[Dixielandjazz] BENNY GOODMAN 1938 Carnegie Hall Recordings.

[Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon]

Thanks for the perspective, Bill.

I have the "acceptable" CBS CD reissue, and, though it obviously doesn't
hold a candle to the Jasmine reissue, it's good enough for me, as all I've
ever known is the Columbia LP reissue, and that from the late 70s.  And also
as it isn't truly MKOM, but just remeniscent (sp?; and me, and English
major!) of my high school days of hearing something incredible, said CD
suffices.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Haesler [mailto:bhaesler at bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:08 PM
> To: Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: BENNY GOODMAN 1938 Carnegie Hall Recordings.
>
>
> > But in the original liner notes there is reference to Benny dragging
> > one of
> > the microphones closer to Stacy for a solo when he realised that
> > something
> > magical was happening with Sing Sing Sing.  If he thought the overhead
> > mic
> > was the only one, would he have done that?
>
> Dear Mike,
> Good point.
> However, isn't the current 'argument' about whether Benny was aware of
> the fact that the Concert was being recorded on the night, and whether
> there was one or several recording microphones available?
> The overwhelming consensus over the years is that he didn't. And did
> not know until Albert Marx told him he had the acetates (laquers) a
> week/weeks later. And even then, it seems, that apart from the History
> of Jazz segment (an idea  suggested by Irving Kolodin) and the jam
> session, Benny wasn't really all that interested and never listened to
> the discs until 1950 and had copies made.
>  From various references it also seems that BG was aware that the
> overhead mic was used for recording (it was used for the weekly CBS
> Philharmonic broadcast at 3.00 pm in the afternoon), but 'may' have
> assumed that the piano mic was for house/performance use. Incidentally,
> Martha Tilton also used one for her vocals on the night.
> As I've mused earlier, rather than second-guessing, it is time an
> informed jazz scholar collated all the contemporary accounts of the
> Concert, thepreparation, the aftermath, the reviews and the important
> events leading up to the release of the original Columbia LP album. It
> would make a long and interesting article for 'Mississippi Rag' or the
> 'IAJRA Journal'.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
> BTW, the fine John McDonough album notes for the excellent remastered
> Jasmine 2-CD reissue of the Concert are a heavily edited version of (BG
> expert) Mr Donough's original authoritative article, available from
> Jasmine to those who bought the CDs.
> I have them. They are well written, informative and address many of the
> questions raised by this DJML thread.
> There is also an email of a January 2003 Q&A exchange between radio
> presenter Rob Bamberger and George Avakian concerning the quality of
> the digitally remastered second Columbia CD set. As this may be a
> private exchange, I will keep my copy that way.
> Bill.
>