If you are a big-band swing and jazz aficionado, you either are very familiar with the 1938 recording of the "Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert" or possibly have viewed a DVD of the concert.

Benny Goodman, the Chicago-born Big Band ”King of Swing” who introduced jazz to Carnegie Hall and the Soviet Union and was the first musician to bring blacks into a white orchestra ...

Yale University Archives, Vol. 2 (Big Band 1957-1964) presents a comprehensive time capsule of Goodman's work during a career resurgence that followed the 1956 release of the Hollywood production The ...

The concert opens with the familiar Goodman theme song "Let's Dance" and ... and the rest of the band. "Raise the Riff" is a tight ensemble piece that has some nice work from Wyble and Freeman.

Seventy years later, that music still makes your head spin, feet move and spirits rise. The sound of Benny Goodman - the blazing clarinet soaring above a riotously rocking big band or dancing with ...

(CBS 11) - Benny Goodman is recognized today as one of the most outstanding musicians and band leaders of the big band era of late 1930s and 1940s. Through his hard work and that of his band ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield Armory rear lawn was filled with music from the Big Band era while an estimated 700 visitors enjoyed commemorating the music of Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson ...

Benny Goodman contains samples of work from his earlier and later years. The album also has most of Goodman's big band hits, including "Sing, Sing, Sing." ...

This week, we explore the music of the King Of Swing himself, Mr. Benny Goodman. Goodman’s Orchestra created the definitive sound of the Big Band Era, with a snappy rhythm section, and his ...

In 1934, after years of struggle, the American clarinetist Benny Goodman assembled a band that included Gene ... recording sessions) and big bands (Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson).

Benjamin David Goodman was born ... There, Benny learned the clarinet under the tutelage of Chicago Symphony member Franz Schoepp, while two of his brothers learned tuba and trumpet. He also played in ...