King Porter Stomp (Benny Goodman)

Benny Goodman · 1935 · arr. Fletcher Henderson

Context

Recorded on July 1, 1935 on an arrangement by Fletcher Henderson, with Bunny Berigan as soloist, and released on July 31 on Victor 25090: a hit that made Jelly Roll Morton's theme a standard of the swing era.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 15, 2026: KING PORTER STOMP - ON N'ARRÊTE PAS LE PROGRÈS (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Sing, Sing, Sing (1937)
• Sing, Sing, Sing (Carnegie Hall, 1938) (1938)
• How Deep Is the Ocean? (1941)

Sources

• EN: King Porter Stomp

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