These Foolish Things B

THESE FOOLISH THINGS

mx WCO 26941 B

JUNE 11, 1940 *

Tuesday

HOLLYWOOD

World Broadcasting System

[ for COLUMBIA Records ]

32-BARS (AABA)

Key of

Quarter Note =

Time:

3:04

4-Bar Intro + 1 ž CHORUSES:

4 bars – CC & clarinet

(Chord Intro behind clt)

16 bars – clarinet

(over vib & pno obbl)

8 bars – CC

(over vib obbl)

8 bars – clarinet

(over vib & pno obbl)

8 bars – vibes

(over clt & pno obbl)

8 bars – clarinet

(over pno obbl)

[bridge]

8 bars – clarinet

(over pno & vib obbl)

[ritard last 2 bars]

Personnel:

Issued Recordings:

Benny Goodman Sextet

[ CD ]

Columbia/Legacy

AC4K 65564

(disc 1, track 26)

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN.....Guitar

Columbia/Legacy

C4K 65564

(disc 1, track 26)

BENNY GOODMAN.........clarinet

LIONEL HAMPTON.........vibes

DUDLEY BROOKS............piano

ARTIE BERNSTEIN..........bass

NICK FATOOL..................drums

Matrix assigned on JUNE 20, 1940.

Recorded by the World Broadcasting System, Inc. (Hollywood)

for the Columbia Recording Corp. (NYC)

Composed by:

Jack Strachey - Harry Link - Holt Marvell

Š VALDÉS

3/21/05

C&A:

The three takes of These Foolish Things demonstrate how Charlie Christian developed his four-bar chord introduction. The second take breaks down before the guitar solo, but comparing the first (alternate) and third (master) takes reveal the evolution of CC’s eight-bar solo. The first six measures are Charles’ extreme reworking of the melody. The last two bars (different on both takes) are typical CC phrases.