These Foolish Things x

THESE FOOLISH THINGS

mx WCO 26941 x

JUNE 11, 1940 *

Tuesday

HOLLYWOOD

World Broadcasting System

[ for COLUMBIA Records ]

32-BARS (AABA)

Key of

Quarter Note =

Time:

0:34

4-Bar Intro + 8 Bars (breakdown):

4 bars – CC & clarinet

(Chord Intro behind clt)

8 bars – clarinet

(over vib & pno obbl) < breakdown >

Personnel:

Issued Recordings:

Benny Goodman Sextet

[ CD ]

Columbia/Legacy

AC4K 65564

(disc 4, track 14)

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN.....Guitar

Columbia/Legacy

C4K 65564

(disc 4, track 14)

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.
This second take breaks down before the guitar solo.