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| MAY 28, 1941
Wednesday |
“MONTE PROSER DANCE CARNIVAL” |
| MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NYC |
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12-BAR BLUES |
Key of |
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B♭ |
Quarter Note = |
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244 |
Time: |
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2:54 |
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MC
summons Goodman. Goodman introduces the sextet:
“Charlie Christian at the electric guitar … a little bit of Benny’s Bugle. All right, take it will you, Coot.” |
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4-Bar Intro + 14 CHORUSES: |
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1 chor – CC
&
ensemble |
(theme riffs) |
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♪ |
1 chor – CC |
(over theme riffs) |
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2 chor – clarinet |
(over ens riffs) |
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• |
1 chor – CC
&
ensemble |
(riffs) |
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4 chor – clarinet |
(over CC
& ens riffs) |
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Benny Goodman and his Sextet |
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| Composed by: |
Count Basie - Benny Goodman |
Benny’s Bugle:
“The Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
First Page:
Solo
Second Page:
Riffs
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C&A:
This last version of Benny’s Bugle is from one of the “Monte Proser Dance
Carnival” radio broadcasts at Madison Square Garden. It had been half-a-year
since the last recording of the tune and Johnny Guarnieri had now replaced
Count Basie at piano. Yet another chorus had been added to the routine and the
tempo was cranked up to the upper limits of the sextet’s repertoire which
didn’t leave much leeway for the usual nuances in Charles’ solos.
Even at that pace,
the very first sequence (mm 3-6) is quite interesting in its concept,
contours, and execution. As on the previous aircheck, the ensemble riffs
behind the first CC solo chorus. Another stunning run gets off the second guitar-solo chorus (mm 1-5) at the lickety-split tempo.
The transcription (without tab) of the last four choruses of riffs is
actually a depiction of the first of the four choruses, plus the
last bar of the tune.
☊ LISTEN Guitar Solo
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[ LP ] |
Festival |
ALB 377 |
(side D, track 7) |
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Jazz Anthology |
JA 5181 |
(side B, track 7) |
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Jazz Archives |
JA-23 |
(side B, track 7) |
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[ CD ] |
Archives of Jazz |
380123 2 |
(track 15) |
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Archives of Jazz |
389123 2 |
(track 15) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11177 |
(disc 4, track 12) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11386 |
(track 17) |
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Galaxy |
389944 2 |
(track 15) |
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JSP |
JSP909 |
(disc 4, track 12) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 75 |
(track 16) |
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Phoenix |
131606 |
(track 17) |
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Proper |
PROPERBOX 98 |
(disc 4, track 18) |
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Stardust |
CLP 1150-2 |
(track 8) |
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these releases excise the last two choruses of the closing riffs: |
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[ CD ] |
Jazz Classics |
JZCL-5005 |
(disc 1, track 23) |
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Music Memoria |
87998 2 |
(disc 2, track 18) |
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Vintage Jazz Classics |
VJC-1021-2 |
(track 23) |
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