The Benny Goodman Quartet 1959-I Got Rhythm

The Song Is Called I Got Rhythm
Recorded December 17, 1959
Featuring Benny Goodman On Clarinet, Gene Krupa On Drums, Lionel Hampton On Vibraphone, Jess Stacy On Piano.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Breathtaking!!! 😁

[@stelladrums]

Man, this is what JAZZ is all about. This just swings.

[@glynsmith4590]

There has never been anyone since who could compare with those BG groups!!!!

[@rongrattini178]

I don’t think there has ever been a group then or now that got into “the zone” more than these great all stars. What a joy

[@potpouratamacue]

Its Carnegie Hall all over again. Absolutely brilliant. Mbrooks whoever you are, thank you for posting.

[@15emac]

they had such enthusiasm-they truly lived the music! sure they got paid for it BUT they really enjoyed each other. the people who played with benny - it's jsut a 'who's who' of music.

[@luizmillem3992]

Gene Krupa, an excellent drummer.

[@PierreVeniot]

Lionel is on fire!

[@johnpetters]

Brilliant. Never seen this before. It is what jazz is about

[@kimnewland8735]

magical stuff.my fave small jazz group.

[@charlesbarry6730]

Jazz legends: Benny Goodman , Gene Krupa, Lionrl Hampton.

[@marilynstevenson865]

Peggy Lee recorded her famous, "Why Don''t You Do Right"" with Benny. Have a listen. She rally swings! Long before she stated into ballads!!

[@monicabella7894]

That wasn't a good choice.

[@ikiv65]

AMAZING! the xylophone gets me...how can he be precise on an instument like that? just crazy good music!

[@garyfoster3854]

It’s a vibraphone

[@tommyromanowski]

@@garyfoster3854 fact still stands

[@Firebrand55]

Gielgud was in America for a while in 1959, so that's definately the great man, having the jazz treat of his life!

[@MMorgan834]

I thought that’s who that was!

[@EnlightnMe48]

Wow

[@mariawikman4052]

Helt suverænt❤

[@milastone2282]

Tears

[@jacquesdeghorain3162]

savez-vous pourquoi Benny Goodman était si bon ??? Et bien parce qu'il avait énorrrrrmément de plaisir à jouer.....REGARDEZ LE BIEN dans les innombrables enregistrements qu'on a heureusement gardé de lui : IL S 'AMUSAIT !!! c'est ça le secret......

[@Firebrand55]

Unless I'm mistaken........that's Sir John Gielgud at 1.20.....the very last person I would expect to see sitting between Lee and Channing! This number was played at their famous Carnigie Hall Concert in 1938.......they stil have it 21 years later!

[@mikeos1]

Yes and sitting next to Peggy Lee.

[@kimnewland8735]

fantastic! no other word!

[@kimnewland8735]

you are right!

[@marilynstevenson865]

It's 1959?? Just look at the lineup...!!...Still making memories...

[@stephenwllmsful]

Next time with feeling fellas

[@paulgrad5183]

Sir John Geilgud in the audience seems to be enjoying it.

[@cthopkins]

For me this is a masterpiece! Thanks to those who recorded originally, and to you for posting recently to preserve this kind of mastery.

[@zanelota6077]

musicians they were

[@Gennettor-nc8kx]

They cut out Jess Stacy's piano solo - which, for me, would have been the most interesting part.....

[@roosterslime9430]

3:32 reference to Hotter Than 'Ell

[@DYNODRUM]

Masters especially Hamp. These dudes were Great, But Ole Goodman, Hated being Upstaged by anyone as Reported .

[@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante]

Musicians.

[@nzurisoul]

Who is on keys in this video? It’s not Teddy Wilson.....

[@cuttygrass]

Is that Arlene Francis sitting on the couch?

[@km-bu9gg]

0:29

[@clivenaylor5392]

Would have expected Teddy Wilson on piano.

[@jazzgent]

Has it been done any better? I'll answer for you. No!

[@LEONARDSEED]

Yes Jess was good but no Teddy Wilson! Teddy would have filled all the holes in Gene's drumming!

[@vinylman1973return]

Krupa drop his wire brush at 1:34!?

[@postscript67]

About 1:44 he picks another up, but he still had the first one a couple of seconds earlier. Did it go over his shoulder?

[@monicabella7894]

Pls in better quality.

[@JaneFrieman]

Benny Goodman makes the clarinet SPEAK! Goodman puts his soul into playing.

[@RICHN1]

Who needs a bass with Krupa filling in the bottom. Some very classic old school brush work executed to perfection. Oh......the other guys are pretty good too!

[@zakiahart3919]

Lionel Hampton a genius at the vibraphone you can tell he was music, he didn't just play the notes.

[@casiuco]

Zakia Hart I do not have words for him

[@myroseaccount]

I saw Hampton at the 1996 New Orleans Jazz festival. Wynton Marcellus and several of the Neville's did a huge ensemble as a tribute. What an afternoon that was. The man was in his 80s but he still rocked

[@luizmillem3992]

Yeah

[@joecash4354]

My parents took me to see Lionel sometime in the ‘60s with a big band in a local steakhouse that occasionally booked bands. He gave me a ‘45 and signed the cover. Still have it. Great night!

[@robertboney4493]

The best ever at their instrucments, Goodman, Hampton, Krupa.

[@janicehogan652]

how right you are😊

[@denismajeur3785]

Nothing can't beat or will beat them.

[@tommyromanowski]

God, what I wouldn’t give to see this live!!!! Gene and Lionel just have sooo much energy! I don’t know how the audience wasn’t jumping out of their seats

[@IsobelSturgeon]

Gene Krupa switching from brushes to sticks....Cool!

[@bobdillaber1195]

A grown man gets to play at play all day, every day! We get to watch AND HEAR the fun!

[@medmond6]

I believe this clip from the old Playboy Penthouse late night show. Oh and look that's Jess Stacy on the keyboard.

[@faaqcee7896]

Ed McDowell Playboy after Dark?

[@mikeos1]

Jess Stacey should have been in "The Benny Goodman Storey" but pulled out when he discovered he was restricted to one short number

[@pianopappy]

It was actually a program called, "The Big Party", sponsored by Revlon cosmetics, and aired on the CBS Television Network.

[@marciapierce9618]

Please don't let this disappear! This is part of our National Treasure

[@robertboney4493]

The greatest of all time, Goodman, Hampton and Krupa!

[@brucekuehn4031]

I have to say that Jess Stacy at the piano was truly touched by the angels on the night of January 16, 1938 at Carnegie Hall. I could listen to his solo on Sing Sing Sing a dozen times in a row and still be amazed. Where that inspiration came from is an unexplainable mystery. One of the all-time great moments!

[@lcs1955]

@@brucekuehn4031 Too bad he didn't get a solo here.

[@dongiorgio1096]

the greatest combo ever.gene,benny,teddy and lionel.

[@garyfoster3854]

It’s Jess Stacy on piano.

[@1ronnox]

Recognized Peggy Lee in the audience along with (I think) Carol Channing and Alan King.

[@elisha1781]

Carol Channing: was she passin' back then?

[@thegreatdominion949]

Also Sir John Gielgud.

[@TrabalRipoll]

Excellent video mate!!! 5 millions of stars, of course.

[@ApartmentKing66]

Bet this was like Old Home Week for these guys, having played together 20 years prior.

[@sonarman65]

Oh my oh my!!! Boyz and lit-tell girlz. Benny and the lads are possessed on this one.This is rare roast beef..........for the eyes and ears. Mercy!!! My hair just parted by itself. Did you ever see musicians haven' so much fun with their clothes on? All give thanx to Mr. Mbrooks for this piece of solid gold. Mercy......talk about windin' up the spring.....ouch!!!! I do believe I WILL have another piece if you all don't mind. Hot damn!!!!!!!

[@ciroalb3]

Is that John Gielgud sitting with Peggy Lee at 1:22? My impression was that BG was somewhat in eclipse as a performer at this time, many overseas gigs but not so popular in the US. A shame, at the height of his powers.

[@billjahnke1612]

Benny is the best, but who doesn't love Lionel?

[@kkrylovskiy]

God damn.....

[@kimnewland8735]

fantastic.if theres a more exciting jazz outfit around today,i"d like to har it.and yes it is gielgood in audience.dont know what he made of it!

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

:D i wanna learn to play that song i bet my friend and i could at least try this is cool :D

[@joecash4354]

That’s fantastic as it is, but it would have been even better with a Jess Stacy solo.

[@Smitty150]

Teddy lost his tan. :-)

[@brooklynbummer]

So much talent and great music.

[@LeDoctoer]

I saw these guys in 1973 at Saratoga. It was Gene's final performance. Benny's technique was amazing. Absolutely flawless.

[@EnlightnMe48]

Wow

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

Turn up all of the encores "in green pastures" that always happen whenever this showstopper of a number is performed. Stay safe everyone!

[@harryoakley]

Fabulous - yet no Jess Stacey solo...... But look at some of the people in the audience, Peggy Lee, Carol Channing and, would you believe it, John Gielgud!

[@Gennettor-nc8kx]

Stacy's solo was cut out....

[@JuanManuelChavarriaFlores]

Una melodía muy hermosa que me hace soñar y la maestría que tiene cada integrante para tomar el instrumento 🎷🎸 gracias por compartir esta música 🎵🎼

[@TheMrWestcoast]

Definitely not Teddy Wilson! Though, this Jess-Stacy-guy does not look bad between all these legends.. Joke.. he is a great pianist; I'm just a big Teddy Wilson fanatic.

[@pilgriminyourbody]

Listen to the end of "Sing Sing Sing (with a Swing) on the 1938 Carnegie Hall Benny Goodman concert. There is a fantastic, dreamy solo by Jess Stacy. He takes you into something just sublime.

[@pilgriminyourbody]

I agree with you about Teddy Wilson. He's in a category all his own with those wonder cascades of notes. I'm spellbound by him. This solo by Jess Stacy, I think, must have been a peak moment for him. I haven't heard much of anything else by him, but what I have heard is nowhere near this ending solo, which I just get lost in. Thanks for your comment.

[@Marathonracer]

@@pilgriminyourbody Jess Stacy was a brilliantly swinging and incredibly inventive and nuanced jazz pianist who, for my money was even better than Teddy Wilson and actually beat out Teddy Wilson on several Downbeat Magazine polls. And Jess Stacey did play for many years with Bob Crosby's Orchestra and his smaller Bobcats and played many fantastic solos, despite the fact that the 1938 solo was his best. They're on KZbin and the Bobcats had amazing all star musicians, like the legendary Ray Bauduc on drums, whom even Gene Krupa said was the best Dixieland drummer of all time. They had Eddie Miller: tenor sax Matty Matlock: clarinet, Billy Butterfield: trumpet, Warren Smith: trombone Nappy Lamare: guitar Jess Stacy: piano, Ray Bauduc: drums, Bob Haggart: bass. You seem to trivialize that absolutely historic, unbelievably creative solo in Sing Sing Sing in 1938, as if it's a one of a kind for Jess. EVERY jazz solo, by definition, is one of a kind. The fact that Jess Stacy played the best solo of his life that night, can possibly be said about Gene, Benny, Hamp and Harry James. Although it was the best solo of his entire career, he played many truly great solos with the Bobcats and other bands. Here's a brief summary of Jessy Stacy's career at its height, although there were much later revivals of his great playing. Thought you might find it interesting. Stacy's big break came in 1935 when Benny Goodman asked Stacy to join his band. Stacy left Floyd Towne, moved to New York, and spent 1935-39 with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. He reached a personal peak when he performed with Goodman band at its famous 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert on 16 January 1938. The Carnegie Hall performance was elevated in part by Stacy's unplanned piano solo during "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)", around which a great modern legacy has grown. Following a Goodman/Krupa duet, Stacy received a nod from Goodman to take a solo. "At the Carnegie Hall concert, after the usual theatrics, Jess Stacy was allowed to solo and, given the venue, what followed was appropriate ... Used to just playing rhythm on the tune, he was unprepared for a turn in the spotlight, but what came out of his fingers was a graceful, impressionistic marvel with classical flourishes, yet still managed to swing. It was the best thing he ever did, and it's ironic that such a layered, nuanced performance came at the end of such a chaotic, bombastic tune", wrote David Rickert." Btw, Jess Stacy said in an interview that his Carnegie Hall solo took him by surprise because Goodman never told him he'd be taking one, but then suddenly pointed to him. Jess said that he was glad that he didn't know about it in advance because: " I would have been so nervous I probably would have screwed it up !". LOL. That's why, after just three terrific blues bars, you hear Lionel Hampton kind of laugh and call out: " Yeeaah, Jess!" and the audience cracks up. A 1939 review of 'Jess Stacy' (Commodore 1503) stated: "These two five-minute blues are probably the finest solos ever recorded by Jess Stacy and the best coupling ever issued by Milt Gabler on his Commodore label. When this most sensitive, intelligent and polished of piano players goes to work in the simple, traditional blues form, the result is likely to be more individual than authentic; and that was the case here. On the slow blues, "EcStacy", and a faster one named "The Sell Out", Stacy has lavished all his musical sincerity, his harmonic invention and delicate melodic ideas, all performed with uniquely fine touch and really incisive phrasing. "EcStacy" is quiet, and the chords ring out like chimes; in "The Sell Out", Stacy's foot acts as bass drum and the swing is very easy and sure. Instead of the sterility which afflicts so many of the "advanced" jazz players, there is the sincere, personal emotion, and integrity, of a uniquely talented musician. Much intellect went into this music, and in places you can almost hear Jess' rapid thinking". After leaving the Goodman Orchestra, Stacy joined the Bob Crosby Orchestra and his famous small jazz group the Bob Crosby Bobcats. During his period with the Bob-Cats Stacy received yet wider acclaim. He won the national Down Beat piano polls in 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943. Teddy Wilson did not win. In addition to the Goodman and Bob Crosby orchestras Stacy played with Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, George Gershwin, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Gene Krupa, Jack Teagarden and, later, Horace Heidt. Just to put Jess Stacy in proper perspective. Check out the "Bobcats " on KZbin. Some are live videos and they show Jess Stacy's wide swinging Dixieland range. Cheers.

[@pilgriminyourbody]

Thanks, @@Marathonracer, for all the Jess Stacy lore. Trivialize his SSS solo? Hardly, it's one of the best things I've ever heard. I'll check into other music by him that you are pointing me to. All the best.

[@Marathonracer]

@@pilgriminyourbody Cool, Jim. I really didn't mean to imply that you were literally trivializing that incredible solo itself, since you had clearly said "There is a fantastic, dreamy solo by Jess Stacy. He takes you into something just sublime.", which is a great way to describe it. But only in the sense that it might have been the only great thing he'd ever done. Actually, I was struggling to find the right words, so it wouldn't leave the wrong impression, and perhaps I shouldn't have said it that way to begin with. Btw, I do have tremendous respect for Teddy Wilson, who's a legendary figure in jazz history and a tremendous pianist. I remember, as a kid, my parents, both classical musicians, ( my mother was a pianist), pointed out Teddy Wilson as part of that great Benny Goodman quartet.

[@marilynstevenson865]

Oh My!!! Benny is Hot!!! Peggy Lee is enjoying the jam...

[@JuanManuelChavarriaFlores]

Excelente melodía

[@pauswing]

is that in the White House?

[@casiuco]

Jus listen and watch

[@orishaswishes]

Basically, 3 greats and a ho-hum pianist. I wonder what happened to Teddy Wilson (original pianist with Benny, Lionel and Gene). He was great.

[@postscript67]

That "ho-hum pianist" is Jess Stacy, pianist with the Goodman orchestra in its late '30s heyday, including the legendary 1938 Carnegie Hall concert, where he played a memorable solo in "Sing Sing Sing".

[@orishaswishes]

@@postscript67 ho-hums occasionally shine - I mean it is "ho-hum" in relation to the aforementioned 3 greats, isn't it? Quality journeymen musicians ARE needed.

[@Gennettor-nc8kx]

Jess Stacy a "ho-hum pianist"??? What planet are you from?

[@orishaswishes]

@@Gennettor-nc8kx Obviously not the pasty whitebreed world you are from - anyways, I don't go on reputation, but on what I hear. You should try it sometime. Anyways, Goodman and his bunch were all designed for that nice white middleclass of the 40s and 50s. A far cry from the cutting edge.

[@JMrealgamer]

Awesome!!

[@timothyissohot]

Forgive me, but can you tell me what show this is from? Thanks!

[@mitchellbrooks6810]

The Peggy Lee Show

[@thomassmith5400]

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[@thomassmith5400]

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[@killergirls]

True masters of Jazz!