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"One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: brycon
Date: 2010-08-19 06:04

A collection of live performances recorded in the late 1930's by sound engineer William Savory are now at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Among the 975 discs are recordings of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, and yes, Benny Goodman.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/08/17/arts/music/savory-collection.html?ref=music

Enjoy the sound clips! Having listened countless times Coleman Hawkins brilliant "Body and Soul" solo, I look forward to hearing this live performance in its entirety.

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: brycon
Date: 2010-08-19 06:26

Be sure to check out the duet with Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson. Teddy's playing harpsichord!

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: justme
Date: 2010-08-19 06:33

Clarinet and harpsichord together playing swing...

I've never even heard a harpsichord playing swing!

Now I guess I've heard it all!

Justme

"A critic is like a eunuch: he knows exactly how it ought to be done."

CLARINET, n.
An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarinet -- two clarinets

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: larryb
Date: 2010-08-19 11:20

Justme: For some more swinging harpsichord (Johnny Guarnieri) and clarinet, check out recordings by Artie Shaw and his Gramercy 5.

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: CWH
Date: 2010-08-19 12:02

Quick Link

http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

Study, Practice, Play and Enjoy.

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: FrankM
Date: 2010-08-19 15:36

As the writer quotes someone as saying..."You can never have to much Lester Young"! I agree.

Great stuff...thanks for posting.

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2010-08-19 16:25

More of Lester leapin',
the Hawk chasing his prey,
Benny riding again,

Let me Count* the ways this is a great thing.

Thanks for posting this, brycon.

*William Basie.

******************************
The Jazz Clarinet
http://thejazzclarinet.blogspot.com/

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: ddavani
Date: 2010-08-20 23:03

That's great, all of these recordings are from my favorite period and from some of my favorite jazz artists of all time! It's a real treat to get to hear these, especially Benny Goodman! I wonder if they will release these recordings publicly.

-Dave Davani
http://allclarinet.blogspot.com/

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Re: "One of the greatest finds in the history of jazz..."

Author: justme
Date: 2010-08-22 09:28

Thanks for the information, Larry B.

Justme

"A critic is like a eunuch: he knows exactly how it ought to be done."

CLARINET, n.
An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarinet -- two clarinets

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