Benny Goodman Sextet

About

An expanded version of the groundbreaking racially integrated Benny Goodman Quartet, chiefly notable for incorporating pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian. This made it the first group in American jazz to give a guitar solo instrument space since the very different-sounding and much quieter handful of 1920s groups to use the acoustic instrument. Christian's progressive tendencies also meant the group foreshadowed bebop.

Top Tracks

1. 1

   Moonglow

   50067 plays
2. 2

   If I Had You

   40820 plays
3. 3

   Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)

   6531 plays
4. 4

   The Way You Look Tonight

   6406 plays
5. 5

   Rose Room

   5347 plays
6. 6

   Seven Come Eleven

   5304 plays
7. 7

   Seven Come Eleven (feat. Benny Goodman & Charlie Christian)

   4137 plays
8. 8

   Flying Home

   3926 plays
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