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Subject(s)

• Jazz—History and criticism—1931-1940—New York—New York (State) [Browse]
• Goodman, Benny 1909-1986—Performances—New York (State)—New York [Browse]
• Goodman, Benny 1909-1986—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) [Browse]

Series

• Oxford studies in recorded jazz. [More in this series]
• Oxford studies in recorded jazz Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert [More in this series]

Summary note

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 significant events in American music history - helped to usher jazz and swing music into the American cultural mainstream. This reputation has been perpetuated by Columbia Records' 1950 release of the concert on LP. This book provides the first in-depth, scholarly study of this seminal concert and recording.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

ISBN

0-19-026807-7

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