Benny Goodman Quartet - Avalon

[fistofflingern]

these guys had fun!!! :-)

and me too!!!

[Fire17y]

even in 2011 people are talking about this music. awesome :)

[sparkomatic]

Just been getting into this stuff lately. My pop used to listen to Benny Goodman. I like them better when they got a little older and slowed down a bit. That stuff from the 30s is stupid fast. Like ole Chuck Berry said, "I got no kick against modern jazz, unless they try to play it too darn fast, and lose the beauty of the melody. Oh yeah, and Gene Krupa is the MAN.

[IsobelSturgeon]

According to my father, the late, great Scats Taylor, Benny Goodman was God and should have been on the one dollar bill.

[AMEwrestling]

This must have been in 1972 because Gene Krupa succumbed to leukemia in 1973. Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman died in 1986 from heart failure and Lionel Hampton kicked the bucket in 2002. May they all rest in peace.

[miereczek11]

uwielbiam klarnet

[plafkinfarms]

Kent County Probate Court destroyed Dixie Pavilion(10,000 sq ft.--5000 sq ft of harwood dance floor)-Wayland, Michigan

Roger Plafkin--Plafkin Farms--Ada, Michigan

[plafkinfarms]

It really does not get any better than this; if you play the clarinet, you have to marvel at Benny Goodman's dexterity and his ability to move his fingers so effortlessly; if you play the piano, you have to love Teddy Wilson's interpretation of how the base should be played; Lionel Hampton is in a class by himself; Gene Krupa appears to be in a world of his own. This is truly a treasure to be passed down..

Roger Plafkin--Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan

[edwardconway27]

this Man is the God of Swing era!

[pedrofireman]

These two comedians that doesn't like this video are deaf....

[thedarkness97]

This is what inspired Cantina in Star Wars

[Toracube]

They sure love that Jazz Music. Brilliant !!

[airdaleify]

Why do so many nit-pickers insist upon showing their ignorance congegate on You Tube ?

[fromthesidelines]

This was one of the original Goodman Quartet's [+1] final public performances- Gene Krupa died the following year.

[ronabbey1940]

They were all great. I particularly liked the driving sounds from Gene Krupa. I have several of the trio and quartet and trio on the original Vocalion label. Don't know how to upload them, sorry.

[Mervyn691]

Fabulous! Just fab! Unsurpassed.

Thank you so much for renewing the memories of sight and sound.

Mervyn YouTube 691

[kayserbondor]

Perhaps not in shot too much, but what a great bass player- George Duvivier.

[diannagrana1]

Hampton , Goodman ,Krupta & co the best !

[Jagermeister196]

Jazz has never felt better than this & i'm responsible for about 10000 of those views.

[glasgraveur]

Es ist grossartig wie Mr.Goodman mit seinem Instrument-singen- kann. Mit wunderbaren Begleitern ( Hampton,Krupa,Wilson) die selbst herausragende Solisten sind. Vier Herren der Spitzenklasse

[glasgraveur]

Es ist grossartig wie Mr.Goodman mit seinem Instrument-singen- kann. Mit wunderbaren Begleitern ( Hampton,Krupa,Wilson) die selbst herausragende Solisten sind

[ciroalb3]

Benny rushes the intro phrases, from about 0:33-0:38, should be a smoother, steadier rhythm. Similar lapses a little later, Wilson is perfection, as they all are at the end. Of course they'd only played this a thousand times.

[shivan30]

@wonderboysc1 @TedButterman It's TEDDY WILSON on the piano dudes xD

[sonarman65]

He's right Jerome. You are looking at the original B.G. quartet. Gene left Benny and went out on his own as did Hamp. But now and again they got together over the years to weave their magic. We will never see their likes again.

[shekinah1273]

I like Benny Goodman's music. He is awesome with the clarinet. Kevin Ruiz

[shekinah1273]

I like Benny Goodman's music. He is awesome with the clarinet. Kevin Ruiz.

[groovedrumming1]

Thanks for this video...this group was still swingin' after all those years...there has been many great quartets to come after these guys in jazz...The MJQ...The Dave Brubeck Quartet...but you really have to give it to The Goodman Quartet...they really could play...

[naizret]

Is that George Duvivier on bass?

[sekkin104]

さいこーっすね

[amalshookup]

the grateful dead of the thirties!

[amalshookup]

The Grateful Dead of the thirties!

[pedrofireman]

I don't know if i commented here before but anyways it deserves twice...lol

The most amazing musical group of all times.. Krupa, Hampton, Wilson and Goodman!!! With the participation of Duvivier.. another great musician..Geez THIS IS GOOD STUFF!!!

[stargate121]

Gene Krupa kicked Buddy Rich's ass.

[VulcanJedi2006]

Wow, I'm embarrassed to say, I've just discovered these guys. Watching Ken Burns "Jazz" and I got to the Goodman quartet part and loved---so great to see they did it in their sixties too! This and Satchmo are my favs.

Wonderfull music.

[luvtrns4evr]

I hope this great music is on the otherside as well. How wonderful can this be. Awesome!

[Edjard1]

I saw the PBS broadcast of this concert in 1980. The BG Quartet TV segment was a 3 song set. The other two songs are found on YouTube at: Benny Goodman Quartet Moonglow

Great to see these guys, in their mid-60s, still rockin' and not lost their edge. The TV broadcast also featured Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. I Wish PBS would broadcast it again. But the performance rights issues would make it a nightmare to accomplish.

[TedButterman]

That's Mel Powell on piano.

[bobjazz11]

If it is- he's got one hell of a suntan..

Bob

[TedButterman]

HI,

I'll go back and take another look. Maybe I was looking at a different video than that's what you're referring to. I was watching the Danny Kaye video with Louis, Hampton, Dorsey, and who is definitely Mel Powell on piano.

Ted

[bobjazz11]

Hi Ted

Yes it certainly is - and it's a great movie

Best

Bob

[CCConservatory]

@TedButterman I think you were looking at Red Nichols and the 5 Pennies movie...?

[wonderboysc1]

@TedButterman

No, that is Teddy Williams on Piano

[RennieEllen]

@TedButterman -- He was introduced as Teddy Wilson by Doc Severenson (The Tonight Show).

[VinnyLLL]

They are the best of the best!

[hawkrider88]

Wonderful...great players all who personified swing. Miss you Benny, miss you Gene.

[Introspection79]

old school still popin' fresh',..haha!

[helluvagun]

What the rest of lineup can do, we already know from decades back!

[helluvagun]

I've always felt that George Duvivier was one of a kind. He mastered swing, bop, cool and even Eric Dolphy! He was a giant on stringed bass!

"Duvivier studied violin at the Conservatory of Music and Art in New York and became assistant concertmaster of The Central Manhattan Symphony Orchestra at 16!!! "

[1968obiwan1]

Thats REAL music..........This is from a special called the "All Star Swing Festival". The entire special is this good!

[HarunConn]

Leudde,is doch scheißegal,is einfach tolle Mucke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gruß

Harun

[K59BEM]

the best of all....

[4205lr]

They didn't mention the great George Duvivier on bass.

[JeromeW]

Unfortunately so, but maybe because Slam Stewart was the original bassist for Goodman, and there was no drums in the early days. Krupa had his own band...

[4205lr]

But the original BG quartet didn't have a bassist.

[JeromeW]

You are correct. I researched my own mistake and you are correct. BG, Krupa, Teddy Wilson on Piano and Lionel Hampton on Vibes. Mea culpa.

[TedButterman]

Wrong. Mel Powell on piano.

[sonarman65]

When Benny passed on I felt very sad.

He and his boys had been doin' it for me since I "found them" in 1950. But he and

the original Swing guys of the 30's and

40's gave us music that (if you dig it and you have a pulse) just continues to lay me out. I'm old and in the way now but you put that music near me anytime and the bottom of my shoes are wearin' out

what's ever underneath. One amazing thing about Benny, no matter who played with him the sound was the same. He elevated their game.

[gotmeagrape]

Jammin seniors make me lol...

Good stuff

[JPSclarinet]

*tapping foot* Yeah!!

[tackorgybe]

This is real music; thanks for posting

[StradMan37]

Fabulous music by some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century! I adore Benny's lightly floating sound on the licorice stick! No one makes it sound so smooth - and HOT too!

And, the group was introduced by my trpting idol, "Little Doc" himself - Doc Severinsen! His name, for me, is synonymous with the word "trumpet" - been my idol fer 40 yrs - & I'm a retired trpr living in Mexico now, JUST LIKE DOC!!!!!!

Love Doc more'n BEER! Well, let's not get carried away...

[ElhansonET]

it´s such a great sound!

it´s so peacefull and relaxed...

pass the spirit on!

[Frippinonthefrotz]

Great stuff huh? Imagine ,after all of those years when Swing was king he and his friends still swing!

[JohnPietaro]

Beautigul. The BG Quartet was so unique in its time--back in the 30s--as it really played "chamber Jazz", not usualy small group swing. Each member was a powerhouse. Here, the grop reunites after each member has gone gray, but still kicking absolute ass. Love Krupa's use of the bass drum a la be-bop on an old swing tune like Avalon.....

[warabe53]

Awesome guy

[rerr2000]

Such a sweet tune!!

[Rolandriprig]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!

[irish89055]

this should have come up near the top on search for the song Avalon... not those others... sheezzzzz .. anyone?

[JazzMeSilly]

i caught Benny live three or four times at the end of his career. He usually played only four or five songs. When he swung, he swung, and the fans loved it. I miss him, He was the greatest.

[wickedqueenrocks]

they sure don't play/make music like this anymore.....

[ritade45]

Benny Goodman is my favorite. And all these guys together, Wilson, Krupa, Hampton, what more can you say. This is awesome!!

[bilskalorn]

I thank you bobjazz for all these goodman postings. They are wonderfull i can and do listen all night .

[pla1945]

Heard this first when I was a little guy in the 50's. Still rings true with me.

[ritade45]

WOW! All I can say is this is PERFECT!!!! You can't get no better than this - that's for sure!!

[bacardimachini]

ala de eggs! esta super padre la rola!

esto si es musik

[julesmonendrumface]

was this for the louis armstrong memorial ?

[ElhansonET]

sensationell!!

unglaublich, mit das beste an swing, was man hören kann. Vom feinsten.

unbelievable! i love that music.

[jgrab1]

Dig the MC's suit! :-)

[jonguard]

That's Doc Severenson, from The Jonny Carson Show.

[smittyfromthecity]

man thats a bright piano... it almost sounds like the vibes

[saykerblue]

This is just perfect jazz: wonderful swinging musicianship - individually and as a group. True dynamic democracy !

[macvoutie]

No Gene Krupa was not as fast as Buddy Rich but DAMN! the man was musical. Check out how he accents and supports the music with his left hand and right foot.

[Comdesron17]

you're right about that ... wasn't fast but had rhythm...my idol for me starting to play drums.

[vermontblue]

Thanks for this video of four great musicians. Tha King and his knights. Saw a concert in Carnegie Hall when Krupa couldn't participate. Buddy Rich sat in. He was never lacking in ego but he acted like a little boy invited to play with the big kids. Always ouystanding.

[kenjames64]

Are you kidding me? This is the greatest thing I've ever seen. The first album I ever had was an old album my father gave to me in 1978 when I was 10, and it was Benny's greatest hits. Ever since I've been such a Goodman fan. Saw Hampton at Disneyland the year before he passed away....anyway, thanks for posting this!

[efeutz]

You can't beat Benny as far as swingin'!!

[bilskalorn]

This music is just magnificent!

[JSjujubee]

i mean really, who can beat him???

[neondave]

Da Best !!!!!

[m1947n]

When I saw here Gene`s drumming support Lionel`s solo,I have to ask:Are there drummplayers like him nowadays?To understand,that noice is not everything.

[JSjujubee]

there are always some who are great, like now, M.B. Gordy, i heard his.

[ovemunk]

Not many. Gene was the ultimate "instinctive drummer" who played intuitively. I'll bet that he did not think about what he was going to play, he just did it. Incidentially this was AFTER his first stroke.

[m1947n]

You are absolutely right.After his first strike he started to hear and feel ,how those others tried inturbe the melody they were playing.Supporting klarinet,piano,bass and ksylophone were just made for them.After his first Strike.

[drdee51]

Gene never suffered a stroke, his also studied academically till right before he died.

[Peter1q2w34]

Benny's tone is great

[pbknoe]

what year is this???

[HolyHansemandse]

Benny is really amazing, but is it just me or was he better in his youth?

[Pip1202]

Holly,  Arn't we all?

[Michull01]

Ummm, this is the Benny Goodman Quintet

[bobjazz11]

Well spotted!

Bob

[scoggles]

Not exactly true... George Duvivier, the bass player, was not a member of the quartet. The Benny Goodman quartet never had a bass player. This is the BGQuartet WITH George Duvivier. They never called themselves the Benny Goodman Quintet. The Benny Goodman Trio was just Benny, Gene, and Teddy.

[hoshun]

Its hard to make the clarinet look cool, but Benny Goodman really does it justice - its usually the sax that gets the most attention :(

[stellalumas]

Yeah!! Greatness, thanks for sharing.

[Yehudi]

They'll be watching this in wide-eyed amazement 100 years from now. God, how those guys could sail!

[Jagermeister196]

I hear you my friend

[3003405]

It just doesn't get any better than this, and you know what? -- It never will!

[davinata]

Have to agree with Knightofne543. I don't know who he is and no one mentions him. But he is kick ass as our American cousins would say. I love the big bass. It's not swing without the big bass thumping away.

[Knightofne543]

Who is playing bass? He's awesome.

[bobjazz11]

It's George Duvivier

Bob

[sing48]

Excellent! What is the date of this gig?

[bobjazz11]

1972

Bob

[stargate121]

You can tell by Doc's outfit.

[davinata]

If I was in a pub/club and these were playing, I would and could watch them ALL night and right through the night. Easy. So perfect.

[bgibb101]

Awesome

[attabuoy]

S-m-o-o-t-h, by the best small group ever!! Thanks Bobjazz 11.

[cajohn54]

you said it ah cha cha