Goodman had the knack that when he started playing the years melted away. I saw the same thing when I was privileged to watch a late Woody Herman performance. Woody shuffled out on the stage and I think many of us just wondered if he was going to be a shadow of his former self. He cued the band and began to blow. In the space of one bar of music twenty years left his body and he was a much younger man, moving and playing with full command. It was awesome as was the whole set.
He was in Budapest in 1976. I was 10 at the time and I missed him although my teachers offered me a ticket. My parents thought I was too young for the concert. What a pitty. His sidemen included Warren Vaché whom I had the pleasure to meet some time in the mid-1990s in Marsiac, France. When I hear his records, the first word that comes to my mind is 'elegance'. That is what we are short of today.
Those who claim to have seen Goodman live; we envy you. He was undoubtedly one of the finest instrumentalists of the 20th century. Goodman should not be defined by the performances of his latter years. If you want to hear the virtuoso Goodman then just listen and be mesmerized by his incomparable rendition of the Tiger Rag from the 30's and 40's.
Not only those, but his classical performances as well. In the same year as the Carnegie Hall concert, he made was was at the time considered to be the definitive recording of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Genius, pure genius.
Joe Dixon who was with Bunny Berigan comes pretty close and so does Johnny Mince (Tommy Dorsey band) , both were Goodman devotees. I will also mention Irving Fazola who, sadly, died too early to fulfil his tremendous potential. Heard BG at Snape Maltings in Suffolk back in the 1970s when he gave a number of classical music concerts which were as spell binding as his jazz playing. The man was a master. What price the three chord wonders of the 'pop' world.
@@althejazz Beautifully said. Few people realize how great he was as a classical player too. For many years he was considered to be THE definitive interpreter of Mozart's clarinet pieces. I have a number of them that have been sonically restored and reissued on CD, absolutely awesome performances.
BG could still make that licorice stick sing. I saw him many times when he played at the NY Paramount in the 40's and early 50's. His early bands had some of the all time greats..Krupa, James, Wilson, Hampton among others.
I don't know if he was exclusive, but he did play a Selmer at least in the late 50's and into the 60's. He was at the Selmer plant in Elkhart, Indiana for a promotional in conjunction with promo for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, also sponsored by Westinghouse. He gave me a photo and autograph. I have hung on to them all these years. I was about 10 at the time and just started playing the clarinet. BG was my musical hero!
@@chauncywashington2227 Wow! I would kill for that picture! Wanna give me your address and vacation plans? I've been a devoted fan of his for all my life and I'm 81. P.S. I don't have a firearm but do have a crowbar...
Really famous last words of a king of swing ! Benny Goodman, an american Genius. And Charly Antolini on drums, Jazzpower lives on ! Good morning from Berlin
I gave up engineering to take up the clarinet " after hearing him ( no music before we more that ) well have earned a living from music and never been so happy . I that Video and wish I had bought a few more so I could let my students see what music is about enjoyment
Cam sarcasm, hello? No one would make Benny goodman's music look easy. Not even Han Kim OF Beethoven, Benny is pretty much the best Jazz Clarinetist in history in my opinion.
Harry Szaniszlo I had a feeling you were being sarcastic I was just playing back :) sorry it didn't come across that way over the phone but it was a friendly oh shut up :)
Benny got the rudiments of his instrument at an early age while going to the local sinagogue. Black clarinettist Buster Bailey also learnt from the same teacher and you can see the similarities between BG & BB. Good basic training plus superb sense of rhythm and technique plus an ever inspired and creative musician plus lots of rehearsals. Fletcher Henderson had a difficult time with his musicians. They were good and fabulous but oftentimes came late to rehearsals or skipped them altogether. There's no substitute for perfection. You must put the time and effort to shine thru the clouds.
Thank you for posting this! Have been at Tivoli Grona Lund in Stockholm many times. Grew up in Stockholm. Always great performers there then.... at the 50s, 60s, 70s,80s!!
It is'nt Tivoli i Sweden but Tivoli i Copenhagen. A wonderful evening with Goodmann. Up i age he was still creative and powerful in his playing, I was there and will never forget it!
I got to see him at Garden State Art Center with Zoot Simms, possibly Krupa, in early 70s. When I asked a young woman to go with me she said, “Benny who?” I have never forgotten that.
1981, the date of this session in Denmark was very far from Benny's last. RUclips has the famed Marriott Marquis tribute to Benny, 1985 less than one year from his death. He ain't slackin' in this one either. His improvisational powers never did decline.
I don't know the DVD, saw the video here for the first time. There is so much to discover here. As a real jazzfan i know many of Benny Goodman's records from his early days on. I like all styles in jazz but in swingmusic i feel at home! Thank you for your interest, best wishes to you from Berlin Lutz
Nekem mindég a Benny Goodman volt a példa képen,mivel én is klarinéton keztem tanulni nagyon szerettem ezt az izes szép hanggal technikával rendelkezett müvészt.De abban az időben nem volt lehetőség kották nem jelentek meg és tv,rádió csak külföldi rádiókon felvett magnoról irtunk le a számokat.De azért sikerült a stilusát meg öriznem és játszonom is.Jelenleg már nyugdijas zenész vagyok Saxafonos és klerinétos .
Goodman was born in the month of May 1909 whereas his great rival Artie Shaw was also born in the month of May but in 1910. Obviously a year when the goods were really smiling at all music lovers.
This is not in Sweden, it is at the Jazzhus Slukefter, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark 1981. Goodman died in 1986, but not before one last monumental concert at the Carnegie Hall, New York, America on the 25th June, 1982.
Soo great Benny. May I humbly say there's a guy in Toowoomba Australia who starts to compare with Benny and that's Paul Hendon who cut his teeth listening and listening to Benny.. Many who know Paul's talents would agree. What a privilege to have played guitar with Paul for years . Google Toowoomba Jazz Society.
It's not the Tivoli in "Sweden" but Tivoli in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. And this was not Benny's "last performance" - where did you get that? This was FIVE years before his death.
There will never ever be another Benny Goodman , amazing clarinet player ! Love his music .
Goodman had the knack that when he started playing the years melted away. I saw the same thing when I was privileged to watch a late Woody Herman performance. Woody shuffled out on the stage and I think many of us just wondered if he was going to be a shadow of his former self. He cued the band and began to blow. In the space of one bar of music twenty years left his body and he was a much younger man, moving and playing with full command. It was awesome as was the whole set.
Difficult to find anyone like him!Wonderful!!❤
Simply superb. And GREAT guys backing him.
It's amazing how music makes one youthful again..
The World will never see his like again.
He was in Budapest in 1976. I was 10 at the time and I missed him although my teachers offered me a ticket. My parents thought I was too young for the concert. What a pitty. His sidemen included Warren Vaché whom I had the pleasure to meet some time in the mid-1990s in Marsiac, France. When I hear his records, the first word that comes to my mind is 'elegance'. That is what we are short of today.
@@SzokePeter66 I saw Warren Vaché perform at one of the New Orleans Jazzfests. What a wonderful experience that was.
A master at work. Brings a tear to my eye to hear him play in his later years. just wonderful.
Those who claim to have seen Goodman live; we envy you. He was undoubtedly one of the finest instrumentalists of the 20th century. Goodman should not be defined by the performances of his latter years. If you want to hear the virtuoso Goodman then just listen and be mesmerized by his incomparable rendition of the Tiger Rag from the 30's and 40's.
Wonderful Benny, I do like his performances, especially " Don't be that way" and "One o'clock jump".
I did see Goodman at a concert on Long Island; the other was tenor Pavarotti. Never forgot that night!
Not only those, but his classical performances as well. In the same year as the Carnegie Hall concert, he made was was at the time considered to be the definitive recording of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.
Genius, pure genius.
@@Poisson4147 I agree with you 100% !!!
Benny's final concert was at Wolf Trap on June 7, 1986. He was 77 years old.
Great
It NEVER gets old.
What an honor it must have been to sit in with the 'King of Swing'. How I envy them to be there, then. Wow!
BENNYS TONE WAS AND STILL IS NEXT TO NONE.......IF ANYONE COULD MAKE A CLARINET TALK IT WAS HE.
Joe Dixon who was with Bunny Berigan comes pretty close and so does Johnny Mince (Tommy Dorsey band) , both were Goodman devotees. I will also mention Irving Fazola who, sadly, died too early to fulfil his tremendous potential. Heard BG at Snape Maltings in Suffolk back in the 1970s when he gave a number of classical music concerts which were as spell binding as his jazz playing. The man was a master. What price the three chord wonders of the 'pop' world.
@@althejazz Beautifully said. Few people realize how great he was as a classical player too. For many years he was considered to be THE definitive interpreter of Mozart's clarinet pieces. I have a number of them that have been sonically restored and reissued on CD, absolutely awesome performances.
One of the Best musicians that ever exist in this World .....Good Bless him
BENNY GOODMAN-- That man could naturally wail on that clarinet!. He's not working, he's just playing.
BG could still make that licorice stick sing. I saw him many times when he played at the NY Paramount in the 40's and early 50's. His early bands had some of the all time greats..Krupa, James, Wilson, Hampton among others.
What was he playing in those days...was he a Buffet or Selmer man.
I don't know if he was exclusive, but he did play a Selmer at least in the late 50's and into the 60's. He was at the Selmer plant in Elkhart, Indiana for a promotional in conjunction with promo for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, also sponsored by Westinghouse. He gave me a photo and autograph. I have hung on to them all these years. I was about 10 at the time and just started playing the clarinet. BG was my musical hero!
I envy you.
@@chauncywashington2227 Wow! I would kill for that picture! Wanna give me your address and vacation plans?
I've been a devoted fan of his for all my life and I'm 81.
P.S. I don't have a firearm but do have a crowbar...
Holy crap Benny was so good here. If anyone today can play those lines, those ideas, just wow.
Really famous last words of a king of swing !
Benny Goodman, an american Genius.
And Charly Antolini on drums, Jazzpower lives on !
Good morning from Berlin
I gave up engineering to take up the clarinet " after hearing him ( no music before we more that ) well have earned a living from music and never been so happy . I that Video and wish I had bought a few more so I could let my students see what music is about enjoyment
Outstanding!!!❤
R.I.P. BENNY GOODMAN - 30.05.1909- 13.06.1986 - Shared on G+ May 30, 2016
He makes it look so easy!
DrClawizdead because it is easy.
Harry Szaniszlo oh shut up
Cam sarcasm, hello? No one would make Benny goodman's music look easy. Not even Han Kim OF Beethoven, Benny is pretty much the best Jazz Clarinetist in history in my opinion.
Harry Szaniszlo I had a feeling you were being sarcastic I was just playing back :) sorry it didn't come across that way over the phone but it was a friendly oh shut up :)
Well, yeah.
great, great, great.....that says it all.
Sorry my phone ! I mind one of the greatest musician of all time ! Thanks again mister Goodman !
Masterpiece!
Benny got the rudiments of his instrument at an early age while going to the local sinagogue. Black clarinettist Buster Bailey also learnt from the same teacher and you can see the similarities between BG & BB. Good basic training plus superb sense of rhythm and technique plus an ever inspired and creative musician plus lots of rehearsals. Fletcher Henderson had a difficult time with his musicians. They were good and fabulous but oftentimes came late to rehearsals or skipped them altogether. There's no substitute for perfection. You must put the time and effort to shine thru the clouds.
bob boscarato 1
No, I cannot resist. The great man, great composer and tune, and in this I trust.
magnifique...
Talk about being on top of your game. First measures so subtle. Unparalleled talent.
"Very pleasant to be here ...." ////// WHERE ARE WE?
Briljant: Ladies and Gentlemen: .... "It is very pleasant to be here - WHERE are WE?"
Saw Benny at the Rogers Park JCC in Chicago when I was 9.
Once again , 1981 Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen. Goodman, Donald Haas piano,Harry Pepi guitar,Peter Vitta bass, and my friend CHARLY ANTOLINI DRUMS .
@John Astrup Harry Pepe and Peter Witte are the correct names ...
RIGHT.Peter Witte and Charly Antolini Play alot together many times.Even in many of my records with Them. 🎻🥁🌟
@@johnastrup1549 Peter Witte was a very good friend of mine, Charly too.
Thank you for posting this! Have been at Tivoli Grona Lund in Stockholm many times. Grew up in Stockholm. Always great performers there then.... at the 50s, 60s, 70s,80s!!
THANKS BENNY!!!
1981; have watched it 'live' on German TV; it's great to see it again.
grazie maestro.
It is'nt Tivoli i Sweden but Tivoli i Copenhagen. A wonderful evening with Goodmann. Up i age he was still creative and powerful in his playing, I was there and will never forget it!
Niels Ishøj Christen
He was just as good that night as he'd ever been. Wadda seamless sound! Wadda talent!!!
He had right to the end. Passed away peacefully. Just took a nap .
Benny Goodman- Legendary clarinetist!
Apart from his fabulous playing Benny always knew the right tempo.
R.I.P Benny Goodman
His tone quality is still excellent on this late age. Alas there are to many classical clarinet players that never come or came close.
I got to see him at Garden State Art Center with Zoot Simms, possibly Krupa, in early 70s. When I asked a young woman to go with me she said, “Benny who?” I have never forgotten that.
wow i play too but me and my friends will bow down too you you are like a god you would be an awsome mentor
Benny, and Artie mastered this “licorice stick”!
It is hard to do. 😉 Love this music
Guy never lost his chops... maybe I'll be able to play like that when I grow up someday.
FANTASTIC !!!!!
Takie granie na klarnecie to jest prawdziwy talent , brawo !!!
GREAT - THANK YOU!
Master of Swing =D
Amo Benny Goodman💖
Though Artie Shaw's version is still my fav, Benny's is very sweet and nice to swing to. Rest in piece Big Bandmaster!
Marvelous!!
1981, the date of this session in Denmark was very far from Benny's last. RUclips has the famed Marriott Marquis tribute to Benny, 1985 less than one year from his death. He ain't slackin' in this one either. His improvisational powers never did decline.
indeed, I think that like the best wine, he just got better and better.
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Thanks mister Goodman...for me, pneus if the greatest musician officiel all Time!!! Magic !!!!
I don't know the DVD, saw the video here for the first time. There is so much to discover here.
As a real jazzfan i know many of Benny Goodman's records from his early days on.
I like all styles in jazz but in swingmusic i feel at home!
Thank you for your interest, best wishes to you from Berlin
Lutz
No, this is "Jazzhus Slukefter" in Tivoli, Copenhaven 1981
Siempre será el inolvidable clarinetista, de los mejores: Benny Goodman
Very beautiful Big Bands Benny Goodman clarinete🍷🍷🎼🏛️🎺🎷🇧🇷 Teacher music@Kaki_Som🎷📯🎶💎
I was negative 12 years old in 1981, wish I could have seen him perform live.
Mr. Benny Goodman could make a black Licorice Stick so, so Sweet . This one's for you Uncle .
That was kindof ridiculous how awsome and amazing that was at his advanced age .Jeez louise
Gosh! Nuances!
SPEECHLESS!!!!!!!
Years of dedicated practice pays off.
Perfection
Musik vom feinsten.Grüße aus Berlin Zehlendorf
Very nice.
Nekem mindég a Benny Goodman volt a példa képen,mivel én is klarinéton keztem tanulni nagyon szerettem ezt az izes szép hanggal technikával rendelkezett müvészt.De abban az időben nem volt lehetőség kották nem jelentek meg és tv,rádió csak külföldi rádiókon felvett magnoról irtunk le a számokat.De azért sikerült a stilusát meg öriznem és játszonom is.Jelenleg már nyugdijas zenész vagyok Saxafonos és klerinétos .
Bei tempi
GREAT, GREAT VERY GREAT, IS AMAZING ....
smooth on a new level
love this
Although the "vid poster" made confusion about the location...Mr Goodman still the KING !
Goodman was born in the month of May 1909 whereas his great rival Artie Shaw was also born in the month of May but in 1910. Obviously a year when the goods were really smiling at all music lovers.
1904, too. Jimmy Dorsey, born February 29 and Glenn Miller born March 1. The muses were _really_ busy!
Up close, like it use to be, with the greats. Never see that today. Of course there are not many of those around, either.
Not in sweden, TIVOLI -COPENHAGEN. 👏👏
Goodmann -Don Hass,piano-Harry Pepi,guitar-Peter Vitte, bas-CHARLY ANTOLINI (MY FRIEND) drums. 👌
aaawww 😍
This is not in Sweden, it is at the Jazzhus Slukefter, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark 1981. Goodman died in 1986, but not before one last monumental concert at the Carnegie Hall, New York, America on the 25th June, 1982.
Kind of gives you a nostalgic feeling, doesn't it?
Irrepetible y maravilloso benny. Goodman
♥️
39 thumbs down? really? sick jealous people
Has to be the epitome of Clarinet players. He could really rock.
Que belo som....
♥ ♥ ♥
Actually, this was recorded in Tivoli in Copenhagen! That's in Denmark and not Sweden!
Just for the record the 'Tivoli' is in Copenhagen Denmark, and not Sweden!
Marvellous. But now, one of the future talents on clarinet is Martin Schmidt-Hahn. Let s hope, that he will do it !!
Pianist killed it on this one!
(edit: god the guitarist is GREAT)
Soo great Benny. May I humbly say there's a guy in Toowoomba Australia who starts to compare with Benny and that's Paul Hendon who cut his teeth listening and listening to Benny.. Many who know Paul's talents would agree. What a privilege to have played guitar with Paul for years . Google Toowoomba Jazz Society.
Went out still swinging.
Btw, this was in Copenhagen.
guitar solo swings
@arciduca31 This appears to be the recording from Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen from 1981 issued on vhs by Kulture.
@get2it55 The Last performance of Benny Goodman is the headline of DVD (Legends in Concert).
I have not other information
The guys in the band look at him like he is Hendrix. They know whats up
It's not the Tivoli in "Sweden" but Tivoli in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. And this was not Benny's "last performance" - where did you get that? This was FIVE years before his death.
Someone can tell me the people playing with Benny?
Thanks
Ruy
GRACIAS BENNY POR SER MÍ INSPIRACIÓN
and it's Lady, Be Good (comma)
Not quite sure but i believe the full title is "Oh, Lady be Good"