The Essential BG

Tracklist

• CD 1: King Porter Stomp
• 1
  Basin Street Blues
  3:14
• 2
  I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  3:13
• 3
  Your Mother’s Son‐In‐Law
  2:50
• 4
  Ol’ Pappy
  3:17
• 5
  Moonglow
  3:44
• 6
  Nitwit Serenade
  2:50
• 7
  Bugle Call Rag
  3:02
• 8
  Music Hall Rag
  3:14
• 9
  Blue Moon
  3:17
• 10
  Down Home Rag
  2:47
• 11
  Japanese Sandman
  3:32
• 12
  You’re a Heavenly Thing
  3:00
• 13
  Get Rhythm in Your Feet (And Music in Your Soul)
  2:25
• 14
  Ballad in Blue
  2:39
• 15
  Blue Skies
  3:33
• 16
  Dear Old Southland
  2:19
• 17
  Sometimes I’m Happy
  3:42
• 18
  King Porter Stomp
  3:10
• 19
  The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
  2:46
• 20
  Madhouse
  2:50
• 21
  Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
  2:01
• 22
  When Buddah Smiles
  3:10
• 23
  It’s Been So Long
  3:26
• 24
  Stompin’ at the Savoy
  3:14
• 25
  Goody Goody
  2:27
• CD 2: Don’t Be That Way
• 1
  Christopher Columbus
  3:36
• 2
  I Know That You Know
  2:07
• 3
  Stardust
  2:53
• 4
  You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes
  2:35
• 5
  The Glory of Love
  2:39
• 6
  These Foolish Things
  2:47
• 7
  Swingtime in the Rockies
  3:13
• 8
  House Hop
  2:33
• 9
  You Turned the Tables on Me
  2:54
• 10
  Down South Camp Meeting
  3:21
• 11
  Love Me or Leave Me
  3:39
• 12
  Organ Grinder’s Swing
  3:14
• 13
  Alexander’s Ragtime Band
  2:10
• 14
  Jam Session
  2:58
• 15
  Goodnight My Love
  3:10
• 16
  Smoke Dreams
  3:18
• 17
  He Ain’t Got Rhythm
  2:46
• 18
  This Year’s Kisses
  2:30
• 19
  Sing, Sing, Sing
  6:35
• 20
  Roll ’Em
  3:15
• 21
  Peckin’
  3:30
• 22
  Ridin’ High
  2:43
• 23
  Life Goes to a Party
  3:08
• 24
  If Dreams Come True
  3:13
• 25
  Don’t Be That Way
  3:21
• CD 3: Let’s Dance
• 1
  One O’Clock Jump
  3:16
• 2
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  3:25
• 3
  Big John Special
  3:07
• 4
  Wrappin’ It Up
  3:04
• 5
  Bach Goes to Town
  2:39
• 6
  And the Angels Sing
  3:15
• 7
  Show Your Linen, Miss Richardson
  2:59
• 8
  There’ll Be Some Changes Made
  2:48
• 9
  Jumpin’ at the Woodside
  3:03
• 10
  Stealin’ Apples
  3:04
• 11
  Night and Day
  2:48
• 12
  I Thought About You
  2:35
• 13
  Let’s Dance
  2:36
• 14
  Darn That Dream
  3:01
• 15
  Honeysuckle Rose
  3:04
• 16
  Opus Local 802
  3:03
• 17
  Board Meeting
  2:53
• 18
  Zaggin’ With Zig
  3:08
• 19
  How High the Moon
  3:00
• 20
  Shake Down the Stars
  2:52
• 21
  Yours Is My Heart Alone
  3:01
• 22
  Cocoanut Grove
  3:07
• 23
  The Hour of Parting
  3:18
• 24
  Crazy Rhythm
  2:44
• 25
  Who Cares
  2:52
• 26
  Benny Rides Again
  4:43
• CD 4: Undercurrent Blues
• 1
  Henderson Stomp
  2:33
• 2
  Taking a Chance on Love
  3:14
• 3
  Frenesi
  2:57
• 4
  Superman
  4:36
• 5
  Let the Door Knob Hitcha
  3:10
• 6
  Scarecrow
  3:06
• 7
  Solo Flight
  2:51
• 8
  Fiesta in Blue
  3:16
• 9
  Air Mail Special
  3:00
• 10
  When the Sun Comes Out
  3:01
• 11
  Tuesday at Ten
  3:35
• 12
  The Count
  3:21
• 13
  Pound Ridge
  3:01
• 14
  The Earl
  2:37
• 15
  Caprice XXIV Paganini
  2:51
• 16
  My Old Flame
  3:11
• 17
  Clarinet a La King
  2:57
• 18
  Jersey Bounce
  3:13
• 19
  Idaho
  3:03
• 20
  Why Don’t You Do Right?
  3:17
• 21
  Mission to Moscow
  2:40
• 22
  All the Cats Join In
  4:25
• 23
  Clarinade
  2:53
• 24
  Lonely Moments
  3:09
• 25
  Undercurrent Blues
  3:08

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Release credits

• Al Davis
  trumpet [20]
• Allan Reuss
  guitar [3]
• Art Rollini
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Artie Bernstein
  double bass [15]
• Benny Goodman
  clarinet [2.3, 3.15, 4.20]
• Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [15]
• Bill Depew
  alto saxophone [3]
• Bob Poland
  baritone saxophone [20]
• Buff Estes
  alto saxophone [15]
• Bus Bassey
  tenor saxophone [15]
• Charlie Castaldo
  trombone [20]
• Charlie Christian
  electric guitar [15]
• Cliff Hill
  double bass [20]
• Clint Neagley
  alto saxophone [20]
• Dave Barbour
  guitar [20]
• Dick Clark
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Fletcher Henderson
  arranger [15], piano [15]
• Gene Krupa
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Harry Geller
  trumpet [3]
• Harry Goodman
  double bass [3]
• Helen Forrest
  lead vocals [2], vocal [2]
• Hud Davies
  drums (drum set) [20]
• Hymie Shertzer
  alto saxophone [4.20, 2.3]
• Jerry Jerome
  tenor saxophone [15]
• Jess Stacy
  piano [3]
• Jimmy Maxwell
  trumpet [4.20, 3.15]
• Joe Harris
  trombone [3]
• Johnny Martel
  trumpet [15]
• Jon Walton
  tenor saxophone [20]
• Lawrence Stearns
  trumpet [20]
• Leonard Sims
  tenor saxophone [20]
• Lou McGarity
  trombone [20]
• Mel Powell
  piano [20]
• Nate Kazebier
  trumpet [3]
• Nick Fatool
  drums (drum set) [15]
• Pee Wee Erwin
  trumpet [3]
• Peggy Lee
  vocal [20]
• Red Ballard
  trombone [2.3, 3.15]
• Ted Vesely
  trombone [15]
• Tony Faso
  trumpet [20]
• Toots Mondello
  alto saxophone [15]
• Vernon Brown
  trombone [15]
• Ziggy Elman
  trumpet [15]
• Show all credits (43)

Issues

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  The Essential BG

  4x CD
  10 July 2006