The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by
Benny Goodman,
Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, was first issued in 1950. It was one of the first records of Benny Goodman music issued on the new
long-playing format, and one of the first to sell over a million copies. A landmark recording, it was the premiere performance given by a
jazz orchestra in the famed
Carnegie Hall in
New York City. It is the first ever
double album. This album was also sold in a set of nine 45 rpm records in the same year by Columbia.