In 1956 kwam "The Benny Goodman Story" in de bioscoop, tegelijkerijd verscheen dit epeetje met opnamen van de soundtrack van de film waaronder dit "Avalon". Het kwartet was het vooroorlogse kwartet van Benny Goodman, clarinet met Teddy Wilson, piano; Lionel Hampton, vibraphone en Gene Krupa, drums. Op 16 januari 1938 gaf Goodman zijn Carnegie Hall Concert, waar hij met exact hetzelfde kwartet "Avalon" speelde. Ik citeer de hoestekst van de dubbelelpee: "The Goodman Trio (Goodman, Wilson, Krupa) became a quartet in the summer of 1936, during an engagement of the band on the West Coast. As a drummer, Lionel Hampton had a considerable celebrity among jazz musicians for his work with Louis Armstrong, among others. The vibes were a developing interest of Hampton when Goodman heard him, and he sat in on a few impromptu sessions with Wilson and Krupa. Hampton came east the following autumn, bringing in existence an organization unique in jazz history for the even ability of all participants, the incredible variety of tonal effects (including Lionel's ecstatic "e-e-e" vocal accompaniment to his own playing) for so few instruments." In 1959 nam Goodman "Avalon" nog eens op, dit keer met Jess Stacy in plaats van Teddy Wilson aan de piano.
