Sing Sing Sing - Carnegie Hall 1938

The legendary Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall version of Sing Sing Sing.
Featuring Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Harry James and more!
My personal favourite version of Sing Sing Sin too..

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Music

Tags:

• benny goodman
• jazz
• concert
• carnegie hall
• legendary
• clarinet

[sunsetarts]

This was the performance that brought swing jazz to the mainstream and it made Gene Krupa a star in his own right. It also sealed Benny Goodman's place as the King of Swing. Thanks for finding and posting it. It has to be my all time favorite version.

[DarkwingFlash]

@sunsetarts Same. I've actually had the album for like 3 years, it really is fantastic from start to finish and made history which is amazing!

[rocktillipop]

Gene Krupa turned the drums into an instrument. He didn't just beat the drums he "Played" the drums. This tune turned me on to big band when I happened to catch by accident Don Kennedy's "Big Band Jump". I have been a big fan since. It was not the music of my youth but it is now my favorite.

[DarkwingFlash]

@rocktillipop Yeah, this stuff was a little before my time...by like 60 years :P But I do love it so and the Carnegie Hall concert is an absolutely breathtaking album. It's so amazing that it was recorded, because it wasn't supposed to be and then it got lost and found and overall has a pretty amazing history which allows us to hear it today!

[TheyCallMeLackey]

Thanks for posting this! This is one of my favorite performances of all time and it could be found in pieces on Youtube before your upload. This performance is seriously one of the most powerful things I've ever heard.

[DarkwingFlash]

@TheyCallMeLackey No problem! Youtube extending the runtime for vids helped a lot! Unfortunately, a piece like Honeysuckle Rose can't be posted as it's basically 20 minutes of them improving and my youtube account has a 15 minute limit to it :/

[RockNRold99]

This is the definitive swing band performance. So much talent on one stage, in one band; it's incredible. People will be dancing in their seats a cetury from now, as this music will never die.

[obithekitty]

I wish that the popular music of today was still swing! Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, The Black Eyed Peas, and all those other "popular" musicians don't have a thing on the Swing Era big bands! Their music don't mean a thing, because it ain't got that swing! ;)

[squigelything83]

Oh my God!!!!!!!!! I love this!!!!!! The very last note of Benny Goodman's solo is a note that's not even supposed to exist on clarinet! That just goes to show how awesome Benny Goodman and this song are! :D

[flashbak11]

Without a doubt this is the premier rendition of "Swing, Swing, Swing" and personifies swing jazz better than any other song. This is an example of true and pure musical art, where all played in support of each other and the musical score. Krupa needed no backing down, he supplemented and complimented this song better than any other drummer.

[triplettam]

@JazzLover2011 I know! One Mic.

[triplettam]

Everybody was GREAT. But Jess Stacy? He's the only one could make Gene Krupa back down. Maybe the best live performance of anything anywhere.

[JazzLover2011]

This is by far the best rendition of that great classic Sing, Sing, Sing. Nothing even comes close. It has stood the ravages of time and we are to thank that one unknown person who had the initiative to place a single microphone over that orchestra to capture one of the greatest moments in jazz history. It is best played in subdude lighting and as loud as your HI Fi will allow, or with headphones, so you don't upset the heavy metal and punk jerks who believe they know music!!

[onrputt]

This is the ultimate. There has never been anything like it

[enjoi679]

knowing that i got to perform in the very same concert hall as the king of swing... MANNN WHAT A FEELING!!!! YEAAA!!! B-)

[skhinvasara]

I had this version on a cassette tape many years ago and unfortunately lost it. Knew only this version back then and it's the best I have ever heard. A classic and masterful music.

[MARKMANIATT]

By the way.There is film of this concert in existance,albeit a selection of of clips taken by a news reel company ( it was a big news event after all)The clips are silent as I recall and include the jam session and Sing Sing Sing.They are easily identifiable.Damn shame it was'nt filmed in its entirety.There's a whole education in the art of Swing music right there.