Legends in concert. Benny Goodman / a Waterfall Home Entertainment release.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986, instrumentalist.

Qwest TV, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Jazz.

Genre:

Concert films.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes)

Other Title:

Benny Goodman - Legends in concert : the last performance

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Qwest TV, 2004.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Pope of the swing craze in the 1930s in New York, Benny Goodman left his mark on a good part of the twentieth century thanks to incredible titles like "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)," "Let's Dance," and "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise." With his boundless energy and subtle arrangements, his clarinet playing will stand out next to a host of performers including the young Billie Holiday and the complicit Peggy Lee. He will also exert a notorious influence on contemporary composers like Yom, the free electron of klezmer jazz, and Joe Jackson who will release, in the middle of the New Wave period, the vintage compilation Jumpin' Jive. A unifying link between musicians, whatever their religious beliefs or skin color, Benny Goodman is filmed here in Sweden and delivers a good summary of his discography. We find various standards, immortalized in the form of big bands and combos, and in particular an invigorating medley incorporating the famous "Stompin' At The Savoy." Recorded at the end of his career, the famous American composer and performer expresses, in front of the Scandinavian public, an unspeakable nostalgia shrouded in musical memories and Yiddish melodies: prepare to be touched.

Contents:

Lady be good

Poor butterfly

The world is waiting for the sunrise

I'm confessin' that I love you

Medly. Don't be that way ; Stompin' at the Savoy

I should care

Improvisation

Send in the clowns

So easy to remember, so hard to forget

Airmail special delivery

Improvisation.

Participant:

Benny Goodman, clarinet ; other musicians.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed November 30, 2022).

OCLC:

1358780903

Publisher Number:

ASP5363512/marc