New Sextet Sessions

Benny Goodman

At the end of 1949, Benny Goodman dissolved his orchestra but soon he began to form a stable unit. His aim was to relieve his sextet’s mid-40’s success with musicians as the great Teddy Wilson and young ones as vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, Mundell Lowe or Johnny Smith on guitars. This CD comprises almost all the New Sextet’ recordings for Columbia during his short but fruitful existence (1950-1952). Excellent & swinging music by this somewhat forgotten combo.


Tracklisting:

01. Oh, Babe (2:53)
02. You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal (2:42)
03. Walkin’ With The Blues (3:12)
04. Lullaby Of The Leaves (2:44)
05. Then You’re Never Been Blue ( 3:19)
06. Walkin’ (2:26)
07. Temptation Rag (2:48)
08. Farewell Blues (3:11)
09. Toodle-Lee-Yoo-Doo (2:44)
10. I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling (2:52)
11. Bye Bye Blues (5:32)
12. I’ll Never Be The Same (4:00)
13. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (5:11)
14. Under A Blanket Of Blue (2:58)
15. How Am I To Know? (3:08)
16. Undecided (5:42)
17. East Of The Sun (3:16)
18. Four Or Five Times (4:04)

Total time: 63:00 min.


Tracks #1-3: Benny Goodman and his Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl); Terry Gibbs (vib); Teddy Wilson (p); Johnny Smith (g); Bob Carter (b); Terry Snyder (d); Jimmy “Rickey” Ricks, Nancy Reed (vcl).
New York, October 10, 1950.

Tracks #4-7: Same but Charlie Smith (d) replaces Snyder; The Pastels (vcl) added on 6. New York, November 24, 1950.

Tracks #8-9: Benny Goodman and his Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl); Terry Gibbs (vib); Paul Smith (p); Johnny Smith (g); Eddie Safranski (b); Sid Bulkin (d); Nancy Reed (vcl, on 9). New York, June 13, 1951.

Tracks #10-13: The New Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl); Terry Gibbs (vib); Teddy Wilson (p); Mundell Lowe (g); Sid Weiss (b); Terry Snyder (d). New York, July 29, 1952.

Tracks #14-16: Same but Don Lamond replaces Snyder. New York, July 30, 1952.

Tracks #17-18: The New Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman (cl, vcl on 18); Terry Gibbs (vib); Lou Stein (p); Allen Hanlon (g); Eddie Safranski (b); Don Lamond (d). New York, October 22, 1952.

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