This 10 CD box set comprises nineteen original albums by the bandleader and clarinettist Benny Goodman.
The “King of Swing” can be heard with jazz stars such as Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Fletcher Henderson and Charlie Christian. This set includes his best-known swing numbers, such as “One O’Clock Jump” and “Jumpin’ at the Woodside”, as well as the legendary Carnegie Hall concert from 1938.
DISC 1
1. Don’t Be That Way –
2. One O’Clock Jump –
3. Sensation Rag/Dixieland One-Step –
4. I’m Coming Virginia –
5. When My Baby Smiles At Me –
6. Shine –
7. Blue Reverie –
8. Life Goes To a Party –
9. Honeysuckle Rose –
10. Body and Soul –
11. Avalon –
12. The Man I Love –
13. I Got Rhythm –
14. Blue Skies –
15. Loch Lomond –
16. Blue Room –
17. Swingtime in the Rockies –
18. Bei mir bist Du schön –
19. China Boy –
DISC 2
1. Stompin’ at the Savoy –
2. Dizzy Spells –
3. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) Parts I & II –
4. Big John’s Special –
5. Lazy River –
6. Puttin’ on the Ritz –
7. The Lonesome Road –
8. Fine and Dandy –
9. Mean to Me –
10. Shoe Shine Boy –
11. Benny’s Boogie –
12. Sweet Lorraine –
13. Let’s Dance –
14. Jumpin’ at the Woodside –
15. Stompin’ at the Savoy –
16. What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry –
17. When I Grow Too Old To Dream –
18. Get Happy –
19. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me –
20. Rock Rimmon –
DISC 3
1. Somebody Stole My Gal –
2. Blue Lou –
3. Sent For You Yesterday Here You Come Today –
4. You’re a Sweetheart –
5. Big John’s Special6. Jersey Bounce –
7. Air Mail Special –
8. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A, K. 622, Allegro –
9. Adagio –
10. Rondo: Allegro –
11. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A, K. 581, Allegro –
12. Larghetto –
13. Menuetto –
14. Allegro Con Variazioni –
DISC 4
1. Let’s Dance –
2. Stompin’ at the Savoy –
3. Memories of You –
4. King Porter Stomp –
5. Down South Camp Meetin’ –
6. One O’Clock Jump –
7. Avalon –
8. Bugle Call Rag –
9. Don’t Be That Way –
10. Moonglow –
11. Sing, Sing Sing –
12. How Long Has This Been Going On –
13. That Did It, Marie –
14. Elmer’s Tune –
15. I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean –
16. We’ll Meet Again –
17. My Old Flame –
18. That’s the Way It Goes –
19. All I Need Is You –
20. Not a Care in the World –
21. Full Moon (Noche De Luna) –
DISC 5
1. Let’s Dance –
2. Don’t Be That Way –
3. Hallelujah –
4. Obsession –
5. Brussels Blues –
6. More Than You Know –
7. The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise –
8. Jubilee –
9. Roll ‘Em –
10. Stealin’ Apples –
11. Memories of You –
12. Balkan Mixed Grill –
13. Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love/Oh, Lady Be Good/Somebody Loves Me/I Got Rhythm –
14. St. Louis Blues –
15. Mister Five By Five –
16. March of the Belgian Paratroops –
17. One O’Clock Jump –
18. Goodbye –
DISC 6
1. After You’ve Gone –
2. Body and Soul –
3. Oh, Lady Be Good –
4. Tiger Rag –
5. Nobody’s Sweetheart –
6. Someday Sweetheart –
7. Swing Low Sweet Chariot –
8. Dear Old Southland –
9. When Buddha Smiles –
10. Diga Diga Doo –
11. Whispers in the Dark –
12. Madhouse –
13. Three Little Words –
14. I Surrender Dear –
15. Chicago –
16. Tea for Two –
17. Can’t We Be Friends –
18. I Know That You Know –
19. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues –
20. Ain’tcha Glad –
21. Texas Tea Party –
22. Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe –
23. Basin Street Blues –
24. Beale Street Blues –
25. Moonglow –
26. As Long As I Live –
DISC 7
1. Air Mail Special –
2. Slipped Disc –
3. Gotta Be This or That –
4. Where or When –
5. I Want to Be Happy –
6. After You’ve Gone –
7. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee –
8. Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home –
9. Happy Session Blues –
10. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home to –
11. The King and Me –
12. Indian Summer –
13. What a Diff’rence a Day Made –
14. Batunga Train –
15. Having a Ball –
16. Clarinet a La King –
17. Macedonia Lullaby –
18. Diga Diga Doo
DISC 8
1. No Way to Stop It –
2. Sixteen Going On Seventeen –
3. So Long Farewell –
4. Climb Every Mountain –
5. The Sound Of Music –
6. My Favorite Things –
7. An Ordinary Couple –
8. Maria –
9. Do-Re-Mi –
10. Mission to Moscow (Powell) –
11. Benny Rides Again –
12. The Earl –
13. Oh Baby –
14. Fascinating Rhythm –
15. Ev’rything I’ve Got –
16. Whispering –
17. All the Things You Are –
18. You Do Something to Me –
19. It Could Happen To You –
20. Stereo Stomp –
DISC 9
1. Nagasaki –
2. There’s a Small Hotel –
3. Hi-Ya Sophia –
4. How High the Moon –
5. The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise –
6. Blue Lou –
7. The Maids of Cadiz –
8. The Varsity Drag –
9. Honesuckle Rose –
10. I’ll Never Say Never Again Again –
11. Somebody Stole My Gal –
12. Frenesi –
13. Just You, Just Me –
14. Stealin’ Apples –
15. What a Little Moonlight Can Do –
16. Night and Day –
17. Crazy Rhythm –
18. You’re a Heavenly Thing –
19. Can’t You Tell –
20. Henderson Stomp
DISC 10
1. Introduction –
2. Mission to Moscow –
3. Meet the Band –
4. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good –
5. Why You –
6. Titter Pipes –
7. MEDLEY: Avalon/Body and Soul –
8. Bei mir bist Du schön –
9. Stealin’ Apples –
10. Feathers –
11. On the Alamo –
12. Midgets –
13. One O’Clock Jump –
14. Bye Bye Blackbird –
15. Goodbye –