HISTORY will record it as the greatest jazz concert of all the time.
Benny Goodman’s spectacular show at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938 is still revered by global big band fans.
It was described as jazz’s coming out party to the world of respectable music.
Recordings of that historic jazz event continue to be sold today on vinyl or CD.
Re-creating that Goodman magic is no easy task but one that Pete Long, one of the finest jazz clarinettists in the world, relishes.
The ex-Jools Holland arranger and star soloist will be at The Concorde on Wednesday with his Benny Goodman Quartet to salute the American bandleader dubbed the King of Swing.
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