Lorry Black first fell in love with Benny Goodman’s album “The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert” at band camp when he was just 14 years old. Sixteen years later, Black, the associate director of ...

On January 16, 1938, Benny Goodman brought his swing orchestra to America’s venerated home of European classical music, Carnegie Hall. The resulting concert – widely considered one of the most ...

Eighty years ago this month, legendary clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, made history with a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. On January 16, 1938 the Benny Goodman ...

The night Benny Goodman and his Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall in January 1938 is celebrated in this joyous and complete recreation from Pete Long and his Goodmen. Everything is there – the ...

On January 16, 1938, the Benny Goodman Orchestra became the first jazz/swing band to ever perform at Carnegie Hall. As journalist John McDonough states, "Goodman's recital at Carnegie Hall gave the ...

In 1938 music history was being made in Beckley, as well as on the stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City. It seemed appropriate for the Beckley Concert Association to celebrate its 75th anniversary ...

Benny Goodman, like Duke Ellington, lived nine musical lives. Goodman started recording in 1926 with Ben Pollack, and by the late 1920s was already established as a jazz clarinet virtuoso. In 1929, ...