Benny Goodman 1985 at The New York Marriott Marquis kzread.info/head/PLrPaVntmR59tGQC-IYWFXfi1yoDxyTk9k

The fact that he could still swing better in his 70s than most people could in their prime shows just how much of a legend he was.

I swear it never gets old.

His last truly great musical moment in time. I remember when this was first broadcast and Benny sounded better than he had in years and for once, he had a pick up band that truly echoed the superlative performance of Goodman"s great bands from the '30s and '40s. I met Benny and fellow greats Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton after a concert they gave. This was for radio and around 1981. I was just 16 at the time, helping my neighbor put on his weekly big band radio show. They were all great guys and I remember how they couldn't believe a kid my age knew all about them and their recordings. It made me very happy, because I'm sure that really made their day!

Ken Peplowski told me he had played in Benny's last touring orchestra and here he is! Cool!

It's amazing to see the "King of Swing" playing his old 1930's hitsongs at this age. And Fletcher Henderson's arrangements are still outstanding today. Simply great...

Where is the talent like that today?

One of the best swing arrangements ever (Fletcher Henderson) and it was great seeing Benny in top form along with a truly fine back up band (I saw Bob Haggart and Louis Bellson in there)...thanks for sharing this!

In 1985 I was 25, a clarinet/sax player a year out of music school and a thorough BG freak. I had been since I first heard him when I was about 12. I still am too. I was lucky enough to see him twice with small groups in NYC and once with this band in the spring of '86 not long after this. And the world lost him June 13, '86, 25 years ago next week. Nobody else ever played like him or had a band that played those charts like his. I still miss hearing The King to this day. Thank GOD for Y.T.

God, that piano solo at the start.

I don't understand why 26 people find this video with thumbs down ... Benny Goodman is the greatest clarinet musician of all time as he is named as the KING OF SWING! including classical music too!! I have added my THUMBS UP!!

@daveday5507

5 жыл бұрын

Artie Shaw was the greatest Clarinet musician, he was named the king of the clarinet.

If I could choose either to be at Secretariat's 1973 Belmont's or at Goodman's 1985 Marriot Hotel classic . I would never be able to decide. A million thank you's to You Tube.

when those 4 sax players take that deep breath and Benny comes in with his final play , I could listen to that forever .

@daveday5507

5 жыл бұрын

I see 5.

Best swing band in the universe!

Even at a hundred or whatever...best of all time. I am a trumpet player, but his playing...I want to learn clarinet..so ridiculously cool...Benny is the once, future and forever king of swinging it...so good...

The great Dick Hyman on piano. What s surprise!

Simply amazing just how great BG is playing here at the tender age of 76!

Wonderful musicians!!!

@KarlaLopez13deagosto

10 жыл бұрын

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@RenateConrad

10 жыл бұрын

wunderbar, erinnert mich an meinen Vater, seine alten Schallplatten und die gute Stimmung, die Bennys Musik im ganzen Haus verbreitete

@pauledubois9154

10 жыл бұрын

en effet très joli je l'ai mi sur ma page

In case your ever asked by anybody as to what swing was, they don't even have to sit for the 4 minutes of this classic. Just the last 30 seconds will do it.

@carlostamayo5860

7 жыл бұрын

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Great music! Great bandleader! The most fantastic swing music that there ever was, led by one of the greatest and gifted musicians there ever was. If you don't believe me, try not tapping your feet while the orchestra is playing. Can't be done...Benny, where are you when we need you?

Yes, Laurie played lead on this. According to one musician in this TV show with whom I spoke Benny only said a few minutes before the show started that he wanted her to do the lead part. Great job!

I make my monthly pilgrimage to hear this great rendition of what swing really was.

@siolaaduob

10 жыл бұрын

Me too

Just in case any young uns or old folk for that matter want to know what "Swing" was all about, just pay attention and listen to the last few bars of this truly great rendition of "Stealin Apples". Listen as Benny ends with his great solo. Watch the quartet of great sax players totaling near 400 years of age, and all but one standing and echoing the great maestro's finish of the great arrangement of this classic. I, at 83, never tire of it.

A great swinger by the old master,there will never be such talent again.

What a piano intro

@ernestpappas3195

3 жыл бұрын

Pianist Dick Hyman, still with us in his '90s, is a master stylist and a phenomenon able to play and expound on all jazz styles (ragtime, stride, etc.) and has scored several movies, most notably some Woody Allen ones.

This and Sing Sing Sing are my 2 favorite Goodman tunes. I weep with joy.

@moniquezhang1660

2 жыл бұрын

His “Jersey Bounce” sounds great too!

Great and I love the couple supposingly jiving in the corner. He just stands on the spot and she hangs on to his hand and flings herself about. Priceless.

Somethings dim with age , never Classics .

OMG ..I wish I was there.

@ellaroberts1812

4 жыл бұрын

Me too...

@bobboscarato1313

Жыл бұрын

If you were there, by now you probably would be dead.

@JoGarciaWav

Жыл бұрын

@@bobboscarato1313 it's ok for me xD

@Poisson4147

Жыл бұрын

@@bobboscarato1313 It was 40 years ago. In the grand scheme of things that's not so bad. And if it wasn't enough time at least I'd go out happy!

Excellent ..the great king of Swing Benny Goodman and his wonderful orchestra....

We may never see the likes of BG again , so thanks for committing videos like this to digital, for future generations to marvel at his music.

Benny's still the King!!!!

Your comments are, as the Brits say, spot on. I was 41 , and a sax and clarinet player too, when this was taped, and in 1975 saw BG in person at Cohasset Massachusetts". to do a sextet date but brought along 2 more players. One of the numbers was "Handful of Keys" which was amazing and a surprise. With the extra players they also did octet reductions of "Clarinade" and "Mission to Moscow" Bobby Hackett guested on one of the dates. What a night!

That's why he's the King of Swing. 👍

@mrgone658

2 ай бұрын

Undisputed! 👉-->👑

Dick Hyman at the piano is a wonderful addition to Benny Goodman's group.

I saw Benny Goodman play at the New York World's Fair in 1964. One of my great memories.

I agree...BRAVO!!!!!!

This rendition is a better dance tempo and sharper definition than other Goodman versions and the Fletcher Henderson rendition on KZread. Fats, Fletcher and BG that's the way to make music!

dang a year before his departure ... and he was still slaying his clarinet solo parts. I wanna go out a boss the way he did RIP Benny.

@jojoUK120

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew Curiel👍 ...and still pointing away from the mic a lot 😂

@Poisson4147

5 жыл бұрын

The obits said he was found in his home studio, clarinet at his side and a stack of exercises on his music stand. He was The King to the very end!

@williamferry6573

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, he rehearsed every day, and on that last day he'd just finished and was taking a nap and passed away in his sleep.

I remember seeing this on public television, and have it on tape. This was (to my knowledge) Benny's last TV appearance before his death. A lot of good musicians here - Louie Bellson on the drums just to name one. Excellent post!

Best thing on KZread! Anyway,seems to me that Benny collected the best people around for one last great show. 1985 seems like yesterday to me,but it is gone. Heard Benny live in 1980,my date didn't get it! I got to meet Louis Bellson in the '90s,he explained some drum parts to me,man I was so thrilled,just watch and listen to him in this video,how he drives the band! And Benny,always slightly amused at his own fame & talent.

Hi Swingcla, I can't thank you enough for posting these 1985 videos! I am old enough to have seen Basie, Ellington, Herman, Kenton, but NEVER Goodman. (I don't think he ever came to the UK)You have made up for that! Thank you also for info on Laurie Frink. A very, very talented lady! Best regards, Saxhaggis

Beautiful music . Thanks for posting

"BRAVO !!" ....as the crowd shouts at the end !!!! I AGREEEEEE !!!

Hi Saxhaggis. Yes, I have been to the Bulls Head in Barnes several times. Never saw Tubby Hayes there but saw Humph several times. This friend of mine used to live in the Lowe. Perhaps you know it. Living in Florida now, I miss that sort of thing.

Hi Saxhaggis. I saw Benny at the Albert Hall in December 1973 and have never forgotten what a thrill it was. I still have the programme.

Mr Goodman, we love you madly!

@billelsbury2861

4 жыл бұрын

I agree !!!!!!!

Interesting note. Goodman was a lot of things, not all of them admiarble, but the music was certainly in him.

@bblegacy

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever got to the top of the heap of anything by being soft. Trailblazers do what they do by demanding and getting 100% of those around them and inspire them to give it their all, and those who don't measure up get replaced. And the ones who get replaced or never make it anywhere are usually the loudest whiners, and often blame others for their own failure.

Este merecido homenaje que le hicieran en vida al brillante Benny. Lamentable que que no haya DVD y solo cintas VHS de éste Show ...... que fué exelente.............. el uruguayo.

Benny Goodman Is Completely 100% As An Excellent Artist, Set In The Past Time

Benny is still King of the Clarinet!! I played in the big band area so for me it does not get better than this. That is my story and I will stick with it.

@christopherescott6787

7 жыл бұрын

CONCUR. He was a master of his craft that brought a class of music unmatched anywhere today.

RIP-Eddie Bert-Laurie Frink-Danny Bank...Bellson.

@zedzil

5 жыл бұрын

Lineu Bernardi h

Will we ever have an era like that again?.....Not untill another benny Googman comes along.

The MAN.

Hello hckydad, thank you for advising me. I'll add his name soon. Thanks a lot!

Randy Sandke - 37 years ago he played this fantastic SOLO in "Stealin' Apples!"

@saxhaggis Yes, she is sitting at the 1st trumpets place. The solo is done by Randy Sandke.

Hi 4205lr. Thanks for that info on Benny. I was living in Essex in 1973 (not that many miles from the Albert Hall) but I didn't know he was there! If only I had known!!

Benny byłeś wspaniały

Que belleza de música ,otro mundo las personas elegantes ,que linda época. Felicidades a la o las personas que suben esta hermosa música mi admiración para ustedes .

Nice swing dance music

Hi saxhaggis. Funny you should say that because my wife and I went with friends from Chigwell!

perfection !!!!!

Yes, Laurie Frink played lead trumpet. Sadly she just recently passed away at age 61. She was wonderful.

Great Musician and his band l love his Swing and ECS music’s

The rhythm guitarist is James Chirillo, he still preforms.

@Poisson4147

Жыл бұрын

Plus Bob Pring on trombone - he worked with everyone from Tex Beneke to Buck Clayton and Bobby Short. And the gal trumpeter is Laurie Frink, at the time she was considered the best swing trumpeter in the business. We lost her FAR to soon. :(

One of great musician and his band

Brilliant post. Thank you for sharing.

Just keep coming back to fabulous postings of this concert Mr SwingCla ! Trouble is i start watching & suddenly its nearly 1 o'clock in the morning and i go to bed with those fabulous numbers spinning in my head ! I was lucky enough to see Benny at the Albert Hall 1972 with Zoot Sims,Peter Appleyard, Mousey Alexander, Bill McGuffie, Lennie Bush, Bucky Pizzarelli .What a night that was! Got all their autographs on the programme except BG ! One more sig not in prog. Anybody know the extra player?

@alanscott3865

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I can trump you. While wandering about back stage I was startled by BENNY GOODMAN coming out of his dressing room. So, I have my idol’s autograph. Also saw the band at Brighton (?) on that tour, the Brussels World Fair concert and BG with his sextet at the Royal Festival Hall. All started when my Mum took me to the London’s Palladium in 1948 when I was 11 years old.

Very,very nice. Thanks for posting.

Wow to have been there what a treat

RIP Laurie

This was the last song Benny played on that famous Marriot. I wait for those 3 saxaphones take that quick deep breath and come on the end . Never again .

@daveday5507

5 жыл бұрын

I Still see 5.

Los sonidos, composición arreglos y demás producidos por este gran músico son elixir de vida. Gracias Benny. A propósito la viuda del cubano Benny Moré considerado el mejor cantante de música latina tenia por nombre Bartolome, pero su viuda se lo cambio por el artistico de Benny en homenaje a Goodman por ser un admirador de su música.

I love his musics for ECS and Swings

MI GRAN BENNY GOODMAN HA SIDO MI ADORACION QUE GRAN CLARINETISTA

Dick Hyman on Piano.

The best❤️

Wow is Laurie Frink playing lead? She sounds great!

Randy Sandke, The trumpet soloist is a very versatile musician.

Another great American musician and band

I have been a fan of the big bands for over 60 years and this is one of the best arrangements. The pianist is brilliant and it is a treat to hear him for 32 bars at the beginning - he makes it look so easy! I know the musicians are getting paid but they really look as if they are enjoying it, especially the lady trumpeter. Who is she?Chris Strick.

Old America !

Silly me! I should've looked at the list of musicians - the lady trumpeter is of course Laurie Frink who had a splendid career as big band player and tutor. Sadly died only 62 years old.

@Poisson4147

Жыл бұрын

At the time of this performance Laurie was considered to be the best swing trumpeter in the business. Her loss was such a shame. God, I hate how much cancer has stolen from us.

Its the original arrangement!

3:20 this is my favourite section right here

With a young James Chirillo on guitar...!

Klasse,

Class!

All the great pianists played with friggin Benny Goodman xD Dick Hyman was Teddy Wilson's student, Wilson played with Benny all through the 30's so I guess it's fitting Hyman played with Goodman!

@michaelklein5242

Жыл бұрын

Benny had the best ever pick up band that evening (Belson on drums!) and I'm pretty sure Hyman was behind how well rehearsed and letter perfect the aggregation was. It's truly Goodman's last great musical high note (no pun meant) of his career and it's fantastic!

@PiotrBarcz

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelklein5242 I agree! By the way, am I correct in assuming Belson is Louis Belson or do I have the wrong first name? I think I've heard him play before with a different band.

@jb5music

3 ай бұрын

Yes that's Louie Belson on Drums and Randy Sandky on trumpet.

@PiotrBarcz

3 ай бұрын

@@jb5music I've never heard of the trumpet player but Bellson I'm a huge fan of :D

Great video. I'm glad that you mention the musicians by name on your decription. However, you forgot to mention the name of the guitarist. His name is James Chirillo. A fantastic player. Thanks for the post.

Famous Benny Goodman musics and “Band”

Extraordinario! !!!cuantos recuerdos! !!!!Por favor que vuelvan estas orquestas! !!!!!

check his performance from 62

Que geniooo

Back again . Die hard Bklyn Dodgers fan BUT rather than 1955 world series win over hated Yankees , would rather have been at Benny 1985 . Not even close .

BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA 2023, GREAT MÚSICA,, THANKS OLD AMÉRICA,, 😢😢

Limersjazz ...You are wrong! Come to the Concert Thursday January 22nd - 2015 in The Netherlands - Gouden Karper - Hummelo at a concert of the Dr. Bernard & His Swing Orchestra ....... if there are any tickets left!

@guywitherspoon2228

9 жыл бұрын

Check out Emanuel Urso al a BG. Fantastic!!!

Musik vom feinsten. Grüße aus Berlin Zehlendorf

Hi 42051r, Quite a coincidence - I lived in Chingford, about a stonesthrow from Chigwell! I used to go to the Bulls Head in Barnes to see the incredible Tubby Hayes big band! Did you ever go there?