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Benny Goodman

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986)

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Benny Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader who lived from 1909 to 1986. He is significant in jazz history as a pioneering musician who helped shape the genre during a formative period of American music.

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Born: 1909-05-30
Died: 1986-06-13

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Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA

The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose…

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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs — Self (archive footage)2022
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman2004
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett2001
Jazz — Self (archive footage)2001
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV — Self (archive footage)2000
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion2000
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing — Self (archive footage)1993
Åke Hasselgård story1983

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Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".

From 1935 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."