Jazz Lines Publications. Arranged by EDDIE SAUTER. prepared for publication by jeffrey sultanof and rob duboff. full score.

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1 Presents Jazz Lines Publications I M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY recorded by BENNY GOODMAN Arranged by EDDIE SAUTER reared or ublication by jerey sultano and rob dubo ull score jl-899 Lyrics by Noble Sissle, Music by Eubie Blake Coyright 2018 The Jazz Lines oundation Inc. All Rights Reserved Published by the Jazz Lines oundation Inc., a not-or-roit jazz research organization dedicated to reserving and romoting America s musical heritage. The Jazz Lines oundation Inc. PO Box 126 Saratoga Srings NY USA

2 benny goodman big band series I M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY (194) Background: The King o Swing himsel, clarinetist Benny Goodman was one o the most rominent igures in big band jazz or over 50 years. Born to an imoverished amily o Russian Jewish immigrants in the slums o Chicago in 1909, he began taking clarinet lessons at age 10. The young Goodman dislayed a stunning ainity or the instrument, making his roessional debut a mere two years later. Droing out o high school a ew years later, Goodman became a ull time roessional as a member o the renowned Ben Pollack Orchestra. Having moved to New York by the end o the 1920s, Goodman ound himsel in demand as a studio session musician or some o the to recording bands o the day. It was around this time that he met roducer John Hammond, who became his biggest suorter. With Hammond s backing and connections, Goodman ut together his own band, becoming a star through his aearances on the oular radio show Let s Dance in 195. Goodman s career almost ended as abrutly as it began, as a highly unsuccessul 195 tour let him and his band nearly broke and disillusioned. A concert at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles was nearly the inal nail in the coin until Goodman, until then ocusing on sweet music, launched into a erormance o King Porter Stom that caused the crowd to erut in enthusiasm. His ame would eventually eak years later ollowing a wildly successul concert at Carnegie Hall, the irst jazz erormance at the amed venue. Although Goodman s oularity would begin to slowly wane in the 1940s, he continued to tour and erorm all the way until his assing in In addition to his integral inluence on the music o the Swing Era, Goodman was a ioneer in the world o civil rights; his bands were ully integrated, giving star billing to such greats as ianist Teddy Wilson, vibrahonist Lionel Hamton, and guitarist Charlie Christian Comoser/arranger Eddie Sauter studied music at Columbia University and Juilliard beore striking out as a roessional, starting o as a member o the trumet section o vibrahonist Red Norvo s band. He eventually shited his attention solely to arranging, and was resonsible or writing some o the most creative and orward looking arrangements or the bands o Norvo, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman, among others. The 1950s saw Sauter co-leading a band with ellow swing era arranger Bill inegan. By the 1960s, Sauter s work had begun to branch into other territories. His collaboration with tenor sax legend Stan Getz on his album ocus is considered to be a masteriece. He began working on Broadway and or television and ilm, and continued to ocus on these idioms until his death in 1981.

3 The Music: Eddie Sauter was irst hired by Benny Goodman in 199 and wound u contributing some o the most orward thinking arrangements. This chart on the Nobel Sissle/ Eubie Blake standard was written in 194 and was erormed on two live ocassions that year. Originally, it was written or 2 trombones, but in 1948 Goodman had a new set o arts coied rom the score and added a rd trombone art. This arrangement is showcase or Sauter to demonstrate his unique use o harmony and rhythm. With unexected harmonic shits, instruments itted against one another, and sohistricated syncoation this chart reveals what was to come in modernist thinking. There are solos or clarinet, trombone, and tenor saxohone. This arrangement has been reared rom the 1948 set o arts - this is not a transcrition. Dylan Canterbury and Rob DuBo - March 2018

4 Here is Benny Goodman s art that was created in 1948.

5 jl-899 Score Solo Clarinet Woodwind 1: Alto Sax. Woodwind 2: Alto Sax. Woodwind : Tenor Sax. Woodwind 4: Tenor Sax. Woodwind 5: Baritone Sax. Trumet 1 Trumet 2 Trumet Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Trombone Guitar Piano Acoustic Bass Drum Set bright swing = 180 E b 6 I'm Just WiLD About Harry A b 6 A 7 E b 6 A b 6 A 7 E b 6 Recorded by Benny Goodman 2 4 Coyright 2018 The Jazz Lines oundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved Logos, Grahics, and Layout Coyright 2018 The Jazz Lines oundation Inc. Published by the Jazz Lines oundation Inc., a Not-or-Proit Jazz Research Organization Dedicated to Preserving and Promoting America's Musical Heritage. sz sz sz sz sz sz sz sz E7 (# 9) Jazz lines PubLications Lyrics by Noble Sissle, Music by Eubie Blake Arranged By Eddie Sauter Preared by Jerey Sultano and Rob DuBo

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