1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

Benny Goodman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1938
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Avid Records UK
• ASIN: B00008BX4Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,175 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Don't Be That Way

2. One O'Clock Jump

3. Sensation Rag

4. I'm Coming Virginia

5. When My Baby Smiles at Me

6. Shine

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Stompin' at the Savoy

2. Dizzy Spells

3. Sing Sing Sing

4. Sing Sing Sing (Continued)

5. Sing Sing Sing (Continued)

6. Big John's Special

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Tattletale

2. Lonely Moments

3. Cherokee

4. Whistle Blues

5. Sweet Georgia Brown

6. I Can't Get Started

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST VERSION OF CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT!, May 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (Audio CD)

This CD set by AVID is the best remastering of this amazing concert ever! I have all other versions available on CD including the best-selling one remastered by Phil Schapp (which is so shrill and crackly that it is unlistenable). This is the set to buy. Moreover, the other reviewers here who complain about pops and cracks are clearly referring to other CDs (they are rating the wrong product).

This CD set is free of nearly all pops and cracks, yet it is not muffled like some other versions. Finally, as a BOUNS, AVID includes a number of rare Goodman sides from 1945-47. This is a fantstic deal, as are all the other Jazz offerings from AVID.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best remastering of this concert, October 4, 2004

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music appreciator (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (Audio CD)

I agree with review below that this is the best remastering of this legendary concert. The Columbia release is the most sold, but this has equivalent sound without any of the loud crackles heard on the Columbia remastering. Brilliant work by the Avid sound engineer! This Avid release should now be considered the definitive remastering of this indispensable concert.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, March 11, 2004

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (Audio CD)

It pains me to give less than 5 stars to this monumental recording, but the background noises compromise it just a trifle. I've listened to this 1938 Carnegie Hall concert since I was a kid on vinyl, and the vinyl versions, produced in the 60's and 70's, are superior in sound quality to this. I'm no expert on modern musical technology, but there must be a way to eliminate some of the annoying buzz in the background.

Now, having dispensed with this criticism, the music played on this date is astonishing. Here are the definitive Goodman versions of three of his classic tracks, "Sing, Sing, Sing," "One O'Clock Jump" and the incomparable "Don't Be That Way." This last song is average in the studio-recorded Bluebird version, but this live song is enlivened by some of Krupa's greatest bass beats. This will have you jumpin' out of your seat, guaranteed!

Benny's band was at its apex here and it shows. All too soon, both Gene Krupa and Harry James would be leaving the band. I recommend this disc as an essential popular recording of the 20th century, but beware of the background hiss throughout.