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STAN HASSELGARD AND BENNY GOODMAN
At Click 1948 With Wardell Gray, Teddy Wilson [Dragon DRCD-183, 1CD]
Live at Frank Palumbo’s Click Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; June 5, 1948. CBS Radio Network broadcast. Despite the crackles, the sound is very good considering its age.
Scott Yanow at allmusic.com:
Were it not for his tragic death in a car accident late in 1948, Stan Hasselgard might be remembered as one of jazz’s top clarinetists. He had impressed Benny Goodman to the point that Goodman used him as part of his septet for a few weeks in 1948. Although no commercial recordings resulted due to a recording strike, the group (which also featured tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray and pianist Teddy Wilson) was broadcast regularly from the Click in Philadelphia. Virtually all of the existing joint Goodman-Hasselgard airchecks are included on this Dragon CD, which adds a few more performances to the original program of the LP of the same name. The boppish music is often fascinating and Benny Goodman (”The King of Swing”) fits quite well into the advanced arrangements. The recording quality is generally decent and, due to the historic nature of these timeless (and rather unique) performances, very acceptable.
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Click Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA; May 24, 1948
Track 01. Cookin One Up 4:12 (7.1MB)
May 27, 1948
Track 02. Swedish Pastry 3:43 (6.2MB)
Track 03. All The Things You Are 2:49 (4.7MB)
Track 04. Mary’s Idea 4:20 (7.3MB)
May 28, 1948
Track 05. Swedish Pastry 3:37 (6.1MB)
Track 06. After You’ve Gone 2:48 (4.7MB)
May 29, 1948
Track 07. Bye Bye Pretty Baby 3:54 (6.6MB)
Track 08. Mary’s Idea 4:22 (7.3MB)
Track 09. Mel’s Idea 5:45 (9.7MB)
Track 10. Bye Bye Pretty Baby 3:54 (6.6MB)
Track 11. Mel’s Idea 5:35 (9.4MB)
June 1, 1948
Track 12. Indiana 2:00 (3.4MB)
Track 13. Bye Bye Blues 4:10 (7.0MB)
June 3, 1948
Track 14. Limehouse Blues 4:47 (8.0MB)
Track 15. Donna Lee 2:25 (4.1MB)
Track 16. Bye Bye Blues 3:47 (6.4MB)
Track 17. Mel’s Idea 4:17 (7.2MB)
June 5, 1948
Track 18. Donna Lee 2:21 (4.0MB)
Track 19. Swedish Pastry 4:25 (7.4MB)
Track 20. Lullaby in Rhythm 4:04 (6.8MB)
78 mins
Lineup:
Benny Goodman (cl)
Stan Hasselgard (cl)
Wardell Gray (ts)
Teddy WIlson (p)
Billy Bauer (g)
Arnold Fishkind (sb)
Mel Zelnick (dm)
Patti Page (vo)
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