Boxset / Compilation · 2002
Tracklist
CD1
1 Flying Home (Goodman, Hampton) 3:12
2 Rose Room (Hickman, Williams) 2:47
3 Stardust (Carmichael) 3:14
4 Memories Of You (Razaf, Blake) 3:10
5 Soft Winds (Henderson) 2:27
6 Seven Come Eleven (Goodman, Christian) 2:46
7 Shivers (Christian, Hampton) 2:48
8 AC/DC Current (Christian, Hampton, Goodman) 2:45
9 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Neiburg, Dougherty, Reynolds) 2:58
10 Till Tom Special (Goodman, Hampton) 3:04
11 Gone With What Wind (Basie, Goddman) 3:22
12 The Sheik Of Araby [second take] (Smith, Wheeler, Snyder) 3:15
13 Untitled Tune (unknown) 2:01
14 Poor Butterfly (Golden, Hubbell) 2:51
15 I Surrender, Dear [second take] (Clifford, Barris) 3:00
16 Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) [second take] (Goodman) 2:53
17 These Foolish Things (Marvell, Strachey) 3:13
18 Flying Home (Goodman, Hampton) 3:16
19 Memories Of You (Razaf, Blake) 3:09
20 Soft Winds (Henderson) 2:28
21 Shivers (Christian, Hampton) 2:30
22 Gone With What Wind (Basie, Goddman) 3:15
23 The Sheik Of Araby [first take] (Smith, Wheeler, Snyder) 3:26
24 I Surrender, Dear [first take] (Clifford, Barris) 2:55
25 Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) [first take] (Goodman) 2:50
26 These Foolish Things (Marvell, Strachey) 3:05
CD2
1 Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) [fourth take] (Goodman) 3:18
2 Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) [first take] (Goodman, Mundy, Christian) 2:53
3 Ad Lib Blues (impro.) 3:20
4 Wholly Cats (Goodman) 3:15
5 Charlie's Dream (Basie, Young) 3:12
6 I Never Knew (Fiorito, Kahn) 2:58
7 Lester's Dream (Basie, Young) 3:16
8 Wholly Cats [fourth take] (Goodman) 3:03
9 Wholly Cats [fifth take] (Goodman) 2:59
10 Royal Garden Blues [third take] (Williams, Williams) 3:01
11 As Long As I Live [second take] (Koehler, Arlen) 3:136
12 Benny's Bugle [sixth take] (Goodman) 3:06
13 Gilly [third take] (Goodman) 2:36
14 Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) [first take] [fourth take] (Goodman) 3:13
15 Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) [second take] (Goodman) 3:18
16 Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) [third take] (Goodman) 2:52
17 Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) [second take] (Goodman, Mundy, Christian) 2:47
18 Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) [third take] (Goodman, Mundy, Christian) 2:56
19 Wholly Cats [first take] (Goodman) 2:58
20 Wholly Cats [second take] (Goodman) 3:05
21 Wholly Cats [third take] (Goodman) 3:03
22 Royal Garden Blues [first take] (Williams, Williams) 2:46
23 Royal Garden Blues [second take] (Williams, Williams) 3:02
24 As Long As I Live [first take] (Koehler, Arlen) 3:22
25 Gilly [first take] (Goodman) 2:35
26 Gilly [second take] (Goodman) 2:35
CD3
1 Breakfast Feud [fifth take] (Goodman) 3:11
2 I Can't Give You Anything But Love [third take] (Fields, McHugh) 3:23
3 Breakfast Feud [fourth take] (Goodman) 3:03
4 On The Alamo (Kahn, Jones) 3:24
5 I Found A New Baby [second take] (Palmer, Williams) 3:02
6 Gone With What Draft [third take] (Goodman) 2:40
7 A Smo-o-o-oth One [third take] (Goodman) 3:17
8 Air Mail Special (Good Enough To Keep) [second take] (Goodman, Mundy, Christian) 3:22
9 Breakfast Feud [first take] (Goodman) 3:52
10 Breakfast Feud [second take] (Goodman) 3:18
11 Breakfast Feud [third take] (Goodman) 3:10
12 Breakfast Feud [fourth take] (Goodman) 3:14
13 I Can't Give You Anything But Love [first take] (Fields, McHugh) 3:23
14 I Can't Give You Anything But Love [second take] (Fields, McHugh) 3:35
15 Breakfast Feud [first take] (Goodman) 3:06
16 Breakfast Feud [second take] (Goodman) 3:13
17 Breakfast Feud [third take] (Goodman) 3:03
18 I Found A New Baby [first take] (Palmer, Williams) 2:55
19 Gone With What Draft [first take] (Goodman) 2:44
20 Gone With What Draft [second take] (Goodman) 2:43
21 A Smo-o-o-oth One [first take] (Goodman) 3:17
22 A Smo-o-o-oth One [second take] (Goodman) 3:19
23 Air Mail Special (Good Enough To Keep) [first take] (Goodman, Mundy, Christian) 3:22
CD4
1 All Star Strut (Mergentroid ?) 3:08
2 Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf, Waller) 3:02
3 Li'l Boy Love [third take] (Loesser, Hollander) 2:59
4 Solo Flight (78 rpm Version) [first take] (Christian, Mundy, Goodman) 2:47
5 All Star Strut (Mergentroid ?) 3:12
6 Li'l Boy Love [second take] (Loesser, Hollander) 2:58
7 Solo Flight (Christian, Mundy, Goodman) 2:47
8 Untitled Tune [breakdown] 1:35
9 Poor Butterfly [false start] (Golden, Hubbell) 0:29
10 I Surrender, Dear [breakdown] (Clifford, Barris) 1:04
11 I Surrender, Dear [breakdown] (Clifford, Barris) 1:10
12 Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) [breakdown] (Goodman) 1:05
13 Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) [false start] (Goodman) 0:19
14 These Foolish Things [false start] (Marvell, Strachey) 0:34
15 Tune Up & Blues [false start] (impro.) 0:17
16 Wholly Cats [breakdown] (Goodman) 0:54
17 Breakfast Feud [false start] (Goodman) 0:27
18 Breakfast Feud [false start] (Goodman) 0:09
19 Gilly [breakdown] (Goodman) 1:31
20 All Star Strut [breakdown] (Mergentroid ?) 1:18
21 Benny's Bugle [rehearsal sequence - part one] (Goodman) 14:19
22 Benny's Bugle [rehearsal sequence - part two] (Goodman) 9:18
23 March 13, 1941 Jam Session (Unknown, Goodman, Gaskill, McHugh
Hickman, Williams, Noble, Guarnieri, Christian) 21:03
a. Riffin' Around (unknown) 3:31
b. Waintin' for Benny (A Smo-o-o-oth One) (Goodman) 3:37
c. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (Gaskill, McHugh) 6:20
d. Rose Room (Hickman, Williams) 4:01
e. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Noble) 1:59
f. Blues (Guarnieri, Christian) 1:34
Line-up/Musicians
Charlie Christian (el-g) with, among others, Benny Goodman (cl),
Lionel Hampton (vib),
Cootie Williams (tp),
George Auld, Lester Young (ts);
Johnny Guarnieri, Count Basie (p);
Artie Bernstein (b),
Nick Fatool,
Dave Tough, Jo Jones (d)
About this release
Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music C4K 65564
Thanks to snobb for the addition