Yale Recordings, Vol. 8: Never Before Released Recordings from Benny Goodman's Private (1957)

About this title: The eighth volume of previously unreleased material willed by Benny Goodman to Yale continues the series with some very interesting selections. Martha Tilton gets to redo her hit "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" in 1958 with a big band, Goodman's clarinet is well-featured with a quintet that includes pianist Andre Previn on three tracks, and BG has his last musical encounter with pianist Mel Powell on a pair of medleys. But most unusual are eight selections cut with a nine-piece unit in 1961 that are dominated by songs associated with Hawaii including "On the Beach at Waikiki," "Blue Hawaii," "Sweet ... read more

Tracks:

1. It's All Right With Me [Porter]
2. Willow Weep for Me [Ronell]
3. My Little Grass Shack [Cogswell/Harrison]
4. Too Many Tears [Dubin/Warren]
5. Easy to Love [Porter]
6. Who? [Hammerstein/Harbach]
7. Sweet Leilani [Owens]
8. Song of the Islands [King]
9. Moon of Manakoora [Loesser/Newman]
10. On the Beach at Waikiki [Kailimai/Stover]
11. Blue Hawaii [Rainger/Robin]
12. Bei Mir Bist du Schon [Cahn/Chaplin/Jacobs]
13. Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love/Embraceable You/Oh, Lady Be Good! /So [Gershwin/Gershwin]
14. Rodgers and Hart Medley: Where or When/I Didn't Know What Time It Was [Hart/Rodgers]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.