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
145th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 145th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 145th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 145th Street in Harlem and Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. Operation of the first subway began on October 27, 1904, with the opening of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch including the 145th Street station. In 1948, platforms on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 103rd