Benny Goodman | Together Again!

This was the first full reunion in the studios of the Benny Goodman Quartet (featuring the clarinetist, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, pianist Teddy Wilson, and drummer Gene Krupa), and although they would get together on an infrequent basis over the next decade, this was their last studio recording. In general, the classic swing stars avoided recreating their past triumphs and instead recorded veteran standards that they had missed the first time around. Krupa's bass drum work (which is meant to fill in for a bassist) gets a bit heavy-handed at times, but the good spirits of the reunion uplift the music. Highlights include "Seven Come Eleven," "I've Found a New Baby," "Runnin' Wild," and the blues "Four Once More."





01. Seven Come Eleven (C.Christian/B.Goodman)....(00:00)
02. Say It Isn't So (Irving Berlin).................................­....(04:29)
03. I've Found A New Baby (J.Palmer/S.Williams)....(08:29)
04. Somebody Loves Me (B.DeSylva/G.Gershwin)...(12:14)
05. Who Cares? (G.&I.Gershwin).....................­...............(16:43)
06. Runnin' Wild (A.Gibbs/J.Grey/L.Wood)...(19:54)
07. I Got It Bad(And That Ain't Good) (D.Ellington/P.Webster)...(23:22)
08. Dearest (H.Akst/B.Davis)........................­..........................(27:15)
09. I'll Get By(As Long As I Have You) (F.Ahlert/R.Turk)...(30:54)
10. Four Once More (Benny Goodman)................................­.(35:23)


1.Benny Goodman-clarinet
2.Teddy Wilson-piano
3.Lionel Hampton-vibraharp
4.Gene Krupa-drums


Recorded:1963; N.Y.C.