Benny Goodman Quartet - Together Again

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Label
RCA
Release Date
March 29, 2013
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The music on this CD has been reissued several times, including once previously on a Bluebird CD. This was the first full reunion in the studios of the Benny Goodman Quartet (featuring the clarinetist, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, pianist Teddy Wilson, and drummer Gene Krupa), and although they would get together on an infrequent basis over the next decade, this was their last studio recording. In general, the classic swing stars avoided recreating their past triumphs and instead recorded veteran standards that they had missed the first time around. Krupa's bass drum work (which is meant to fill in for a bassist) gets a bit heavy-handed at times, but the good spirits of the reunion uplift the music. Highlights include "Seven Come Eleven," "I've Found a New Baby," "Runnin' Wild," and the blues "Four Once More."

-- Scott Yanow, AllMusic.com


Recorded at RCA and Webster Hall Studios, New York, New York between February 13 and August 27, 1963. Originally released on RCA Victor (2698). Includes liner notes by George Avakian.

Personnel: Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Teddy Wilson (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Gene Krupa (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Ed Michel; George Avakian; Ben Young.
Recording information: RCA Recording Studios, Studio A, New York, NY (02/13/1963/02/14/1963); RCA Studio A, New York, NY (02/13/1963/02/14/1963); RCA Studios, New York, NY (02/13/1963/02/14/1963); RCA Victor's Studio A, New York, NY (02/13/1963/02/14/1963); Webster Hall, New York, NY (02/13/1963/02/14/1963).
Photographer: Chuck Stewart.


Product Description:


  • Release Date: March 29, 2013


  • UPC: 090266859320


  • Catalog Number: RCA68593


  • Label: RCA


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Geor, Benny, Gershwin, Goodman


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Benny Goodman Quartet


  • Performer: Gene, Teddy, Krupa, Benny, Wilson, Lionel, Goodman, Hampton