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Product Details

• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand / Label: Naxos/Hep Records
• Artist: Benny Goodman
• Release Year: 1993
• Producers: Alastair Robertson (Produced & Compiled), John R. T. Davies (Audio Restoration)
• Genre: Jazz
• Style: Swing, Big Band, Early Jazz

Product Features

• Format: CD / Mono / Compilation
• Discs: 1
• Country of Manufacture: Great Britain (Made in England)
• Barcodes & Identifiers:
• UPC / Barcode: 5015383103823
• Catalog Number: HEP CD 1038

Overview

This definitive compilation chronicles the dawn of a jazz icon, tracking Benny Goodman’s stellar rise through the key session recordings that shaped his foundational style. Spanning 1927 to 1934, The Formative Years features seminal tracks with Ben Pollack and his Orchestra, The Charleston Chasers, and Goodman's own early ensembles. Lovingly restored by legendary audio engineer John R. T. Davies, these performances offer pristine audio fidelity for timeless pieces of swing history, serving as an essential historical artifact for early jazz enthusiasts and big band scholars alike.

Interesting Facts

• Features legendary guest performances and sessions with modern jazz pioneers including Glenn Miller, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, and Joe Venuti.
• The audio restoration was mastered by John R. T. Davies, renowned globally for his unmatched precision in cleaning and preserving historic shellac 78 RPM records.

Track Listing

1. He's The Last Word
2. Waitin' For Katie
3. Buy, Buy For Baby
4. She's One Sweet Show Girl
5. Singapore Sorrows
6. Basin Street Blues
7. Beale Street Blues
8. After You've Gone
9. Farewell Blues
10. Margie
11. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
12. Texas Tea Party
13. Dr. Heckle And Mr. Jibe
14. Your Mother's Son-In-Law
15. Tappin' The Barrel
16. Riffin' The Scotch
17. Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'
18. Love Me Or Leave Me
19. Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me?
20. Junk Man
21. Ol' Pappy
22. Emaline
23. I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin'
24. As Long As I Live

Publishers

• Hep Records, P.O. Box 50, Edinburgh EH7 5HB, Scotland.

Review

An essential, structurally pristine performance that captures the absolute peak of 18th-century Italian Baroque orchestral mastery. A must-own reference set for serious collectors.