The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
by Benny Goodman
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1950
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 4.5/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Documenting the historic evening when jazz finally gained mainstream acceptance in the elite Carnegie Hall, this recording features star turns from Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, and guest soloists from Count Basie's band. The performance is culturally significant for its high-profile racial integration on stage, effectively serving as the definitive monument to the Swing era.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic
Tracklist
- Don't Be That Way (3:18)
- One O'Clock Jump (3:12)
- Dixieland One-Step
- I'm Coming Virginia (2:11)
- When Baby Smiles At Me (0:52)
- Shine (1:06)
- Blue Reverie (3:31)
- Life Goes To A Party (3:41)
- Honeysuckle Rose (3:02)
- Body And Soul (3:25)
- Avalon (3:15)
- The Man I Love (3:38)
- I Got Rhythm (3:42)
- Blue Skies (3:36)
- Loch Lomond (3:03)
- Blue Room (2:36)
- Swingtime In The Rockies (3:15)
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (2:31)
- China Boy (2:31)
- Stompin' At The Savoy (3:15)
- Dizzy Spells (5:37)
- Sing Sing Sing (8:40)
- Big John's Special (3:05)
Credits
- Benny Goodman - primary artist, clarinet, written-by
- Hymie Schertzer - alto saxophone
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, written-by
- Harry Goodman - bass
- Walter Page - bass
- Bobby Hackett - cornet
- Gene Krupa - drums
- Edgar Sampson - Written-By
- Mitchell Parish - Written-By
- Count Basie - Written-By
- Nick LaRocca - Written-By
- Donald Heywood - Written-By
- Will Marion Cook - Written-By
- Andrew Sterling - Written-By
- Bill Munro - Written-By
- Harry Von Tilzer - Written-By
- Ted Lewis - Written-By
- Cecil Mack - Written-By
- Ford Dabney - Written-By
- Lew Brown - Written-By
- Duke Ellington - Written-By
- Irving Mills - Written-By
- Harry James - Written-By
- Andy Razaf - Written-By
- Fats Waller - Written-By
- Edward Heyman - Written-By
- Frank Eyton - Written-By
- Johnny Green - Written-By
- Robert Sour - Written-By
- Al Jolson - Written-By
- Vincent Rose - Written-By
- George & Ira Gershwin - Written-By
- Irving Berlin - Written-By
- Louis Prima - Written-By
- Traditional - Written-By
- Rodgers & Hart - Written-By
- Jimmy Mundy - Written-By
- Jacob Jacobs - Written-By
- Sammy Cahn - Written-By
- Saul Chaplin - Written-By
- Sholom Secunda - Written-By
- Dick Winfree - Written-By
- Phil Boutelje - Written-By
- Chick Webb - Written-By
- Lionel Hampton - Written-By
- Teddy Wilson - Written-By
- Horace Henderson - Written-By
- Frankie Carle - Written-By
- Jack Lawrence - Written-By
- Alec Templeton - Written-By
- Francis Wheeler - Written-By
- Harry B. Smith - Written-By
- Ted Snyder - Written-By
- Eddie Delange - Written-By
- Hoagy Carmichael - Written-By