Flying Home (1939-10-02, mx. WCO 26132 A)
~ Recording by Benny Goodman Sextet
Annotation
First take, and first recording of Charlie Christian with Benny Goodman & co. The second take (WCO 26132 B) is often referred to as "Homeward Bound"
Annotation last modified on 2023-10-05 13:12 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) | Benny Goodman Sextet | Single |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 35254 |
| 1.2 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Rose Room / Flying Home | Benny Goodman Sextet | Single |
| Parlophone | R2917 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room | Benny Goodman's Sextet | Single |
| Columbia Records (EMI‐owned 1931–1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973) | DO-2153 |
| 2.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Benny Goodman Sextet | Benny Goodman Sextet | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 36720, 36721, 36722, 36723, C 102, C-102 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room | Benny Goodman Sextet | Single |
| Parlophone | R 2917 |
| 1.3 | Flying Home | 3:08 | Charlie Christian With The Benny Goodman Sextet | Solo Flight | Charlie Christian With The Benny Goodman Sextet, Benny Goodman Septet And Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | BPG 62581 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:14 | The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian: 1939-41 | The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CJ 45144, J 45144 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:18 | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian: 1939-1941 | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 465679 2 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:18 | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian: 1939‐1941 | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 45144 |
| 1.4 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Sampler, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 45146 |
| 1.19 | Flying Home | 3:19 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | Genius of Electric Guitar | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Giants of Jazz (Italian) | CD 53049 |
| 1.2 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | The Essential Benny Goodman | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 467151 2 |
| 1.17 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Charlie Christian | Swing to Bop | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Black Bird | |
| 1.7 | Flying Home | 3:13 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | Masters of Jazz, Volume 1: 1939 | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Média 7 | MJCD 24 |
| 1.4 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | 16 Most Requested Songs | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 53774 |
| 1.16 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman Sextet | Best of Jazz - The Swing Era: An Introduction to Benny Goodman - His Best Recordings 1928-1941 | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Best of Jazz (French label, The Swing Era series) | 4007 |
| 1.2 | Flying Home | 3:21 | Charlie Christian | Solo Flight | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Topaz (reissue label) | TPZ 1017 |
| 1.7 | Flying Home | 3:11 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | Volumes 1-4, 1939-1940, Complete Edition | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Masters of Jazz (média 7), Média 7 | 9004 |
| 1.2 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | This Is Jazz 4 | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 64620 |
| 1.11 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | Essential Jazz: 36 Classic Tracks by Jazz Music’s Greatest Artists | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 486598 2 |
| 1.2 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | This Is Jazz 4 | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 64620 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home (Goodman-Hampton) | 3:17 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | Benny Goodman: New York | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Fabbri Editori (used as logo on some releases, late 1970s–) | J16 |
| 1.7 | Flying Home | 3:18 | Benny Goodman | Benny Goodman's Greatest Hits | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65421 |
| 1.10 | Flying Home | 3:16 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | Jazz Greats, Volume 27: Charlie Christian: Swing to Bop | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Marshall Cavendish Partworks Limited (Publishing company) | JAZZ CD 027 |
| 1.12 | Flying Home | 3:14 | Benny Goodman Sextet | Perfect Jazz (Past Perfect) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Past Perfect (UK reissue label) | PPCD 78129 |
| 7.11 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Benny Goodman Sextet, Charlie Christian, Lionel Hampton | Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.) | JXK 65750 |
| 1.11 | Flying Home | 3:19 | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christan & Lionel Hampton | Soundtrack for a Century – Jazz: The Definitive Performances | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | J2K 65807 |
| 1.5 | Flying Home | 3:14 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | The Chronological Classics: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939, Volume 2 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Classics (French jazz reissue label) | 1064 |
| 1.13 | Flyin' Home | 3:19 | Benny Goodman | Ken Burns Jazz: Benny Goodman | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 61445 |
| 1.5 | Flying Home | 3:14 | Charlie Christian | Complete Studio Recordings (Definitive Records) | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Definitive Records (jazz reissues) | DRCD11176 |
| 1.14 | Flying Home | 3:11 | Charlie Christian | Swing to Bop | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Dreyfus Jazz | FDM 36715-2 |
| 1.11 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Benny Goodman | Essential Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint) | SMC 486598 2 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:13 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | The Genius of the Electric Guitar | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | C4K 65564 |
| 2.11 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Charlie Christian | Swing Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group) | 220691 |
| 1.9 | Flying home | 3:17 | Charlie Christian | Battle of Guitars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Membran Music Ltd. | 222616 |
| 83.1 | Flying Home | 3:17 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | The Ultimate Jazz Archive | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Membran Music Ltd. | 222800-387 |
| 3.1 | Flying Home | 3:17 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 21: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz | Lionel Hampton, Charlie Shavers, Charlie Christian, Dexter Gordon | Album + Compilation |
| Membran Music Ltd. | 222777-382 |
| 7.1 | Flying Home | 3:14 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 2/5: Swing Time - The Heyday of Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Membran International GmbH | 232094 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:15 | Charlie Christian | AC‐DC Current | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (compilations – attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | |
| 1.16 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Charlie Christian | AC‐DC Current | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (compilations – attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:13 | The Benny Goodman Sextet | The Genius of the Electric Guitar | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697930352 |
| 1.2 | Flying Home | 3:12 | The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian | The Essential Charlie Christian | Charlie Christian | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room | Benny Goodman Sextet | Single |
| Parlophone | R 2917 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room | Benny Goodman's Sextet | Single |
| Columbia Records (EMI‐owned 1931–1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973) | DB 5075 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room | Benny Goodman Sextet | Single |
| Parlophone | R 2917 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | ?:?? | Benny Goodman Sextet | Flying Home / Rose Room | Benny Goodman Sextet | Single |
| Parlophone | NPS 5014 |
| 1.1 | Flying Home | 3:16 | Charlie Christian | Good Enough to Keep | Charlie Christian / Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang | Album + Compilation |
| History (TIM AG imprint) | 20.1969-HI |
| 1.9 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Charlie Christian | Jazz Guitar Giants | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Membran Music Ltd. | 233118 |
| 2.11 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Charlie Christian | Swing Time for Dancing | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group) | 223505 |
| 1.7 | Flying Home | 3:17 | Benny Goodman | The Great Benny Goodman (disc 2) | Benny Goodman | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| archtop guitar and electric guitar: | Charlie Christian (on 1939-10-02) |
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| clarinet: | Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-10-02) |
| double bass: | Arthur Bernstein (on 1939-10-02) |
| drums (drum set): | Nick Fatool (on 1939-10-02) |
| piano: | Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-10-02) |
| vibraphone: | Lionel Hampton (on 1939-10-02) |
| recorded at: | Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-02) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/192956 [info] |
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| recording of: | Flying Home (instrumental version) (on 1939-10-02) |
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Related works
Flying Home (instrumental version)
| composer: | Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) Lionel Hampton |
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| publisher: | Ragbag Music (ASCAP) Regent Music (BMI) |
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| later versions: | Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald) Flying Home (with actual English lyrics) |
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