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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 10:56 PM
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Carnegie Hall concert, 1938
Carnegie Hall concert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman#Carnegie_Hall_concert

In bringing jazz to Carnegie, {Benny Goodman was}, in effect, smuggling American contraband
into the halls of European high culture, and Goodman and his 15 men pull it off with the
audacity and precision of Ocean's Eleven.<14>

<snip>

By the time the band got to the climactic piece "Sing, Sing, Sing," success of the night was assured.

Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing Sing Sing


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