The Live at the International World Exhibition Brussels: Unissued Recordings

The Live at the International World Exhibition Brussels: Unissued Recordings Artist: Benny Goodman
Label: Magic [UK]
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5019317000097
ASIN: B000000NCI


Release Date: 2000-06-24

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Tracks:

  1. Introduction: Lets Dance - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  2. When You're Smiling - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  3. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) - Jimmy Rushing
  4. Pennies From Heaven - Jimmy Rushing
  5. Going To Chicago - Jimmy Rushing
  6. Soon - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  7. Who Cares - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  8. 'Deed I Do - Ethel Ennis
  9. I Hadn't Anyone Till You/I Got You Under My Skin - Ethel Ennis
  10. Theres No Fool Like An Old Fool - Ethel Ennis
  11. Sometimes I'm Happy - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  12. Oh Boy I'm Lucky - Ethel Ennis
  13. The Song Is Ended - Ethel Ennis
  14. I'm Coming Virginia - Jimmy Rushing
  15. A Fine Romance - Jimmy Rushing/Ethel Ennis
  16. Harvard Blues - Jimmy Rushing
  17. If I Had You! - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  18. Theme Goodbye - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Goodman past his prime, but some nice work.......1999-02-21

This was originally available as a two-LP pair (not a box set) issued after the Goodman band played at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair in the US pavilion. The album doesn't indicate the considerable behind-the-scenes thrashing that went on, and this recording is the only real souvenir of the performances there. There's some very good work by Goodman's sidemen (such as Roland Hanna) and Jimmy Rushing provides some interesting vocals, but overall the recording seems a little flat. "Roll 'Em" is about the only track across the two discs that really catches fire... with all the other tracks it's clear it's basically Goodman with a mostly pick-up band. It's worth having as the best look at his work in those days, several years before some of the truly awful LPs like "Hello Benny!" and that one where he records "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life." But it's not the best work they could have done.

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