuation. The symbol brush and trumpet bites are pristine. Krupa's drum sounds like skin. Sony took a chance doing it this way, but the results are authentic.
lcs1956 1 year ago
Oh, well good for them. It says digitally remastered on the the description of this, and the audio quality sounds like shit. Could just be acoustics?
deathray393 1 year ago
I grew up listening to this album, (by the way, the first double album in popular music history). I've listened to the whole concert at least 1000 times, & only recently realized something -- that night, there were several trumpeters (James, Clayton, Elman) several pianists ( Stacy, Wilson, Basie ) several saxes ( Young, Rollini, Carney, Hodges ) ...one clarinet of course ( Goodman )....& 1 & ONLY 1 drummer, who played on EVERY song, changing styles &going full bore ALL NIGHT -- Gene Krupa.
MJLatora 1 year ago
@MJLatora Gene Krupa - the father of rock drumming! The prototype of John Bonham, Dave Lombardo, Ian Paice, Cozy Powell, Neil Peart and ANIMAL!
bpabustan 1 year ago 2
gene krupa the master , this musical moment is in history is superb, i wish i ould have been there
kumatosky 1 year ago
Who is the drummer?
ofornells 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure it was Gene Kruppa.
BudmanPackfan 1 year ago
What a great moment in music history....it all builds to the end and I hope someone puts it on you tube.......this was 72 years ago.....I love all music including a lot of rock and roll, but this will always be my favorite.
rdcommish 1 year ago
Benny Goodman was of course a great musician in both the jazz and classical scenes, first class ,stuff just imagine if the recording techniques were as good then as they are now, but we have to be thankful that we have these recordings still around.
melodharmony 2 years ago
There are, in fact, many recordings made by BG on newer equipment.
ebuliavac 1 year ago
@ebuliavac "Newer" equipment yes but not the gear that is available today to record mostly inferior artistes. Some of the digitally remastered stuff just sounds like it was done in the bathroom.
melodharmony 1 year ago
You're right. Just letting you know in case you wanted to listen. Vinyl and tape sound darn good.
ebuliavac 1 year ago
I bought this concert in 1956 on two LP's and wore them out. I still enjoy listening to it on my CD player. Pop stars come and go but this stuff is timeless and everlasting.
kafcan 2 years ago 2
@kafcan Let me see Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga pull off a stunt like this! Ha! I doubt it if they can....
bpabustan 1 year ago 15
@bpabustan Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber music is for low culture music people. I know some people gonna get mad with me, but that's the naked true. Believe me.
jassbo 8 months ago
@bpabustan LMAO you think a crowd who enjoys Rachmaninoff works will put up for that 21st century crap!!
n64wilbert 5 months ago
I would have loved to have seen a film made of this concert.
Listening to it is great , but to actually see it performed.....
logansGT 2 years ago
i could swear i saw a video of this about a year ago, but i can't find it anywhere now..
munkyhed 2 years ago
I did a pretty thorough search and couldn't find it anywhere.
logansGT 2 years ago
most people in 1938 were not used to this type of music......this concert, (a classic of all classics), must have blown their minds.....harry james trumpet solo can never be outdone!!!!
ezed39 2 years ago 3
Just found this album on vinyl today. What a gem.
badboyrhythmdub 2 years ago
This is the hardest rocking song EVER!This band was out years BEFORE Elvis,Beatles and Led Zeppelin.This was one the BIGGEST,BADDEST BANDS of all time!
charger4079 2 years ago 56
@charger4079 Written by Looie Prima.
8cccpeevostokzempf 1 year ago
@charger4079 I would like to agree with you. This was Hard Rock before there was Hard Rock. This along with In The Mood were as hard rocking and heavy for their time.
bpabustan 1 year ago
@charger4079 Amen!
royalconcertgebouw 1 year ago
Tpetman85 -- It 'ends @ 4:01, with applause. So you could upload two parts; one being 4:01 mins. and the other being 8:14 mins.
/Problem Solved !
rdx506 2 years ago 16
the whole sound of the arrangements and "feel" is do to Flecther Henderson, Benny's whole "Book" was built around Fletcher. He knew it and gave many kudos to Fletch over the years. Fletch was writing "big band" arrangements before there was big bands.
rocnfitz 2 years ago 2
I read in Irving Kolodin's liner notes that someone told Benny after the concert, "It's too bad someone didn't make a record of this"; Goodman replied, "Someone did". So how couldn't he have known that Albert Marx was recording the concert? {After the fact?} I haven't heard the introduction to the original 1950 release of the album set, incidentally...
fromthesidelines 2 years ago 2
mannnn !!!! when are you going to post the second part ?
kumatosky 2 years ago
Have just listened to Benny Goodman recounting the story behind this concert and THAT solo on Benny Goodman: King of Swing, a radio doc streaming from BBC 2. The story of the concert begins at 19:38 (yea, spooky) on Episode 3 and its worth listening to just to hear how unbelievably lucky we are that a recording was even made - and found again 12 years later. It includes Jess Staceys breathtaking solo, but not the rest, so thanks for posting this, Ill play it all night long.
donrocin 2 years ago
Apparently Jess Stacey was not expecting to solo, but when Benny gave him the nod he knew he had to. Listening closely, you can hear a brief second of hesitation as Jess starts out. If true, his solo is masterful musicianship. Imagine making up that 'on the spot', even though he may have played some of the riffs many times over in earlier shows and concerts. I have been listening to it more than 40 years and never tire of it. What an artist!
Urbino237 2 years ago
Yep. I read not too long ago that he was glad he didn't know Benny was going to call him for a Solo, because he thought if he HAD known, that the nerves would have caused him to mess up. Anyone who's done a little reading on Benny's temperament knows how bad that coulda turned out....
funstuff2006 2 years ago
Benny's temper is right. After firing Big Sid Catlett (my favourite of all jazz drummers) apparently Benny said that if he wanted his final pay he would have to show up for the remaining two weeks of his contract. This ignominy suffered by Big Sid meant that he had to sit backstage for those two weeks, watching and hearing everything of the replacement drummer taking over. Hope this is incorrect, and I wish I could recall the source.
Urbino237 2 years ago 2
graet music i wish my sons could enjoy this master piece of art in its total dimension as part of a music era
Thaanswer03 2 years ago
This is great music, but we must also give credit to the composer - The great Louie Prima
cordyman2 2 years ago 2
The single greatest moment in America's true art form.
awgeisler 2 years ago
This all time great live versio9n of sing, sing, sing sure brings back memories. When I was a kid our family use to sing down in the living room every Sunday and listen to this.
It's a classic.
Thanks.
blue45bj 2 years ago
This recording is a true classic and I'm told it was recorded on one overhead mike and cut on to 16" master,its brilliant Thanks
terencehaydn 2 years ago
Best version of sing sing sing ever! Dig Gene Krupa! And Stacey's solo is eternaly beautiful!
krupafan 2 years ago 2
My God, it can't get any better than this!
pammyinlp 2 years ago 2
For those who want the whole song, this remastering (Avid, 2008) is available on iTunes. Counts as 3 songs, but it's the best $3 you'll ever spend.
jpdemers 2 years ago
Benny at his best. That super high E-flat at 9:33 is impossible to hit. In 26 years of clarinet playing, I've never reached it. Thanks for posting.
CPRCanadian 2 years ago
@CPRCanadian Judging from your statement, an clarinet is tuned in A? Because that high Eb you said on 9:33 is C to us.
bpabustan 1 year ago
This was a groundbreaking concert. Thanks SO MUCH for posting this.
mabhekaphansi 2 years ago