Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing

Benny Goodman Orchestra, featuring Gene Krupa (Drums), and Harry James (Trumpet).

[sarkisiangeorge]

Harry James-skinny waist, skinny belt, full-cut cotton/wool slacks with pleats and cuffs, slicked back hair, clean shaven. The classic and best fashion look man will ever have. You cannot outdo perfection.

[andrewpereira]

I don't know how anyone can watch this without shaking their heads with HUGE grin.

[tomgreene]

How remarkable that this version of “Sing, Sing, Sing“, written by Louis Prima and brilliantly arrange for Benny Goodman’s Orchestra by Jimmy Mundy, is almost 90 years old!
And its incessant devilish beat still feels modern, or even ahead of its time. It still digs deep into our souls, and brings up primordial emotions, and a sense of a battling victory! Not to mention being magnificently sexual! As a trumpeter, I always felt sorry for the third trumpet in this famous filmed performance, who obviously forgot that he still had his straight mute in during the performance, and quickly pulled it off and tucked it away, hoping no one could see it! He doesn’t have it in the very beginning, but for the life of me, I cannot come up with any reason why he would have put a straight mute in the middle of the performance, and then take it out! I’ve actually played this arrangement and l remember that printed at the very top of the trumpet sheet music is: “farti saltare le cervella!”

[howardsimon]

Perhaps the most exhilarating and creative pieces of all time. There's not one rock star who wouldn't be amazed at this performance. It's a frenzy! Even the great Ginger Baker was amazed at Gene. What a performance? Almost astounding.

[rustybuckets]

I can't describe the joy I feel watching this..Gene....hero.

[sstrauss]

My dad saw this band way back when. He loved sharing the Carnegie Hall concert with me. I love the energy and players and the great memories of my father whenever I hear these guys.

[christopherl]

The first couple notes of Benny's solo are brilliant!

[taylorrosenberg]

Oh to have been alive then! The music was incredible.

[purebloodheretic]

The Drumming is the star of this arrangement 👍

[ktkat]

You forget how young these guys were. Most of them were mid 20s and they were doing what they absolutely loved. Benny was known as a very strict taskmaster. He kept these guys on the straight and narrow. you never showed up drunk for a performance or you were out. His band members called the looks he gave them when he was angry was 'The Ray' They said they would just shrivel when he looked at them with 'the ray'. Check out Zoot Sims on sax. Another great musician.

[cohs]

I was a drummer in a 60's garage band and Gene Krupa was always my hero. The great ones always make it look so easy!

[passionfruitestate]

Best video quality yet for that special date that brought a great version of "Sing, Sing, Sing". Gene Krupa rocks as
Benny and his band swing.

[ameliafroehlich]

It's amazing what Gene Krupa could do with such a small drum kit.

[terenceabrahams]

As an aside, my best school chum Dave and I went to see the Benny Goodman Story around 1956. The high light was Sing Sing Sing with Krupa. Dave was enthralled by Krupa’s technique and set about trying to buy the record.

He discovered the only one available was the 1938 version at Carnegie Hall. It was a 12-inch Shellac, Side 1 & 2. Costing £15 and only available in the US. Plus, postage (by sea) it came to about £20. An arm and a leg for that time. Eventually it arrived and with a grand opening ceremony, he set it spinning at 78 rpm. With super mono sound over Dave’s 3-foot-tall speaker, belting out at 10 watts. (Average portable radio now does about 40w).

Absolutely great! Dave took it off the turntable and placed it on a window chair. It so happened that his girl friend was just arriving and he looked out the front room window, kneeling on the chair. More precisely on his newly arrived Shellac. In a second, we had a cracked Shellac!

Benny’s band was reduced to 50% x 2.

[anitacalloway]

Loved seeing Gene Krupa's machine gun rhythms. How great is it to see the musicians tapping out the beat and smiling throughout the performance. They just let us into their intimate world of beautiful and intricate sounds.

[misterpeppercorn]

This was great band of real musicians. Nothing like it ever since.

[rocketdesigns]

This is the most clear version I have seeing. Excellent & I wish I could be there. The very best and probably something we won't get to experience live. Thank you to the wonderful person putting this in.

[hilariagonzalez]

I love it! The era & swing music big band! Era

[ianbarkham]

Love the way Krup switches back and forth between trad and matched grip depeding on what he needs the drums to sound

[BabyBoomerChannel]

Krupa...James...Goodman...it don't get better than that.