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14-23 November 2025

The Benny Goodman Orchestra’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert

The Benny Goodman Orchestra’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert

Sat 18 November 2023

Stage time / 7:30pm

Doors / 7:00pm

Jazz Visionaries

Location

Cadogan Hall,
5 Sloane Terrace
SW1X 9DQ

Pete Long's authentic recreation of one of the most famous nights in jazz history - the Benny Goodman Orchestra's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.

Pete Long, the director of the Ronnie Scott's Big Band and long time member and associate of the Jools Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra leads his fifteen piece ensemble in an authentic recreation of one of the most famous events in jazz history. In 1938 Benny Goodman appeared at Carnegie Hall with a line-up that included the best musicians of the era - Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Lester Young and many more. Now 85 years later the music lives again.

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