https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k

No slackers in THAT band for sure. But Gene...man!

My dad was a huge fan of big band music and I heard a lot of it when I was young. Benny Goodman was always my favorite, wanted to play clarinet when I was a kid because of him (got stuck playing tuba in the school band instead, but that's another story :P)

And of course later on Charlie Christian joined that band, probably one of the most important (and underrated) guitarists ever.

Thanks for posting this, been a long time since I last saw it. Just awesome playing!

The band had several versions of this song - some done for movies and some in concert, and one on the record. They would improvise freely, and add anything that clicked to the arrangement.

Those guys could play.


Regards,


Bob

Wow - I've never seen this before! This was absolutely phenomenal. What an incredibly talented group of people - thanks for sharing

We love Krupa, Benny and Hampton. Amazing musicians.

That 1930’s live at Carnegie hall still blows me away. Recorded by sending the mics via phone to a disc wax machine and you can hear every thing in the drum kit and even Hampton quietly scatting.

Rock on indeed.

J&B