Flying Home 5 May 41

FLYING HOME

Aircheck

MAY 5, 1941 Monday

“WHAT’S NEW? – THE OLD GOLD SHOW”

NBC Radio Network / WJZ

Manhattan Center, NYC

32 BARS (AABA)

Key of

E♭

Quarter Note =

166

Time:

3:05

4 CHORUSES:

1 chorus – clarinet

(Theme)

•

16 bars – trumpet

(over CC chord accents)

♪

8 bars – CC

•

8 bars – trumpet

(over CC chord accents)

16 bars – CC & ens

(Riffs)

8 bars – piano

8 bars – CC & ens

(Riffs)

16 bars – orchestra

(Theme: reeds / Riffs: brass)

8 bars – orchestra

(Theme)

8 bars – orchestra

(Theme: reeds / Riffs: brass)

Personnel:

Benny Goodman Sextet

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN

Guitar

BENNY GOODMAN

clarinet

COOTIE WILLIAMS

trumpet

TEDDY WILSON

piano

ARTIE BERNSTEIN

bass

JO JONES

drums

+ Goodman Orchestra on final chorus:

MIKE BRYAN

guitar

LES ROBINSON

alto sax

JIMMY HORVATH

alto sax

GEORGIE AULD

tenor sax

PETE MONDELLO

tenor sax

SKIP MARTIN

baritone sax

BILLY BUTTERFIELD

trumpet

JIMMY MAXWELL

trumpet

IRVING GOODMAN

trumpet

CUTTY CUTSHALL

trombone

LOU McGARITY

trombone

Arranged by SKIP MARTIN

Composed by:

Charlie Christian - Leslie Sheffield - Lionel Hampton

© VALDÉS

6/19/18

Transcription Page: Flying Home — 5 May 1941

C&A:

This final version of Flying Home starts out with a lone clarinet playing the theme and ends with the full blown orchestra on the last chorus. Teddy Wilson is on piano and Jo Jones on drums (Dave Tough is now gone).

Charlie Christian gets only an eight-bar solo on the bridge, in the second chorus. And, to worsen the matter, the recording of his short outing is missing two beats. Nice solo, with the familiar slide to begin the F7 run. That last part of the F7 (mm 22-23) sounds a little weird, though.

nota bene:

The four notes filling in the two missing beats is a best guess
as to what CC would typically play.

Issued Recordings:

[ LP ]

Queen-Disc

Q-016

(side B, track 6)

[ CD ]

Definitive

DRCD11177

(disc 4, track 5)

JSP Records

JSP909

(disc 4, track 5)

Masters of Jazz

MJCD 75

(track 9)

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