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Trip back in time
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Jazz: On Sunday October 14, Bath's Theatre Royal is whisked
across the Atlantic, and back in time as Peter Long's All Star
Goodman Orchestra faithfully re-creates one of the greatest jazz
concerts of all time, Benny Goodman's New York Carnegie Hall concert
from 1938.
When Benny Goodman and his orchestra took to the stage it was a
legendary moment in music history - the first time that jazz had
been taken out of the downtown clubs and dance halls and exploded
onto the c...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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(book reviews)
Insight on the News
; The timing of Ross Firestone's new biography of Benny Goodman is opportune. There's a saxophone-playing president in the White House and a resurgence of interest in swing music. Maybe Firestone's fine, full (if anything, overfull) book, Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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New Book Highlights Life and Times of Benny Goodman
All Things Considered (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 NOAH ADAMS, Host: It has been true since the 1930s and will remain so - if it's a clarinet and it sounds great, it's Benny Goodman. [Excerpt from Benny Goodman recording] Benny Goodman became the best-known band leader in America at a time when American swing was becoming the best-known
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Sultry and serious about her music
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; APPRECIATION Sultry and serious about her music Behind cool demeanor, Lee proved to be self-taught force in singing, songwriting By DEAN JOHNSON Orlando Sentinel Wednesday, January 23, 2002 We Americans don't have blue-blood royalty, but we have titled music royalty -- Lady Day Billie Holiday,
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Goodman tribute a transporting experience of Swing Era mastery
Charleston Daily Mail
; FOR THE DAILY MAIL The scene at the Municipal Auditorium was a little like "Star Trek." You know, when you are sitting there and the transporter begins to bubble images of people into reality. Once the curtain lifted Saturday night, there stood Benny Goodman and his septet. "This can't be," you say
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The Boston Version
IAJRC Journal
; Benny Goodman's Second 'Carnegie Hall' Concert The IAJRC Journal December 2006 featured a highly informative article by veteran author and reviewer, John McDonough, titled "Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall-The Story of the Session" (pages 29-40). It is fortunate the Journal, unlike most commercial
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