1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2

1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2
Studio album by
Benny Goodman and his orchestra, trio, and quartet
Released1952
LabelColumbia
Benny Goodman and his orchestra, trio, and quartet chronology
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
(1950) 		1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2
(1952) 		BG in Hi-Fi
(1954)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2][3]

1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2 is a double LP album by Benny Goodman and his orchestra, trio, and quartet released by Columbia Records in 1952.[4][5][6]

Release

The album was released as a set of two 12-inch (300 mm) LPs (cat. no. SL-180) and as two separate volumes: Volume II (ML-4590) and Volume II (ML-4591).[7] All the three versions were also available as sets of 45-rpm records.[8]

The album was later reissued on Legacy in the CD format under the title Benny Goodman on the Air 1937–38, with some tracks added.[9]

Reception

The album spent several consecutive weeks at number one on the 33+1⁄3 rpm half of Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in late 1952 — early 1953.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Track listing

2 × LP (Columbia Masterworks SL-180)

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Note(s)Length
1."Let's Dance"
  • Baldridge
  • Stone
  • Bonine
  
2."Ridin' High"Cole Porter  
3."Nice Work If You Can Get It" (from Damsel in Distress)
  
4."Vibraphone Blues"L. HamptonVocal by Lionel Hampton 
5."The Sheik of Araby"
  • H. Smith
  • Wheeler
  • Snyder
  
6."Peckin'"
  
7."Sunny Disposish"
  • I. Gershwin
  • Charig
  
8."Nagasaki"
  • Dixon
  • Warren
  
9."St. Louis Blues"W. C. Handy  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Note(s)Length
1."Sugar Foot Stomp"
  • Oliver
  • Armstrong
  
2."Moonglow"
  • Hudson
  • De Lange
  • I. Mills
  
3."I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)"Baxter  
4."I Hadn't Anyone till You"R. NobleVocal: Martha Tilton 
5."Always"Berlin  
6."Down South Camp Meetin'"
  • Henderson
  • I. Mills
  
7."Sweet Leilani"H. Owens  
8."Sometimes I'm Happy"
  
9."Roll 'Em"M. Williams  
Side 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Note(s)Length
1."King Porter Stomp"J. R. Morton  
2."Have You Met Miss Jones" (from I'd Rather Be Right)
  • Hart
  • Rodgers
  
3."Shine"
  • F. Dabney
  • Mack
  • L. Brown
  
4."Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day"
  • Koehler
  • Arlen
  
5."Runnin' Wild"
  • J. Grey
  • L. Wood
  • Gibbs
  
6."You Turned the Tables on Me"
  • S. Mitchell
  • Alter
Vocal: Helen Ward 
7."At the Darktown Strutters' Ball"S. Brooks  
8."My Gal Sal"Dresser  
9."Bugle Call Rag"
  • Pettis
  • Meyers
  • Schoebel
  
Side 4
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Clarinet Marmalade"
  • Shields
  • Ragas
 
2."Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)" (from Smiles)  
3."Stardust"
 
4."Benny Sent Me"B. Goodman 
5."Everybody Loves My Baby"
  • Palmer
  • S. Williams
 
6."Josephine"
  • Kahn
  • W. King
  • Bivens
 
7."Killer Diller"
  • B. Goodman
  • Mundy
 
8."Someday Sweetheart"
  • J. Spikes
  • B. Spikes
 
9."Caravan"
  • Ellington
  • Tizol
 
10."Goodbye"G. Jenkins 

Charts

Chart (1952–53) Peak
position
US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums – 33+1⁄3 RPM[11] 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Complete 1937-38 Jazz Concert No. 2 - Benny Goodman". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Dutch Swing College Band-Heptones. ISBN 978-0-333-74134-4.
  3. ^ The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1.
  4. ^ "Music Popularity Charts". Billboard. November 1, 1952.
  5. ^ "Columbia Counter-Points". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 25, 1952 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Great Mr. G". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 1, 1952 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 8, 1952 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 4, 1953 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Jazz-rock: A History. Canongate Books. 1998. ISBN 978-0-86241-817-5.
  10. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 20, 1952 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ a b "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 1952 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 10, 1953 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 17, 1953 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 24, 1953 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 31, 1953 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 7, 1953 – via Google Books.
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