Although the song is often credited to Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, and Andy Razaf, it was written and arranged by Sampson, Rex Stewart's alto saxophonist. Sampson wrote the song when he was with Stewart's orchestra at the Empire Ballroom in 1933. It was used as the band's theme song until the band broke up, after which Sampson joined Chick Webb's band, taking the song with him.[2] Webb’s recording rose to number ten on the charts in 1934. Two years later, the piece charted with versions by Ozzie Nelson and Benny Goodman.
Both Webb and Benny Goodman recorded it as an instrumental, Goodman's being the bigger hit.[1] Lyrics were added by lyricist Andy Razaf.[3] Goodman's 1936 version is written in 32-bar song form with four 8-bar phrases arranged AABA. The A sections use a Db6, Ab9, Db6, Ddim, Ebm7, Ab7, Db, Db chord sequence. The B section phrases use a Gb9/G9, Gb9, B13/F#m6, B13, E9/F9, E9, A13, Ab13 chord sequence. The tempo is medium fast.
Since becoming a jazz standard, the song has been recorded hundreds of times.
^"Stompin at the Savoy - Tony Glausi, Lucas Pino, Julius Rodriguez, Dan Chmielinski, Bryan Carter". YouTube. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
References
Harrison, Max; Fox, Charles; Thacker, Eric; Nicholson, Stuart (2000). The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to Postmodernism. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN978-0-7201-1822-3.
External links
"Stompin' at the Savoy" Jazz guitar arrangement
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