"Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert of January 16 th, 1938, historically, is the most important concert in jazz history," says Phil Schaap, curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The Legacy Of The Benny Goodman Quartet WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center. April 21, 2016 • The small group that made a bespectacled white clarinetist a star happened to be of jazz's first ...

Eighty years ago this month, legendary clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, made history with a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. On January 16, 1938 the Benny Goodman ...

Inviting the Benny Goodman band to Carnegie Hall in early 1938 had the vaguely sarcastic aura of suggesting that hungry street urchins be served dinner at the Stork Club.

Benny Goodman: The King of Swing. by Monk Rowe September 28, 2024. Benny Goodman played a marvelous clarinet and his bands sold a ton of records while packing audiences into dance halls and ...

"Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert of January 16 th, 1938, historically, is the most important concert in jazz history," says Phil Schaap, curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Join us for our traditional look back at the news and features that floated your boat this year. Best of 2024: For a young John Bonham, in thrall to The Benny Goodman Story, an influential 1956 ...

A onetime stomping ground of Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing” bandleader, is for sale in Pacific Palisades at $6.195 million. The 1920s Spanish-style house is set on a third of an acre along ...