Artist	Song
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	In a Sentimental Mood
from The Birth of Swing (1935-1936) (1991)
Benny Goodman	Clarinetitis
from Benny Goodman and Big Band (2003)
Benny Goodman	Blue Skies
from Quadromania: Get Happy (2004)
Benny Goodman	Runnin' Wild
from The Essential Benny Goodman (Remastered) (2007)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra & Helen Ward	Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
from The Birth of Swing (1935-1936) (1991)
Benny Goodman	But Not for Me
from Benny Goodman: The Complete Trios (1999)
Benny Goodman	Opus 3/4
from The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (1997)
Benny Goodman Quartet	Four Once More
from Together Again (1996)
Benny Goodman	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
from The Centennial Collection (2004)
Benny Goodman	It's Been So Long
from King of Swing (2002)
Benny Goodman	Roll 'Em
from Quadromania: Get Happy (2004)
Benny Goodman	If Dreams Come True
from King of Swing (2002)
Benny Goodman	Memories of You
from Ken Burns Jazz: Benny Goodman (2000)
Benny Goodman	Big John's Special
from B.G. in Hi-Fi (1990)
Benny Goodman	Slipped Disc
from The Swing Era; the Music of 1944-1945 Volume 2 (2008)
Benny Goodman	Rosetta
from Quadromania: Get Happy (2004)
Benny Goodman	Rachel's Dream
from The Essential Benny Goodman (Remastered) (2007)
Benny Goodman	Goodnight, My Love
from The Centennial Collection (2004)
Benny Goodman	It's Tight Like That
from Ken Burns Jazz: Benny Goodman (2000)
The Benny Goodman Sextet	Rose Room
from Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000)
Benny Goodman	Always
from Songwriters - Irving Berlin, George Gershwin & Cole Porter (1998)
Benny Goodman Quartet	Tea for Two
from After You've Gone: The Original Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet, Vol. 1 (1987)
Benny Goodman	Exactly Like You
from The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (1997)
Benny Goodman	Peckin'
from King of Swing (2002)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	Sometimes I'm Happy
from Sing, Sing, Sing (Remastered) (1987)

Comment:

Considering his lofty list of accomplishments as a bandleader, it’s possible to forget that Benny Goodman was first and foremost a phenomenal clarinetist. His tough, bluesy tones, jazzman’s genius for improv, and a touch of classical technique made him a reedman to reckon with. Even as early as the 1928 trio track “Clarinetitis,” his gift is obvious, and he already sounds prepared to bust out of Dixieland’s borders for uncharted territory. Goodman lives up to the title of the quartet cut “Runnin’ Wild,” wailing out his love affair with hot jazz for all the world to hear. “But Not for Me” eases off the breakneck pace for a groove-grounded reminder of exactly why Goodman was called The King of Swing.

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