Benny Goodman Orchestra Feat. Anita O'Day - Big Bands Live (2012)

If the Benny Goodman CD, a fifteen track concert running just over 76 minutes, is an accurate indication of what is still to come, jazz fans have a bonanza of good listening to look forward to. Recorded live at Stadthalle-Freiburg in October of 1959, Goodman and a ten piece band play a selection of some of his best known tunes as well as one or two less well known, and while this is not the Goodman band of his heyday, it is a swinging ensemble that gives a fine account of itself. Joining Goodman are Russ Freeman on piano, Red Norvo on vibes, Jack Sheldon on trumpet, Flip Phillips on tenor sax, Bill Harris on trombone, Jerry Dodgion on flute. Jimmy Wyble plays guitar, Red Wootton on bass, and drummer John Markham rounds out the band. The vocals of Anita O'Day highlight the album.

Tracklist:

01. Let's Dance 0:55
02. Air Mail Special 5:41
03. Raise the Riff 4:36
04. Honeysuckle Rose 3:28
05. Come Rain Or Come Shine 2:50
06. Let Me Off Uptown 4:09
07. Gotta Be This Or That 6:23
08. Body and Soul 3:26
09. Whispering 3:57
10. Medley - Not for Me - Four Brothers - Blues 8:32
11. Breakfast Feud 4:22
12. Memories of You 3:29
13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 7:38
14. Ten Bone 5:40
15. Medley - Don't Be That Way - Stompin' at the Savoy - Sunny 11:04