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A series of great  JAZZ, Ragtime and Swing Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records

Two great recordings by the Benny GOODMAN Orchestra
On the flip of this Mary Lou Williams piece was the 1937 Hit Parade song “Afraid To Dream”


 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra - Afraid To Dream / Roll 'Em

Label: Victor – 25627
Format: 
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1937
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Swing
A  Afraid To Dream
Written-By – Harry Revel, Mack Gordon
B  Roll 'Em
Written-By – Mary Lou Williams
Record Company – RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Orchestra – Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Vocals – Betty Van (tracks: A)
Side A: From the film "You Can't Have Everything"

Orig issue Victor Scroll 10" 78 rpm record

Condition:

EXCELLENT close to pristine light scuffs ,  plays EXCEPTIONALLY  quiet faintest hiss

A SUPERB COPY

 

Born into a large, poverty stricken family, Benny began playing the clarinet at an early age. He was associated with the Austin High School Gang, having gone to school with drummer Dave Tough. By the time he was twelve, Goodman appeared onstage imitating famous bandleader/clarinetist Ted Lewis. It was at this concert that Ben Pollack heard the young clarinetist and Benny was soon playing in PollackÆs band. GoodmanÆs first recordings were made with the Pollack group in 1926, and give a strong example of BennyÆs influences at the time including Jimmie Noone, who was then with Doc Cook and His Dreamland Orchestra and Leon Roppolo of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. During this period Goodman recorded his first sides as a leader with members of the Pollack band including one 1928 date which features the only known recording of Benny on alto and baritone saxophones.

Following the musical migration out of Chicago and into New York, Goodman became a very successful and popular free-lancer, joining the likes of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey in New York studios. In 1934 Benny put together his first big band, featuring Bunny Berigan on trumpet, Jess Stacey on piano and Gene Krupa on drums. With the addition of some excellent, sophisticated arrangements by Fletcher Henderson, the ôSwing Eraö was born.

Goodman spent the next fifty years recording and touring with various groups big and small, including some very successful trips to Russia and the Far East. He also played many concerts on a classical format that received mixed reviews.

Known by musicians for his stand-offish and ôcheapö nature, many sidemen had a love/hate relationship with Goodman. Many musicians claimed that Benny was dishonest when it came time to pay off the band and many more recalled the Goodman ôrayö, the dirtiest of looks received when a mistake was made. That aside, its clear that without Goodman the ôSwing Eraö would have been nowhere near as strong when it came, if it came at all.

After his death, the Yale University library received the bulk of GoodmanÆs personal collection including many private never-before-heard recordings and rare unpublished photos.

 

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