Sponsor Message The concert was recorded, but there were no plans to release it. "Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Concert of January 16 th, 1938, historically, is the most important concert in jazz ...

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. It was all right for them ...

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 ...

He was the eighth child of immigrants David Goodman and Dora Grisinsky Goodman, who left Russia to escape anti-Semitism. Benny's mother never learned to speak English. His father worked for a tailor ...

At one time every drummer in the world wanted to play like Gene Krupa The Benny Goodman Band launch into their opening number, ‘Don’t Be That Way’. The drummer pushes the beat with urgent ...

The Muslim residents of Baghdad, under the pro-Axis Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, carried out a savage pogrom against the Jewish ...

May 30, 2009 • Born 100 years ago Saturday, clarinetist Benny Goodman made jazz a listening concern for folks who thought it was only for the clubs. He was not only an innovative musician ...