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Carnegie Hall concert ‘From Spirituals To Swing’ 1938/1939

  • 📅zo 13 dec 2026
  • 📍Pianola Museum — All events
  • 🎫vanaf € 25

The "From Spirituals to Swing" concerts were landmark Carnegie Hall events staged by producer John Hammond in December 1938 and 1939 to showcase African American music's evolution, featuring gospel, blues, jazz, and swing legends such as Count Basie, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Bill Broonzy, and Benny Goodman. Widely regarded as historic milestones, they brought Black musical traditions to a presti