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Author Tackley, Catherine

Title Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert / Catherine Tackley
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 223 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford studies in recorded jazz
Oxford world's classics.
Contents Context -- Performance -- Representation
Summary On January 16, 1938 Benny Goodman brought his swing orchestra to America's venerated home of European classical music, Carnegie Hall. The resulting concert - widely considered one of the most significant events in American music history - helped to usher jazz and swing music into the American cultural mainstream. This reputation has been perpetuated by Columbia Records' 1950 release of the concert on LP. This book provides the first in-depth, scholarly study of this seminal concert and recording
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-205), discography (p. 206-214) , and index
Notes Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed April 29, 2013)
Subject Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 -- Performances -- New York (State) -- New York
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 fast
Subject Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.)
SUBJECT Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) fast
Subject Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1931-1940 -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz.
Jazz
Performances
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199875474
0199875472