Goodman led a full swing band as well as many small groups. While his orchestra did not invent swing, many historians credit him with bringing the style to a nationwide audience and launching the Big Band era (1935-45). His small groups pla...
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Benny Goodman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's S...
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Known by musicians for his stand-offish and “cheap” nature, many sidemen had a love/hate relationship with Goodman. Many musicians claimed that Benny was dishonest when it came time to pay off the band and many more recalled the Goodman “ray”, ... Benny Goodman's Boys ... Benny Goodman and his Orchestra...
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Benny Goodman received rudimentary musical training in 1919 at the Kehelah Jacob Synagogue and the next year joined the boys club band at Jane Addams's Hull House, where he received lessons from the director James Sylvester.
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Goodman experienced hard times while growing up. Encouraged by his father to learn a musical instrument, Goodman and two of his brothers took lessons; as the youngest and smallest he learned to play the clarinet. In 1955 he recorded the soundtrack for a feature film, The Benny Goodman Story , and a soundtrack album was...
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; Electronic Precinct - December 1998 ... What is the capital of Malta? ... Which musical instrument did Benny Goodman play?
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Benny Goodman was the first celebrated bandleader of the Swing Era, dubbed "The King of Swing," his popular emergence marking the beginning of the era. He was an accomplished clarinetist whose distinctive playing gave an identity both to his big band and to the smaller units he led simultaneously.
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www.mp3.com/artist/benny-goodman/summary/
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Benny Goodman (1909-1986) was born in Chicago's toughest neighborhood, The Maxwell Street Ghetto.; His Jewish parents, David and Dora Goodman, left Russia to escape the pogroms (attacks ... Their performances inspired Benny to play jazz. ... Benny knew his instrument so well -- he was able to start playing jazz to earn money.
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"There was Benny, renewing acquaintance with Johnny, who introduced me." Goodman eyed Frank with respect, seeing the clarinet case, and asked if he could try the instrument. He did and fell in love with Frank's mouthpiece, ... Certainly, the general level of musicianship is pretty high here. What is it they like to play?
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