Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: B.G. in Hi-Fi
Genre: Swing, Big Band
Label: Capitol Jazz
Released: 1954/1989
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Let's Dance (Stone-Bonime-Baldridge) - 2:16
- Airmail Special (Goodman-Mundy-Christian) - 3:38
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller-Brooks-Razaf) - 3:27
- Get Happy (Arlen-Koehler) - 3:05
- Slipped Disc (Goodman) - 3:00
- Jersey Bounce (Plater-Bradshaw-Johnson-Wright) - 3:08
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Romberg-Hammerstein) - 3:25
- You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (Fain-Norman) - 2:52
- Blue Lou (Sampson-Mills) - 2:51
- Jumpin' at the Woodside (Basie) - 3:30
- Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman-Webb-Sampson) - 3:16
- Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today (Basie-Durham-Rushing) - 3:05
- Rose Room (Hickman-Williams) - 3:54
- What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry (Donaldson-Lyman) - 3:11
- Rock Rimmon (Goodman-Powell) - 3:28
- You're a Sweetheart (McHugh-Adamson) - 3:01
- Somebody Stole My Gal (Wood) - 3:27
- (I Would Do) Anything for You (Alexander-Williams) - 3:44
- Big John's Special (Henderson) - 3:09
- Let's Dance (Stone-Bonime-Baldridge) - 2:56
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On this all-around excellent CD, Benny Goodman performs a dozen selections (mostly Fletcher Henderson arrangements) with a big band filled with sympathetic players in 1954 and eight other numbers with a pair of smaller units that also feature pianist Mel Powell and either Charlie Shavers or Ruby Braff on trumpets. Although the big-band era had been gone for almost a decade, Benny Goodman (then 46) plays these swing classics with enthusiasm and creativity and shows that there was never any reason for anyone to write him off as "behind the times."
Review by Scott Yanow