The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman, Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, is a two-disc LP of swing and jazz music recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938. First issued in 1950, the landmark recording captured the premiere performance given by a big band in the famed concert venue. The event has been described as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's "coming out" party to the world of "respectable" music." Both critical and public reception of the performances was
238th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 238th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 238th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 238th Street and Broadway in the Bronx, it is served by the 1 train at all times in the northbound direction only. Southbound trains will not stop here until winter 2018-2019 due to replacement of stairways to that platform. This elevated station, opened on August 1, 1908, has two side platforms and three tracks with the center one not used in revenue service. On July 9, 1948, a platform extension at