Now that Benny Goodman’s night at Carnegie Hall is largely beyond the sentimental gravitation of nostalgia and no one is left alive who can speak of it from memory, it runs the risk of becoming small.

(CBS 11) - Today's blog is about the big band era of the 1930s. "Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)" is a song from the earlier years of the big bands. It was written by Louis Prima and released in 1936.

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Presents The Benny Goodman Centennial Orchestra Performing Jazz Arrangements Of “The Sound Of Music” And Other Goodman Classics Pianist and composer DiNovi, who ...

Lorry Black first fell in love with Benny Goodman’s album “The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert” at band camp when he was just 14 years old. Sixteen years later, Black, the associate director of ...

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 ...

RECORDING OF “CHINA BOY” PERFORMED BY BENNY GOODMAN. Rachel Edelson: There's so much lore around that concert, as indeed there ought to be. Jon Hancock: It was busy outside of Carnegie Hall. Rachel ...

Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman has more than eighty albums to his name. Unlike many Goodman records, Ken Burns' JAZZ Series: Benny Goodman... Benny Goodman: 'Ken Burns' Jazz Series: Benny Goodman ...

Guest host Bob Wilber made no apologies, announcing at the start of the Lincoln Center concert that it took three clarinetists to pay homage to the King of Swing and conjure up the sound and ...

Those looking to preview some of the most interesting jazz offerings due to arrive in any given year know that New York's Winter Jazzfest is the place to do it. For more than a decade, this annual ...

Jazz legend Benny Goodman was one of the first crossover artists, and tonight we'll enjoy his performance of the jazzy concerto Aaron Copland wrote for him.

Eighty years ago, barriers were broken when Benny Goodman took a mixed race band to play jazz to Carnegie Hall. How Benny Goodman Orchestrated 'The Most Important Concert In Jazz History' By 1938, ...