Best Benny Goodman recordings

A couple of "small group" Goodman CDs that I'm partial to are "After You've Gone: the orginal Benny Goodman trio and quartet sessions, vol 1" on RCA, and "The Benny Goonman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian" on Columbia. There are terrific performances on both CDs, and to hear Charlie Christian is always a treat.

I second any of the small group recordings with Charlie Christian.

From the heyday of Swing: 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert. Originally issue by Columbia on 78's - - reissued in the 6-eye era on LP and, I'd bet, now available on CD. A classic.

If you'd like to sample before buying, download *Sing, sing, sing* (live version) from iTunes.

sorry I forgot to mention that I have Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert double CD set.

I'll definitely check out the small group CDs.

Audphile - If small group combos are what you're after, keep in mind the (now oop) Mosaic 4-CD set - *Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman 1944-1955* (MD4-148). I've owned it on vinyl (6-LPs) for a good number of years and still give those records a spin from time to time. The transfer quality is good to excellent.