The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Live album by
Benny Goodman
Released1950
November 2, 1999 (reissue)
RecordedJanuary 16, 1938
Genre
LengthDisc One 48:59
Disc Two 53:05
(Original release)
LabelColumbia
Legacy Recordings
ProducerGeorge Avakian[1][2][a][b]
Phil Schaap (reissue)[3]
Benny Goodman chronology
Benny Goodman Sextet
(1950) 		Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
(1950) 		BG in Hi-Fi
(1954)

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman, Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, is a two-disc LP of swing and jazz music recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938. First issued in 1950, the landmark recording captured the premiere performance given by a big band in the famed concert venue. The event 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."[4]

The title, mastered from preserved acetates,[c] was among jazz's first double albums,[2] first live recordings,[2] and first to sell over a million copies.[2] One of the earliest records of Benny Goodman music issued on the new long-playing format, the concert recording was also sold in a set of nine 45 rpm records in 1950 by Columbia. The subsequent discovery of the aluminum studio masters made from the original recording resulted in several high-quality CD reissues beginning in 1998.[d]

  1. ^ a b West, Michael J. "George Avakian Dies at 98". JazzTimes.
  2. ^ a b c d e York, Associated Press in New (November 23, 2017). "George Avakian, jazz producer of Miles Davis and more, dies at 98". the Guardian.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference penguin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Eder, Bruce. The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  5. ^ a b "Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall". HISTORY.


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