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Caprice XXIV Paganini
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
- Composer
- Paganini
- Released
- 1941
- Label
- Columbia
- Forces
- Big band
- Catalogue
- 36411
Skip Martin built this 1941 arrangement for what the Library of Congress calls another Paganini-like virtuoso: Benny Goodman. The violin’s notorious variations become a vehicle for Goodman’s clarinet and a full swing band, with tenor saxophone and piano joining the contest.
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The classical side carries the source work this cut came from. The jazz side carries the cut itself. Each player holds what is available, and the two need not match.
The originalsPaganini: Caprice No. 24 in A minor, Op. 1
Jazzed upCaprice XXIV Paganini
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- Caprice XXIV PaganiniPaganini: Caprice No. 24 in A minor, Op. 1