Teddy Wilson - Benny Goodman Trio

[cbs2don]

Goodman hired Fletcher Henderson in 1934 to write charts for his band and was a force behind the band's success.

[vimana19]

Methinks Tatum learned from Teddy.

[JoshGold34]

Thanx 4 this...gr8 post.....

[mrdandy7]

<3

[thebossesdaughter101]

wow!

[helmusico]

I just saw this doumental in film&arts (Oct30/ 1:30pm Latinoamerica)

[tcampbell1111]

Because of the discrimination that Goodman encountered at hotels with black musicians in his band, he eventually bought railroad cars for the band to stay in as they traveled from town to town.

[wiliscool]

What is this a clip of? I would love to watch the rest!

[zhartable]

Love it a big Teddy Wilson fan~thanks for posting! His fingers had such great dexterity; light touch! I can defiantly hear the influence he had on Billy Taylor~

[JimmyDeLocke]

Benny discovered a lot of great black talent and gave them a start in the business -- the BG Sextet that recorded the immortal "Studio B" sessions included black legends Charlie Christian, Lionel Hampton and Count Basie!

[ton41]

The Benny Goodman Trio was one of the most perfects music machines of all the times and Benny was a great person. Unforgettable.

[senbonsakura1]

i love that goliath is the narrator. fuckin keith david man. fuckin keith david

[Doumbeck]

Benny played great but is known as a major A whole among musicians.. Benny, being Jewish, should have stuck up for Teddy from bar one..but fine "shoulds" don't mean shit.. Its all history, and its America's greatest contribution to the world..

[karinablacktie]

It's true that he wasn't well liked by many musicians, in part because he was such a perfectionist and demanding band leader. But Goodman really DID stand up for Wilson, and many other black musicians. You have to understand that his initial resisitance was due to Jim Crow laws, which actually made his having "colored" players in his band illegal in many areas. (continued)

[karinablacktie]

(continued from below... a little backwards.) Once he did agree, he championed for their rights. According to Jazz by Ken Burns, when someone asked him why he "played with that nigger" (referring to Wilson), Goodman replied, "I'll knock you out if you use that word around me again". He was known for demanding that all his band members eat at the same place while one tour, and would not support a place that would not serve his black musicians, even insisting they be allowed to sit together.

[Copterdl]

I have heard from other musicians about the BG "glare" if you didn't play very well.

[tristambeow]

i love the myth perpetuated by burns about goodman being an asshole...show me one successful bandleader that wasn't an asshole back in the day. what does that make charles mingus.., mother teresa? also, those stupid battle of the band clips between goodman and webb...as if they were on the same stage at the same time! and...what's up with all the focus on armstrong...most jazz musicians resented him like the plague, representing the minstrel style as he did his whole life/career

[mmilovan]

That part with "Time On My Hands" is especially beautiful...

[ritade45]

What I wouldn't give to play like that. Teddy's flawless. By himself or with Benny Goodman I could listen to him all night long. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to hear them all back then.

[StrideBatty76]

He is one of my gods in musik generally. No wonder that he has got on so well with Art Tatum :-)

[lcalegan]

This is a fantastic sampling from one of the best documentaries I've ever had the pleasure of seeing, "Ken Burns' Jazz." Anyone who loves jazz should certainly check it out. Thanks for posting this.

[Corrie121]

What a majestic talent Teddy possessed. His playing was exquisite.

The racial aspect of this period in time still saddens me.

Thank you for posting this informative piece.

[gaieski]

Teddy can kick some serious butt!

[killercheif2]

Thank you so much for sharing this.  Of course the piano playing is truly brilliant, but it's also good to hear about the racial difficulties, and acknowledge those who stuck thier head above the parapet - like the woman that made the live event happen. Thanka.

[makebelieveballroom]

Goodman didn't care about color,only music.But,in '34 while starting out on his own he didn't want to stack the deck against himself in a racist society.He put Wilson on stage and followed that up with the first black vocalist in front of a "white" big band with the great Ella Fitzgerald.That was in '36 I believe.Great post.Thanx!

[JosephNScott]

"He put Wilson on stage and followed that up with the first black vocalist in front of a 'white' big band with the great Ella Fitzgerald. That was in '36 I believe." Interracial recording sessions were common in the '30s, and Benny and Ella did record together. I don't think she ever traveled in the '30s-'40s as a member of Goodman's troupe for "live" performances, like Teddy, Hampton, Christian, Cootie, Catlett, etc. did.

[mrgoodvibrations]

Don't forget Linoel Hampton, another man of color who played with Benny Goodman!

[Jagermeister196]

Beautiful

[seth766320]

Hay man this wasn't about race, it was about mixing the races. But I don't know so much about that ether. Is this why its hard to find a version of Goodman's Jump on here? Its much funkier than Basie you know.

[3003405]

Very nice! Thank you, thank Benny, thank Gene, and thank Teddy!!

[mmgerardo]

Teddy is simply magnificent!, but let´s not forget the couple of chums that play along with him, either!

[kapumana]

Listened to many pianists who made me want to practice but Wilson live in Battersea town hall ,in the '60s.?, made me want to chop up my piano! Thank you.

[TeddyWilson]

Teddy is always the best :)

[klactv]

Many thanks for this mini-documentary. Teddy Wilson was the most elegant jazz pianist. He should be included with Oscar Wilde and Cole Porter.

[russellmania37]

Oscar Wilde...?

I believe you meant to say Oscar Levant or possibly Oscar Peterson. Oscar Wilde was a 19th century Irish author and poet.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Russellmani, I know who Oscar Levant was. I mentioned Wilde and Porter because of the elegance they shared with Teddy Wilson.

[BenDavy]

I love Teddy Wilson, I have an amazing record of his with Billie Holiday singing.. anyone know where i can get mp3 versions?

[StompyX]

is it on "what a Little moonlight Can Do" As I beleive that is Billie sigling on that tune.

[BenDavy]

its the album too hot for words, that song is on ther yes!

i just want it in mp3 format and dont have software to convert :D

[trevorgiles]

Superb... the BG trio would'nt havemade it but for Teddy Wilson what wonder...

[benny0607]

génial!!!merci pour ces images