Stealin' Apples - Benny Goodman 1985

October 7, 1985 @The New York Marriott Marquis
// Clarinet:Benny Goodman
/ Piano:Dick Hyman
/ Drums:Louis Bellson
/ Bass:Bob Haggart
/ Guitar:James Chirillo
/ Tenor Sax:Ken Peplowski, Loren Schoenberg
/ Alto Sax:Chuck Wilson, Jack Stuckey
/ Baritone Sax:Danny Bank
/ Trombone:Bobby Pring, Eddie Bert, Matt Finders
/ Trumpet:Laurie Frink, Randy Sandke, John Eckert, Paul Cohen

[@SwingCla]

Benny Goodman 1985 at The New York Marriott Marquis kzbin.info/aero/PLrPaVntmR59tGQC-IYWFXfi1yoDxyTk9k

[@PowerToasty]

The fact that he could still swing better in his 70s than most people could in their prime shows just how much of a legend he was.

[@michaelklein5242]

His last truly great musical moment in time. I remember when this was first broadcast and Benny sounded better than he had in years and for once, he had a pick up band that truly echoed the superlative performance of Goodman"s great bands from the '30s and '40s. I met Benny and fellow greats Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton after a concert they gave. This was for radio and around 1981. I was just 16 at the time, helping my neighbor put on his weekly big band radio show. They were all great guys and I remember how they couldn't believe a kid my age knew all about them and their recordings. It made me very happy, because I'm sure that really made their day!

[@bblegacy]

I swear it never gets old.

[@bblegacy]

In 1985 I was 25, a clarinet/sax player a year out of music school and a thorough BG freak. I had been since I first heard him when I was about 12. I still am too. I was lucky enough to see him twice with small groups in NYC and once with this band in the spring of '86 not long after this. And the world lost him June 13, '86, 25 years ago next week. Nobody else ever played like him or had a band that played those charts like his. I still miss hearing The King to this day. Thank GOD for Y.T.

[@jazzclarinet2006]

Ken Peplowski told me he had played in Benny's last touring orchestra and here he is! Cool!

[@MrJaycasey]

If I could choose either to be at Secretariat's 1973 Belmont's or at Goodman's 1985 Marriot Hotel classic . I would never be able to decide. A million thank you's to You Tube.

[@arnosgrove8345]

Where is the talent like that today?

[@OldCanadianguy953]

Getting high on drugs ruining their minds.

[@HelloooThere]

Out there but with all the technology they have no idea how to network

[@ABrandsma]

Yes, Laurie played lead on this. According to one musician in this TV show with whom I spoke Benny only said a few minutes before the show started that he wanted her to do the lead part. Great job!

[@michaeljayklein500]

One of the best swing arrangements ever (Fletcher Henderson) and it was great seeing Benny in top form along with a truly fine back up band (I saw Bob Haggart and Louis Bellson in there)...thanks for sharing this!

[@MrJaycasey]

when those 4 sax players take that deep breath and Benny comes in with his final play , I could listen to that forever .

[@daveday5507]

I see 5.

[@Johnny_Nova]

It's amazing to see the "King of Swing" playing his old 1930's hitsongs at this age. And Fletcher Henderson's arrangements are still outstanding today. Simply great...

[@gerrypzz]

Just great

[@MrJaycasey]

Just in case any young uns or old folk for that matter want to know what "Swing" was all about, just pay attention and listen to the last few bars of this truly great rendition of "Stealin Apples". Listen as Benny ends with his great solo. Watch the quartet of great sax players totaling near 400 years of age, and all but one standing and echoing the great maestro's finish of the great arrangement of this classic. I, at 83, never tire of it.

[@grahamlivingstone1068]

Even at a hundred or whatever...best of all time. I am a trumpet player, but his playing...I want to learn clarinet..so ridiculously cool...Benny is the once, future and forever king of swinging it...so good...

[@ernestisip4071]

I don't understand why 26 people find this video with thumbs down ... Benny Goodman is the greatest clarinet musician of all time as he is named as the KING OF SWING! including classical music too!! I have added my THUMBS UP!!

[@daveday5507]

Artie Shaw was the greatest Clarinet musician, he was named the king of the clarinet.

[@bobboscarato1313]

Best swing band in the universe!

[@patflynn983]

Great music! Great bandleader! The most fantastic swing music that there ever was, led by one of the greatest and gifted musicians there ever was. If you don't believe me, try not tapping your feet while the orchestra is playing. Can't be done...Benny, where are you when we need you?

[@rosslavel]

Wonderful musicians!!!

[@KarlaLopez13deagosto]

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[@RenateConrad]

wunderbar, erinnert mich an meinen Vater, seine alten Schallplatten und die gute Stimmung, die Bennys Musik im ganzen Haus verbreitete

[@pauledubois9154]

en effet très joli je l'ai mi sur ma page

[@jkcoyle1030]

I make my monthly pilgrimage to hear this great rendition of what swing really was.

[@siolaaduob]

Me too

[@johnfury6481]

Simply amazing just how great BG is playing here at the tender age of 76!

[@Crockerish]

A great swinger by the old master,there will never be such talent again.

[@Thursdaym2]

Great and I love the couple supposingly jiving in the corner. He just stands on the spot and she hangs on to his hand and flings herself about. Priceless.

[@dancebandleader]

Your comments are, as the Brits say, spot on. I was 41 , and a sax and clarinet player too, when this was taped, and in 1975 saw BG in person at Cohasset Massachusetts". to do a sextet date but brought along 2 more players. One of the numbers was "Handful of Keys" which was amazing and a surprise. With the extra players they also did octet reductions of "Clarinade" and "Mission to Moscow" Bobby Hackett guested on one of the dates. What a night!

[@kkampy4052]

This and Sing Sing Sing are my 2 favorite Goodman tunes. I weep with joy.

[@moniquezhang1660]

His “Jersey Bounce” sounds great too!

[@4205lr]

Hi Saxhaggis. I saw Benny at the Albert Hall in December 1973 and have never forgotten what a thrill it was. I still have the programme.

[@skyfire8950]

God, that piano solo at the start.

[@attabuoy]

This rendition is a better dance tempo and sharper definition than other Goodman versions and the Fletcher Henderson rendition on KZbin. Fats, Fletcher and BG that's the way to make music!

[@JoGarciaWav]

OMG ..I wish I was there.

[@ellaroberts1812]

Me too...

[@bobboscarato1313]

If you were there, by now you probably would be dead.

[@JoGarciaWav]

@@bobboscarato1313 it's ok for me xD

[@Poisson4147]

@@bobboscarato1313 It was 40 years ago. In the grand scheme of things that's not so bad. And if it wasn't enough time at least I'd go out happy!

[@nandor41]

Excellent ..the great king of Swing Benny Goodman and his wonderful orchestra....

[@osocool1too]

We may never see the likes of BG again , so thanks for committing videos like this to digital, for future generations to marvel at his music.

[@billcherry5852]

The great Dick Hyman on piano. What s surprise!

[@wstewic]

Benny's still the King!!!!

[@clskmstg]

I remember seeing this on public television, and have it on tape. This was (to my knowledge) Benny's last TV appearance before his death. A lot of good musicians here - Louie Bellson on the drums just to name one. Excellent post!

[@TheBernie2201]

Will we ever have an era like that again?.....Not untill another benny Googman comes along.

[@saxhaggis]

Hi Swingcla, I can't thank you enough for posting these 1985 videos! I am old enough to have seen Basie, Ellington, Herman, Kenton, but NEVER Goodman. (I don't think he ever came to the UK)You have made up for that! Thank you also for info on Laurie Frink. A very, very talented lady! Best regards, Saxhaggis

[@jkcoyle1030]

Somethings dim with age , never Classics .

[@haroldbrown6184]

I saw Benny Goodman play at the New York World's Fair in 1964. One of my great memories.

[@patriciagarces3415]

That's why he's the King of Swing. 👍

[@mrgone658]

Undisputed! 👉-->👑

[@edgarcook9607]

Best thing on KZbin! Anyway,seems to me that Benny collected the best people around for one last great show. 1985 seems like yesterday to me,but it is gone. Heard Benny live in 1980,my date didn't get it! I got to meet Louis Bellson in the '90s,he explained some drum parts to me,man I was so thrilled,just watch and listen to him in this video,how he drives the band! And Benny,always slightly amused at his own fame & talent.

[@matthewcuriel991]

dang a year before his departure ... and he was still slaying his clarinet solo parts. I wanna go out a boss the way he did RIP Benny.

[@jojoUK120]

Matthew Curiel👍 ...and still pointing away from the mic a lot 😂

[@Poisson4147]

The obits said he was found in his home studio, clarinet at his side and a stack of exercises on his music stand. He was The King to the very end!

[@williamferry6573]

Yep, he rehearsed every day, and on that last day he'd just finished and was taking a nap and passed away in his sleep.

[@leonmaliniak]

Great stuff

[@MikeSulman]

Dick Hyman at the piano is a wonderful addition to Benny Goodman's group.

[@paulschuller1167]

Este merecido homenaje que le hicieran en vida al brillante Benny. Lamentable que que no haya DVD y solo cintas VHS de éste Show ...... que fué exelente.............. el uruguayo.

[@patrickyoung3503]

Beautiful music . Thanks for posting

[@4205lr]

Hi Saxhaggis. Yes, I have been to the Bulls Head in Barnes several times. Never saw Tubby Hayes there but saw Humph several times. This friend of mine used to live in the Lowe. Perhaps you know it. Living in Florida now, I miss that sort of thing.

[@montyallen6676]

"BRAVO !!" ....as the crowd shouts at the end !!!! I AGREEEEEE !!!

[@estherhernandezmauro9538]

Que belleza de música ,otro mundo las personas elegantes ,que linda época. Felicidades a la o las personas que suben esta hermosa música mi admiración para ustedes .

[@SwingCla]

Hello hckydad, thank you for advising me. I'll add his name soon. Thanks a lot!

[@tombasye1016]

Benny Goodman Is Completely 100% As An Excellent Artist, Set In The Past Time

[@wstewic]

Mr Goodman, we love you madly!

[@billelsbury2861]

I agree !!!!!!!

[@saxhaggis]

Hi 4205lr. Thanks for that info on Benny. I was living in Essex in 1973 (not that many miles from the Albert Hall) but I didn't know he was there! If only I had known!!

[@jkcoyle1030]

In case your ever asked by anybody as to what swing was, they don't even have to sit for the 4 minutes of this classic. Just the last 30 seconds will do it.

[@carlostamayo5860]

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[@ralnovak9113]

Interesting note. Goodman was a lot of things, not all of them admiarble, but the music was certainly in him.

[@bblegacy]

Nobody ever got to the top of the heap of anything by being soft. Trailblazers do what they do by demanding and getting 100% of those around them and inspire them to give it their all, and those who don't measure up get replaced. And the ones who get replaced or never make it anywhere are usually the loudest whiners, and often blame others for their own failure.

[@4205lr]

Hi saxhaggis. Funny you should say that because my wife and I went with friends from Chigwell!

[@johnnycharco]

Very,very nice. Thanks for posting.

[@billelsbury2861]

perfection !!!!!

[@duncansimpson1378]

What a piano intro

[@ernestpappas3195]

Pianist Dick Hyman, still with us in his '90s, is a master stylist and a phenomenon able to play and expound on all jazz styles (ragtime, stride, etc.) and has scored several movies, most notably some Woody Allen ones.

[@xToxicTurtlex]

I agree...BRAVO!!!!!!

[@gogodog7991]

Great Musician and his band l love his Swing and ECS music’s

[@gogodog7991]

One of great musician and his band

[@cmandile4678]

Wow to have been there what a treat

[@JonErikKellso]

Yes, Laurie Frink played lead trumpet. Sadly she just recently passed away at age 61. She was wonderful.

[@waltergray7722]

Brilliant post. Thank you for sharing.

[@gogodog7991]

Nice swing dance music

[@gogodog7991]

Another great American musician and band

[@williamlrobinson6293]

Benny is still King of the Clarinet!! I played in the big band area so for me it does not get better than this. That is my story and I will stick with it.

[@christopherescott6787]

CONCUR. He was a master of his craft that brought a class of music unmatched anywhere today.

[@nestogen0]

Los sonidos, composición arreglos y demás producidos por este gran músico son elixir de vida. Gracias Benny. A propósito la viuda del cubano Benny Moré considerado el mejor cantante de música latina tenia por nombre Bartolome, pero su viuda se lo cambio por el artistico de Benny en homenaje a Goodman por ser un admirador de su música.

[@robertduis6730]

Randy Sandke - 37 years ago he played this fantastic SOLO in "Stealin' Apples!"

[@Littlewhitelephant]

@saxhaggis Yes, she is sitting at the 1st trumpets place. The solo is done by Randy Sandke.

[@andrechimene6300]

KING LOIUS…IT IS SOOOOO GOOOD‼️♥️

[@edgarcook9607]

Fats Waller, actually...

[@ber776]

RIP-Eddie Bert-Laurie Frink-Danny Bank...Bellson.

[@zedzil]

Lineu Bernardi h

[@mariuszbielecki897]

Benny byłeś wspaniały

[@100PurpleAvenue]

The MAN.

[@MrJaycasey]

Never tire of listening to BG's 1985 "swipeing apples". And then reading the record number of following idolatrous comments .

[@Thursdaym2]

Called " Stealing Apples "

[@araceliexposito8823]

Extraordinario! !!!cuantos recuerdos! !!!!Por favor que vuelvan estas orquestas! !!!!!

[@zocormaquinaria446]

MI GRAN BENNY GOODMAN HA SIDO MI ADORACION QUE GRAN CLARINETISTA

[@MrJaycasey]

This was the last song Benny played on that famous Marriot. I wait for those 3 saxaphones take that quick deep breath and come on the end . Never again .

[@daveday5507]

I Still see 5.

[@chrisstrick320]

I have been a fan of the big bands for over 60 years and this is one of the best arrangements. The pianist is brilliant and it is a treat to hear him for 32 bars at the beginning - he makes it look so easy! I know the musicians are getting paid but they really look as if they are enjoying it, especially the lady trumpeter. Who is she?Chris Strick.

[@johnb984]

Just keep coming back to fabulous postings of this concert Mr SwingCla ! Trouble is i start watching & suddenly its nearly 1 o'clock in the morning and i go to bed with those fabulous numbers spinning in my head ! I was lucky enough to see Benny at the Albert Hall 1972 with Zoot Sims,Peter Appleyard, Mousey Alexander, Bill McGuffie, Lennie Bush, Bucky Pizzarelli .What a night that was! Got all their autographs on the programme except BG ! One more sig not in prog. Anybody know the extra player?

[@alanscott3865]

Maybe I can trump you. While wandering about back stage I was startled by BENNY GOODMAN coming out of his dressing room. So, I have my idol’s autograph. Also saw the band at Brighton (?) on that tour, the Brussels World Fair concert and BG with his sextet at the Royal Festival Hall. All started when my Mum took me to the London’s Palladium in 1948 when I was 11 years old.

[@anne-beritolesen3988]

The best❤️

[@hckydad]

Great video. I'm glad that you mention the musicians by name on your decription. However, you forgot to mention the name of the guitarist. His name is James Chirillo. A fantastic player. Thanks for the post.

[@christopherescott6787]

Class!

[@gerhardrehkopf4574]

Klasse,

[@gogodog7991]

I love his musics for ECS and Swings

[@edgarcook9607]

Not the point that they are "old songs". This is a classic Fletcher Henderson arrangement of a Fats Waller number. Respect! And driven by Louie Bellson at the drums!

[@coenraadvanessen2311]

3:20 this is my favourite section right here

[@PiotrBarcz]

All the great pianists played with friggin Benny Goodman xD Dick Hyman was Teddy Wilson's student, Wilson played with Benny all through the 30's so I guess it's fitting Hyman played with Goodman!

[@michaelklein5242]

Benny had the best ever pick up band that evening (Belson on drums!) and I'm pretty sure Hyman was behind how well rehearsed and letter perfect the aggregation was. It's truly Goodman's last great musical high note (no pun meant) of his career and it's fantastic!

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@michaelklein5242 I agree! By the way, am I correct in assuming Belson is Louis Belson or do I have the wrong first name? I think I've heard him play before with a different band.

[@jb5music]

Yes that's Louie Belson on Drums and Randy Sandky on trumpet.

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@jb5music I've never heard of the trumpet player but Bellson I'm a huge fan of :D

[@SandraKurz]

Musik vom feinsten. Grüße aus Berlin Zehlendorf

[@carrierclaude2947]

Benny Goodman pour moi, cest le meilleur swingneur au monde

[@jkcoyle1030]

Back again . Die hard Bklyn Dodgers fan BUT rather than 1955 world series win over hated Yankees , would rather have been at Benny 1985 . Not even close .

[@m.j.mcilroy5470]

Randy Sandke, The trumpet soloist is a very versatile musician.

[@klouqzy153]

Que geniooo

[@chrisstrick320]

Silly me! I should've looked at the list of musicians - the lady trumpeter is of course Laurie Frink who had a splendid career as big band player and tutor. Sadly died only 62 years old.

[@Poisson4147]

At the time of this performance Laurie was considered to be the best swing trumpeter in the business. Her loss was such a shame. God, I hate how much cancer has stolen from us.

[@gogodog7991]

Famous Benny Goodman musics and “Band”

[@N2YTA]

The rhythm guitarist is James Chirillo, he still preforms.

[@Poisson4147]

Plus Bob Pring on trombone - he worked with everyone from Tex Beneke to Buck Clayton and Bobby Short. And the gal trumpeter is Laurie Frink, at the time she was considered the best swing trumpeter in the business. We lost her FAR to soon. :(

[@RussianDrummer]

Old America !

[@salsax8635]

RIP Laurie

[@maurodecamposjunior7646]

Maravilha Musical.

[@SwingCla]

Hi, saxhaggis. I find out her name. She is Laurie Frink. Can search her name on the Internet.

[@edgarcook9607]

The thing is, this is THAT good...this would've passed muster at the Madhattan Room of the Hotel Pennsylvania in October 1937!