Back in time to the early years of bebop, with a Swedish clarinetist, an African American master of the tenor saxophone, and the Chicago bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman as the man who made it possible. Wow. Great stuff. It's on Dragon so the sound is really good for its age.

Stan Hasselgard & Benny Goodman "At Click, 1948" Dragon cd



Bass – Arnold Fishkind
Clarinet – Benny Goodman, Stan Hasselgard
Drums – Mel Zelnick
Guitar – Billy Bauer
Piano – Teddy Wilson
Tenor Saxophone – Wardell Gray

Recorded "live" at Click, Philadelphia, May 24 to June 5, 1948.