Search - Benny Sextet Goodman :: Live at Basin Street East

This rare performance was recorded by Goodman himself during a July 1954 engagement at the Basin Street East jazz club, in New York. This particular sextet had been formed for a tour (which was later cancelled) with Louis Armstrong's All Stars in the spring of 1953. Although all of the band members were superb musicians, the most interesting pairing here is that of Benny and trumpeter Charlie Shavers. A veteran of the Swing era, Shavers had extensive experience with both small groups (he had been a soloist and arranger for the renowned John Kirby Sextet) and big bands (as a featured soloist with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra). This superb performance contains a lot of wonderful music by an otherwise unrecorded Benny Goodman Sextet. 19 tracks including 'After You've Gone', 'On The Sunny Side Of The Street', 'Our Love Is Here To Stay', 'I Found A New Baby' and more. Jazz Factory. 2006.