Best Benny Goodman recordings

sorry I forgot to mention that I have Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert double CD set.

I'll definitely check out the small group CDs.

Audphile - If small group combos are what you're after, keep in mind the (now oop) Mosaic 4-CD set - *Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman 1944-1955* (MD4-148). I've owned it on vinyl (6-LPs) for a good number of years and still give those records a spin from time to time. The transfer quality is good to excellent.

I have multi-disc (LP) boxed sets of the Carnigie Hall concert, and the 1938 Broadcasts. I prefer the performances on the Broadcast recordings. The Broadcast recordings were recorded "off-the-air" as a quality control project by the radio station, and the fidelity is excellent. Remember, this was AM radio.

Eldartford, thanks I will try to find these.

Thanks all!

Carnegie Hall Concert....Columbia set SL160
Broadcast recordings....Columbia set SL180

From the liner notes...
These recordings are made from "air checks" of late evening broadcasts from all over the country. Most of the original discs were taken off the air by a fan named Bill Savory, now a Columbia records engineer, who also did the remarkable editing job which produced these final master tapes. The final result is the most authentic original-Goodman sound ever captured on record, whether the band was broadcasting from the Manhattan Room of the Hotel Pennsylvania or the Palomar in Los Angeles.

The broadcasts gave us another advantage not possible in the case of the Carnegie Hall album. We frequently had six or seven versions of the same tune to choose from, so there was no need to put up with flagging inspiration or minor flaws.