Sing Sing Sing - Carnegie Hall 1938

I never get tired of listening to this. Every time Gene starts that final pass, all the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

No big band has managed to top this since.

Eternel !

Krupa's drum break has to be one of the most universally recognizable drum parts ever played.

Hard to believe, but (on a copy of the playbill for this show), about $3 would get you pretty darned close to the stage. A lot of money for a working stiff, but that is amazing.

What a masterpiece! As a bass player I wish they, knowing that Harry Goodman didn’t play loudly enough, would have miced his bass, as they did in studio recordings.

These Cats jam like the Allman Bros !

I close my eyes and see the little mice doing their swing dancing from old cartoons.

They are using this song in adverts today

There is only one version of SSS...and this is it.

My dad had this album when I was a kid, maybe nine or ten years old, growing up in a very small town in SW Wisconsin. I would listen to this song over and over always returning to Jess Stacy's poignant solo which I think made Gene Krupa's finale all the more powerful.

My old man had a very diverse taste in music. He made sure I did, too - not by forcing it on me, but by merely playing a variety of music on his stereo. Jazz, big band, classical, oldies, even some newer stuff like Herbie Hancock.

This was one the gems he helped me to appreciate from a very early age.

I am only a youngun campared to a lot of people commenting. Am only 65 but, i grew up listening to this with my Dad. He would tell me about all the different band members. Learnt a lot about good music from him. Never fails to get me moving this track. I love it.......

85 years later and still the anthem for the swing Era. Whole band was superb but on this song Benny , Harry James, Teddy Wilson and of course the greatest drummer of all time Gene Krupa stand out. RIP gentlemen for this piece of musical history.

Harry James....... Yes

If this doesn't make you want to get up and dance, you are, in fact, dead

Great Gene Krupa track:
But the real star is Jess Stacy!

Rock and roll.... before rock and roll. So good !!

Crazy my Papa wanted me to look this up and it's the anniversary of it being recorded

Formidable, écouté pour la 1ère fois, j'avais 20 ans ; c'était il y a déjà 54 ans. Toujours aussi magique !

Recorded with a single microphone hanging from the ceiling in 1938. The acitate recordings sat in Benny's closet until 1950 when he stumbled upon them and decided to release them.

In those days they didn't have LP's, so a live recording was pressed on two sides and perhaps over two or more discs.

I actually saw Benny Goodman play live at Potsdam State College when I was like 11 years old. Thank you, Dad!! Miss you everyday!♥️

Ellington didn't perform at that concert.

To me, Gene was the best jazz drummer. Way better than Buddy or Louie even though they were amazing. Gene felt the soul of the song in my opinion.

Agreed this is the Powerhouse of Swing. What a band! My beautiful date and I went to see Teddy Wilson one cold wet winter night at a club in D. C. Empty. He waved us over. She was hip without having to advertise it. What a great time had by all. Playing hookie saw Krupa in 1962 in the window of The Metropole in Times Square. Lunchtime his back to the street strung out near the end. He didn’t drop a beat. Thanks Jess Stacy. Most of all Thank You Louis Prima. I was watching Keely Smith recently. What a pleasure what a treasure all of them…

i was born right after this music my parents must have loved this music i also love this music and wished i could have played it on my sax

Awesome!!!

74 years young and have been listening to this and Big Band as long as I can remember
Never gets old

I first discovered Benny Goodman on a bunch of 78 rpm discs my father owned. I absolutely love this "disco" length version of Sing, Sing, Sing. IMHO, Gene Krupa is the greatest drummer that ever lived. Though I am ready to listen to other arguments. Especially when it comes to Rock and Roll.

Remember this incredible song was written by the great Louis Prima!

My favorite version of this song!

This concert was organized by John Hammond, who also got Columbia Records to sign Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. The significance of the Carnegie Hall concert has often been mentioned... this is jazz music in a classical venue. But Hammond had something else in mind; this is the first time that an integrated band played in a major music hall in the United States.

I saw and heard Benny Goodman play at a Jazz Festival in Chicago in 1978. He was still a thrill. Later when I moved to New York I would occasionally see Lionel Hampton sitting on a bench near the Lincoln Center Library. I'd say, "Thank you, Mr. Hampton for all your music." He'd say, "Thanks for thanking." I never had the guts to sit down and talk to him. I know that Hampton wasn't at this concerts, but still... just seeing a great...

Ah Yes when real music is Benny Glenn the Count and Ela Scott Joplin unmatched in talent and style when true musicians played real instruments didn't rely on push button machines to make the music RIP ALL AND THANK YOU FOR REAL THING WHEN YOU' HAVE THAT SWING YOU REALLY HAVE THE THING

I think I was just a young lad of 11 when I first heard this recording. I found this radio station out of Salt Lake City (KSL) when scanning the dial. Our local station went off the air at midnight so I was looking for something to listen to and thankfully I ran across this! I'm 60 now and I've been hooked ever since.
My Dad, a huge Kenton fan, used to give me a bad time, in jest, for listening to this old timey music. Oh but I love it so!
And I sure miss my Dad. Greatest man I have ever known.

Yes that is fabulous😊

Great music never gets old

Benny Goodman's entire band really swings the beat with such smooth changes. There wasn't a bad player in his group. I've read the first time he played this version the dancers stopped and crowded the bandstand to really listen. Excellent music changes over time but the classics remain for dedicated music lovers of all genres, ages and times.

The piano solo was unplanned, as Benny just pointed to Jess to "take it" You can hear Gene come in after the clarinet solo real hard, but softened when Benny did that. Jess made up that solo on the spot. He later said that he didn't even remember what he played as he was so nervous to be at Carnegie Hall, he had had a few drinks before the concert.

I still own my father's album. Couldn't wait to hear it in the record player.

This is one of the best songs ever released.

My mother attended this night of the concert. As great as the music is, my favorite part is the applause because I know she's in there.

The song reaches peaks through the various soloists and the rush of brass with an unbelievable dynamic change, which is something that is completely lost in today’s music, feels like your brain is going to explode.

There are so many, relatively disparate parts to this song, but the drumming holds it all together— So many melodies counter-melodies, and screaming background parts that it does feel like an orchestral peace in many ways.

And that ferocious drive and flourish at the very end of the song, you wouldn’t think a mere mortal would have the energy left after playing that hard and that strong for the entire length of this song.

The way everything fits together, even though it doesn’t fit together in some ways, is a testament to fantastic arranging.

Krupa immortalized the jazz-cowbell. 😅

This was the Made In Japan of its day. I'm a massive Deep Purple fan and both albums are as exciting as each other never bore of them.

Masterful in every possible way

Krupa kickin' out the jams. It does not get any better.

I just found the extended play 45 sets of this concert. Can't wait to get into them!

10/31/24... Never gets old and BG was one first introduction to great SWING and JAZZ when I was very young. My Mom listened to Benny Goodman and much more big bands, big names/sounds. I've loved this "stuff" ever since ! ( 82 years young)

I would highlight Harry James' trumpet solo, both technically and musically, as well as Jess Stacy's very inspiratinal performance.