17 Nov 2021

The Greatest Concert of All Time

From Inside Out, 11:00 pm on 17 November 2021
Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman Photo: ebay [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

 

Nick features Benny Goodman's legendary Carnegie Hall concert from 1938 - an event described as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history".

 

 

MUSIC DETAILS:

 

Artist:

Song:

Composer:

Album:

Label:

DUR:

1

Benny Goodman

Don't Be That Way

Sampson / Goodman / Parrish

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

04:27

2

Benny Goodman

Honeysuckle Rose

Waller / Razaf

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

16:37

3

Benny Goodman

Sensation Rag

Edwards

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

01:19

4

Benny Goodman

I'm Coming Virginia

Cook / Heyward

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

02:11

5

Benny Goodman

When My Baby Smiles at Me

Munro / Sterling / Lewis

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

00:50

6

Benny Goodman

Shine

Brown / Dabney / Mack

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

01:08

7

Benny Goodman

Blue Reverie

Carney / Ellington

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

03:12

8

Benny Goodman

Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)

Prima

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

12:02

9

Benny Goodman

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

Cahn, Chaplin, Jacobs, Secunda

Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [Live]

Columbia

03:54

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