Stompin' At The Savoy (Benny Goodman Montage)

A group of pics of Goodman and his Big Band.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• benny
• goodman
• stompin'
• at
• the
• savoy
• big
• band
• swing
• jazz

[heartstoobig]

this music just makes me happy. I can't explain it. It just lifts me up. :)

[mydadsarobot]

my uncles joe and nestor...killed in action in 1945....liberating Europe...this was their music.

[kiffegle]

I didn't mean to paint a broad stoke against pop music artists. There is plenty of talent in pop music. I heard Lady Gaga sing The Lady is a Trap with Tony Bennett and enjoyed it. I tried to impress upon my kids and their friends that much of what they like in pop music is rooted in the past, like Pachelbel's Canon in G. Pop artists even copy the past directly. There was a Beethoven tune playing and I my father-in-law insisted that it was an Elivs tune. The ignorance is frustrating!

[n64wilbert]

@kiffegle At least your Son shares a common social artistic identity because I'm barely 15 years old and love this 1934 musical Composition!!

[magholahmed]

this music makes me happy every time i listen it , i donno why may be cuz the spirit of the film that i heard it in . but it really very happy one .

[TooFastTooGood]

Great swing musician but he wasn't the "King of Swing", Chick Webb was!

[Zagezoeloe1]

It would be so nice to hear this music on the radio :) just love it.

[briandsmith228]

@kiffegle There's plenty of great modern music. Good musicians didn't just stop being born. Sure, the billboard top 10 is full of crap for the most part, but if that's all you're listening to I don't know what you expect. Songs like this one aren't being written as much anymore, but do you really expect them to? Music is always changing, you just have to be open minded. You don't have to like it, but look up a band like Tera Melos and tell me they aren't good musicians

[TheBernie2201]

@pyannaguy  AMEN

[bigb5952]

..thank you for posting this classic Goodman!...he was - and still remains - the true "King of Swing"!

[xnavigator]

anyone that still complains about modern pop music these days is too stupid to find the good music

[kiffegle]

@pyannaguy You misunderstand pop music. What passes for music is merely jingles and chants for the product that is actually being sold - sex, image and popularity. Kids senses have been numbed by relentless exposure to commercials. Their attention span is nil and their taste, or rather lack of it, is for musical junk food. It's all about being loud and obnoxious to get attention. There's hope. Expose children to the classics at an early age. My son loves jazz and classical music.