His Best Recordings:1939-1941

Original Release Date:  November 19, 1996

Track Listing

• 1. Rose Room
• 2. Haven't Named It Yet
• 3. Seven Come Eleven
• 4. Honeysuckle Rose
• 5. AC/DC Current
• 6. Shivers
• 7. All Star Strut
• 8. Till Tom Special
• 9. Gone With "What" Wind
• 10. The Sheik of Araby
• 11. Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam)
• 12. Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
• 13. Charlie's Dream
• 14. Wholly Cats
• 15. Royal Garden Blues
• 16. Benny's Bugle
• 17. Breakfast Feud
• 18. Gone With That What Draft (Gilly)
• 19. Solo Flight
• 20. A Smo-O-O-Oth One
• 21. Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special)
• 22. Topsy

Credits

• Earl Bostic: Sax (Alto)
• Count Basie: Piano, Performer
• Charlie Christian: Guitar (Electric)
• Benny Goodman: Clarinet, Composer, Director
• Lionel Hampton: Vibraphone
• Harry James: Trumpet
• Jo Jones: Drums
• Gene Krupa: Drums
• Jack Teagarden: Trombone
• Cootie Williams: Trumpet
• Gus Bivona: Sax (Alto)
• Ziggy Elman: Trumpet
• Johnny Guarnieri: Piano
• Bob Haggart: Sax (Baritone)
• Lou McGarity: Trombone
• Jimmy Mundy: Alto (Vocals)
• Mike Bryan: Guitar
• Ken Kersey: Piano
• Georgie Auld: Sax (Tenor)
• Red Ballard: Trombone
• Bus Bassey: Sax (Tenor)
• Benny Carter: Sax (Alto)
• Artie Bernstein: Sax (Baritone)
• Vernon Brown: Trombone
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Kenny Clarke: Drums
• Cutty Cutshall: Trombone
• Buff Estes: Sax (Alto)
• Nick Fatool: Drums
• Nick Fenton: Bass
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano, Alto (Vocals)
• Irving Goodman: Trumpet
• Joe Guy: Trumpet
• Clyde Hart: Piano
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Jerry Jerome: Sax (Tenor)
• Johnny Martel: Trumpet
• Skip Martin: Sax (Alto)
• Jimmy Maxwell: Trumpet
• Eddie Miller: Sax (Tenor)
• Pete Mondello: Sax (Tenor)
• Nuncio "Toots" Mondello: Sax (Alto)
• Bob Snyder: Sax (Baritone)
• Jess Stacy: Piano
• Dave Tough: Drums
• Ted Vesely: Trombone
• Alec Fila: Trumpet
• Art Hickman: Composer
• Benny Goodman & His Orchestra: Performer
• Benny Goodman Sextet: Performer
• Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra: Performer
• Harry Jaeger: Drums
• Duncan P. Schiedt: Photography
• Graham Colombe: Liner Notes
• Gilles Pétard: Producer
• Harry Williams: Composer
• Metronome All-Star Nine: Performer