Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz)
"Tackley's is the most thorough study of this celebrated event. She sifts through the prior writings and inflated claims to come up with an original, level-headed, song-by-song analysis-and it's a good read!" --Lewis Porter, Professor of Music, Rutgers University-Newark"Catherine Tackley's valuable study details the fascinating story behind one of jazz's widely acknowledged milestones.  Through meticulous cultural criticism, sound analysis, and archival research, Tackley unravels the social politics, aesthetics, and commercial interests that brought Benny Goodman's famous concert to the public ears, on to vinyl and into its eventual iconic status. We learn to view this concert's recording as a complex creation of multiple modes of mediation and not simply as proof that jazz became 'a lady.' Tackley shows us she's much more than that!" --Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania"A distinguished contribution to the literature...Highly recommended." --Choice"As one who continues to listen and thrill to the recorded version of this landmark event, I found this study fascinating." --W. Royal Stokes, author ofGrowing Up With Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talks About Their Lives and Careers