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Disc 1:

  1. Flying Home - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  2. Rose Room - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  3. Stardust - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  4. Memories Of You - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  5. Soft Winds - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  6. Seven Come Eleven - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  7. Shivers - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  8. AC/DC Current - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  9. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  10. Till Tom Special - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  11. Gone With That Wind - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  12. The Sheik Of Araby - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  13. Untitled Tune - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  14. Poor Butterfly - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  15. I Surrender, Dear - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  16. Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  17. These Foolish Things - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  18. Flying Home (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  19. Memories Of You (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  20. Soft Winds (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  21. Shivers (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  22. Gone With What Wind (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  23. The Sheik Of Araby (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  24. I Surrender, Dear (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  25. Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy
  26. These Foolish Things (Alternate) - Benny Goodman SextetDownload & Buy

Disc 2:

  1. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  2. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  3. Ad Lib Blues - Benny Goodman Sextet
  4. Wholly Cats - Benny Goodman Sextet
  5. Charlie's Dream - Benny Goodman Sextet
  6. I Never Knew - Benny Goodman Sextet
  7. Lester's Dream - Benny Goodman Sextet
  8. Wholly Cats - Benny Goodman Sextet
  9. Wholly Cats - Benny Goodman Sextet
  10. Royal Garden Blues - Benny Goodman Sextet
  11. As Long As I Live - Benny Goodman Sextet
  12. Benny's Bugle - Benny Goodman Sextet
  13. Gilly - Benny Goodman Sextet
  14. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  15. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  16. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  17. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  18. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  19. Wholly Cats (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  20. Wholly Cats (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  21. Wholly Cats (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  22. Royal Garden Blues (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  23. Royal Garden Blues (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  24. As Long As I Live (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  25. Gilly (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  26. Gilly (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet

Disc 3:

  1. Breakfast Feud - Benny Goodman Sextet
  2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Benny Goodman Sextet
  3. Breakfast Feud - Benny Goodman Sextet
  4. On The Alamo - Benny Goodman Sextet
  5. I Found A New Baby - Benny Goodman Sextet
  6. Gone With What Draft - Benny Goodman Sextet
  7. A Smo-o-o-oth One - Benny Goodman Sextet
  8. Air Mail Special (Good Enough To Keep) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  9. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  10. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  11. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  12. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  13. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  14. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  15. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  16. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  17. Breakfast Feud (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  18. I Found A New Baby (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  19. Gone With What Draft (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  20. Gone With What Draft (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  21. A Smo-o-o-oth One (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  22. A Smo-o-o-oth One (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  23. Air Mail Special (Good Enough To Keep) (Alternate) - Benny Goodman Sextet

Disc 4:

  1. All Star Strut - Metronome All Star Nine
  2. Honeysuckle Rose - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  3. Li'l Boy Love - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  4. Solo Flight - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  5. All Star Strut - Metronome All Star Strut
  6. Li'l Boy Love - Metronome All Star Strut
  7. Solo Flight - Metronome All Star Strut
  8. Untitled Tune - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  9. Poor Butterfly (False Start) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  10. I Surrender, Dear (Breakdown) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  11. I Surrender (Breakdown) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  12. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (Breakdown) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  13. Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (False Start) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  14. These Foolish Things (False Start) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  15. Tune Up & Blues (False Start) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  16. Wholly Cats (Breakdown) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  17. Breakfast Feud (False Start) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  18. Breakfast Feud (False Start) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  19. Gilly (Breakdown) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  20. All Star Strut (Breakdown) - The Sextet Breakdowns & False Starts
  21. Benny's Bugle (Rehearsal Sequence - Part One) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  22. Benny's Bugle (Rehearsal Sequence - Part Two) - Benny Goodman Sextet
  23. March 13, 1941 Jam Session - Benny Goodman Sextet

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Album Details: Genius of the Electric Guitar [Columbia Box Set]

Release Date:
09/17/2002
Label:
Sony
UPC:
074646556429

Pro Reviews: Genius of the Electric Guitar [Columbia Box Set]

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From AMG Reviews

OK, admittedly, just by looking at the way this set is presented, the way the music is assembled, and the manner in which it is sequenced, it's obvious who this set is supposed to appeal to: jazz freaks and guitar nerds who think that either Benny Goodman was the be all and end all of swing; or that Charlie Christian was god's gift to the electric guitar in the same way that Wes Montgomery was; or both. And no doubt it will appeal to members of all three camps, but that shouldn't prevent the rest of music lovers and wanna be swing aficionados from enjoying it too, right? First, a few myths get cleared up by the very existence of this box, which goes far beyond the original Columbia compilations with the same name. For starters, Columbia goes a long way to setting the record straight that Christian was not the first electric guitarist or the first jazz guitarist or the first electric guitarist in jazz. Thank goodness. For another, they concentrate on only one thing here: documenting Christian's seminal tenure with Benny Goodman's various bands from 1939-1941. While in essence, that's all there really is, various dodgy compilations have been made advertising Christian playing with Lester Young or Lionel Hampton. It's true that he did, but only in the context of the Goodman band. There are 98 tracks spread over four CDs, all of which have been remastered from original sources -- the sound is nothing short of breathtaking. These are some of the best-engineered CDs ever to be produced. The tracks include the well-known master takes, all 70 of them, as well as 17 never before released alternates and 28 cuts that have only been issued on European or Japanese compilations. What all of this compiling proves is one thing certainly: That all single-disc collections cannot begin to do justice to the legend and methyl that surrounds Christian's genius. The single-disc ventures are merely shadows, not even photographs or snaps of the massive wealth of musicality that this collaboration between these two men, and the various bands and orchestras they were involved in. Chronologically laid out, the notes are exhaustive enough to include take numbers for the guitar nerds to drool over and jazz historians to argue about. For the rest of us, we get to delve deep into the Goodman band's treasure trove with "Flying Home," "Rose Room," "Memories of You," "AC-DC Current" -- with a killer Lionel Hampton vibes solo, as well as Christian's fat-shaped chords that sound downright funky -- "Gone With What Wind," and more masters with those slippery solos and lilting clarinets. Plus, we get nine alternate takes just on disc one. Disc two brings Lester Young and Buck Clayton to the Goodman sextet, as well as players like Georgie Auld and Cootie Williams -- pre-Ellington. These sides in 1940 are the most cooking, as Christian has to actually get in and mix it up with the horns. Among the most noteworthy are "Ad Lib Blues," "Lester's Dream," "Wholly Cats," and "Royal Garden Blues." The alternates are three takes of "Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me)" and two of "Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special)," which must have been hell to pick between for the original issues -- they all smoke. Disc three puts the Goodman sextet in a new funkier groove, with Count Basie making the scene briefly with Williams and Auld. The trading of fours between Basie and Christian on "Breakfast Feud" -- of which there are even steamier alternate takes -- is one of the highlights of either's career, and the only place on record where Goodman himself gets lost in the beat. Finally, disc four presents the Goodman Orchestra, Metronome All-Star Review, and his own big band. The sheer talent on these sides is dizzying to even list: Gene Krupa, Harry James, Jack Teagarden, Benny Carter, Pete Mondello, Fletcher Henderson, and on. Christian shines on all of these sides. Backed by a rhythm guitarist (acoustic), and a big rhythm section, his solos are wracked with fluttering arpeggios that seem to meander before sideswiping the listener with their on-target incision into the melodic framework of the tune and their absolutely in-the-pocket sense of time. Along with alternate takes, there are sextet false starts and breakdowns included, as well as the Goodman Orchestra's rehearsals. Whew Four is easily the most exhausting disc of the set to listen through, but it also has the most astonishing music. This set is an archivist's dream, to be sure, but it nonetheless offers the rest of listeners plenty as well: a complete education in Goodman, as well as Christian and the eras, and to be sure, the most potent music outside the Ellington band from those years. In addition, Peter Broadbent's encyclopedic biographical notes and Loren Schoenberg' s obsessively (yes, that's a good thing) musical notes make for an indispensable package both historically and aesthetically.

- Thom Jurek, All Music Guide


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