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"Oom pah pah" by Benny Goodman
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:23 am
by Haydn
Hi everyone,
I have looking to buy a track which I am told is called "Oom pah pah" by Benny Goodman. But I can't find it on iTunes or anywhere on the 'net.
Can anyone help?
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:55 am
by Matthew
I think you mean "Oomph Fah Fah."
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:01 am
by Haydn
Matthew wrote:I think you mean "Oomph Fah Fah."
Yes that's the one.
Can I buy it online? Or is it on a currently available CD?
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:21 am
by Matthew
Allmusic lists four Benny Goodman CDs that have it (not sure how many different versions of the song those make), and you can hear clips from three of them. The four CDs are:
1944-1945 - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Slipped Disc (1945-46) - Benny Goodman Sextet
1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Benny Goodman (I'm not sure of the group for this or the next one)
The V-Disc Recordings
You can probably buy them new or used on
Amazon.
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:30 am
by Mr Awesomer
Campus 5 also did a great cover of it on their 1st album. It's an instrumental.
http://www.campusfive.com/sounds3.html
There is a sound clip on there, but unfortunately it's RealAudio.
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:59 am
by Shanabanana
I second the recommendation of the Campus Five version. Great tune.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:01 pm
by SpuzBal
I couldn't access the link, but if this is the set I'm thinking of (the 2-disc 1938 Carnegie Hall concert set), it doesn't have "Oomph Fah Fah."
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:32 pm
by Jonas
SpuzBal wrote:
I couldn't access the link, but if this is the set I'm thinking of (the 2-disc 1938 Carnegie Hall concert set), it doesn't have "Oomph Fah Fah."
It's the 3CD-set from Avid [#122], which has the Carnegie Hall concert on the first disc and part of the second, then some small group and big band recordings on Columbia & Capitol from 1944-1945 on the remainder of the second. Track 10 on the second disc is a sextet version of "Oomph Fah Fah". The third disc covers small group and big band sides on Capitol from 1947. A really nice and cheap set with good remastering.
/Jonas
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:39 pm
by Campus Five
Its definately not on the REAL '38 Carnegie Hall set.
The real set (on columbia) is only 2 discs - that one is 3 discs. It looks like its got some mid 40's stuff on it, like "All the Cats Join In." "Oomph" was written in 1945 by Ellis Larkins.
My big band also plays a stock arrangement of Oomph Fah Fah as well.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:53 pm
by SpuzBal
Jonas wrote:
It's the 3CD-set...
Oh okay, right on.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:17 am
by Haydn
GuruReuben wrote:Campus 5 also did a great cover of it on their 1st album. It's an instrumental.
http://www.campusfive.com/sounds3.html
There is a sound clip on there, but unfortunately it's RealAudio.
I've now purchased this CD from
http://cdbaby.com
The track I meant is
Oomph Fa Fa by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five from the
Jammin' the Blues CD.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/campusfive
I think the original was by the Benny Goodman Sextet