The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

• 1 [Benny Goodman 1950 introduction] 0:53
• 2 Don't Be That Way Standout 4:27
• 3 Sometimes I'm Happy 4:11
• 4 One O'Clock Jump 6:34
• 5 [applause / transition to Twenty Years of Jazz] 0:41
• 6 Sensation Rag 1:19
• 7 I'm Coming Virginia 2:11
• 8 When My Baby Smiles at Me 0:50
• 9 Shine 1:08
• 10 Blue Reverie 3:12
• 11 [applause / transition back to Goodman orchestra] 0:21
• 12 Life Goes to a Party 4:04
• 13 [setting up for jam session] 0:46
• 14 Honeysuckle Rose Standout 16:35
• 15 [applause / setting up & tuning up for BG small groups] 0:59
• 16 Body and Soul 3:10
• 17 [applause as Lionel Hampton enters] 0:26
• 18 Avalon 4:22
• 19 The Man I Love 3:27
• 20 I Got Rhythm 4:40

Disc 2

• 1 Blue Skies 3:25
• 2 Loch Lomond 2:53
• 3 [applause / Benny Goodman's "no encore" announcement] 1:13
• 4 Blue Room 2:49
• 5 Swingtime in the Rockies 2:24
• 6 [applause / Martha Tilton returns to the stage] 0:21
• 7 Bei mir bist Du schön 3:54
• 8 [applause / setting-up for BG small groups] 0:31
• 9 China Boy 4:58
• 10 Stompin' at the Savoy 5:41
• 11 [applause / BG Quartet continues but changes program] 0:23
• 12 Dizzy Spells 5:37
• 13 [applause / transition back to Goodman orchestra for finale] 0:40
• 14 Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) Standout 12:02
• 15 [applause until encores] 1:02
• 16 If Dreams Come True 2:33
• 17 [applause for second encore] 0:20
• 18 Big John's Special 3:40
• 19 [silence] 0:06
• 20 Introduction 0:26
• 21 Don't Be That Way Standout 0:21
• 22 Twenty Years of Jazz 0:16
• 23 Blue Reverie 0:24
• 24 Life Goes to a Party 0:27
• 25 Body and Soul 0:46
• 26 Avalon 0:24
• 27 Swingtime in the Rockies 0:18
• 28 Conclusion 0:15

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