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Recorded
  
January 16, 1938

Artist
  
Benny Goodman

Genre
  
Jazz

Carnegie Hall Concert (1950)
  
BG in Hi-Fi (1954)

Release date
  
1950

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame

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Released
  
1950 November 2, 1999 (Reissue)

Length
  
Disc One 48:59 Disc Two 53:05 (Original release)

Label
  
Columbia Legacy Recordings

Benny Goodman Sextet (1950)
  
Carnegie Hall Concert (1950)

Producers
  
George Avakian (original), Phil Schaap (reissue)

Similar
  
Benny Goodman albums, Jazz albums

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman, Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, is a two-disc LP of Swing music first issued in 1950. The program it captured has been described as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's "coming out" party to the world of "respectable" music.

Contents

The first ever double album, it was one of the first records of Benny Goodman music issued on the new long-playing format, and one of the first to sell over a million copies. A landmark recording, it was the premiere performance given by a jazz orchestra in the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City. This album was also sold in a set of nine 45 rpm records in the same year by Columbia.

Reception

The reception to the original 1950 long-playing double-album was exceptional, as had been the band's appearance at Carnegie Hall. Over time as technology improved the material was re-released, with digital versions produced both in the 1980s and 1990s.

Bruce Eder, writing for AllMusic, generally praises the 1999 double-CD release, noting the compromise between clear reproduction of sonic detail and retaining surface noise from the source material.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings includes the 1999 release in its "Core Collection," in addition to giving it a four-star rating (of a possible four). Penguin authors Richard Cook and Brian Morton describe the release as "a model effort, masterminded by Phil Schaap, whose indomitable detective work finally tracked down the original acetates and gave us the music in the best sound we'll ever get; with powerful, even thrilling, ambience."

Disc two

Tracks 20-28 are edited tracks from a 12" 78 rpm record, recorded in 1950 and sent to radio stations to help promote the album release.

The Benny Goodman Orchestra

  • Benny Goodman, clarinet, vocal, and leader
  • Chris Griffin, Ziggy Elman, Harry James, trumpets
  • Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, trombones
  • George Koenig, Art Rollini, Babe Russin, Hymie Schertzer, reed instruments
  • Jess Stacy, piano
  • Teddy Wilson, piano (BG trio and quartet only)
  • Lionel Hampton, vibraphone (BG quartet only)
  • Allan Reuss, guitar
  • Harry Goodman, bass
  • Gene Krupa, drums
  • Martha Tilton, vocal

    • Additional personnel

  • Buck Clayton, trumpet
  • Bobby Hackett, cornet
  • Cootie Williams, trumpet
  • Harry Carney, baritone saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges, soprano and alto saxophones
  • Lester Young, tenor saxophone
  • Count Basie, piano
  • Freddie Green, guitar
  • Walter Page, bass

    • Literature

  • James Lincoln Collier: Benny Goodman and the Swing Area. ISBN 0-19-505278-1
  • Jon Hancock: " Benny Goodman - 'The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert' ". ISBN 0-95-624040-2, Prancing Fish Publishing (May 2009)
  • Irving Kolodin: Liner Notes (Benny Goodman – Carnegie Hall Concert)
  • Richard Morton & Brian Cook: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD, Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2002
  • Catherine Tackley: 'Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert', Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013 ISBN 978-0-19-539831-1

    • Songs

    1Don't Be That Way
    2One o'Clock Jump
    3Dixieland One-Step

    References

    The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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