BENNY GOODMAN, BUDDY RICH, JIMMIE ROWLES, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, JACK SIX (Merv Griffin 10.15.79)

Swing never went away: Benny Goodman, clarinet; Jimmie Rowles, piano; Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar; Jack Six, string bass; Buddy Rich, drums. AS LONG AS I LIVE / I GOT RHYTHM. Thanks to ex-big band singer Merv Griffin for engineering this. Presented by Michael Steinman for JAZZ LIVES (www.jazzlives.wordpress.com).

[@denissutherland3653]

Absolutely marvellous Benny Goodman was like fine wine he got better and better with age.

[@bennyamon3043]

so nice to hear buddy playing brushes!

[@ericsalomonsson4098]

Buddy is in seventh heaven and Benny sure is egging him on towards the end - simply magical!

[@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551]

Fantastic !!!

[@BobACNJ]

Swingin'!

[@Wolfinger1935]

Two of the greatest jazz musicians ever (3 if you count Bucky). One was a raving egotistical madman and the other one of the most humble, down to earth fellows you'd ever meet.
I got a chance to hear and meet Benny Goodman back in the late seventies. He was like the grandfather we all wanted. And just an amazing player.

[@titobattaglia7932]

Possibly my favorite "I got rhythm". Stellar!

[@jean-jacqueschapuis1613]

merci !

[@domenicv7962]

great !!!! miss Gene!!!!!

[@sanafabich2184]

Unfortunately Buddy missed the cue to end "I got rythm" properly. Honestly you could see it coming from miles away and if you knew Benny (and as a jazz musician himself he obviously did) you knew he liked to end songs in only two measures. But I guess he wanted to show off and the ending just turned out to be kind of a train wreck. Jimmie knew what to do as you can hear quite clearly he was also going for closure. But Buddy ruined the whole thing.