Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by James E. Ransome. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2362-0 In 1936, the Benny Goodman Trio became the first interracial band to perform in public, with Benny ...

Benny Goodman rose from poverty in a Chicago tenement to become one of the biggest stars of the swing era, earning the ...

RECORDING OF “CHINA BOY” PERFORMED BY BENNY GOODMAN. Rachel Edelson: There's so much lore around that concert, as indeed there ought to be. Jon Hancock: It was busy outside of Carnegie Hall. Rachel ...

Benny Goodman was remarkable in more ways than we often realize. Obviously, his clarinet playing was extraordinary in tone, technique and soulful expression. But his musical judgment, assembly of ...

The music of Benny Goodman and his orchestra comes to life in this musical biography of the King of Swing featuring all the outstanding songs and instrumentals made famous by the immortal clarinetist.

The “King of Swing” is getting a second life on the silver screen thanks to an extensive preservation project at Yale’s Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. More than a hundred of jazz legend Benny ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Goodman's birthday today! Benjamin David Goodman was born on May 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the eighth child of immigrants David Goodman and Dora ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Great performers occasionally become ...

"That January 16 th back in 1938 was a Sunday, and a cold one," Goodman recalled in a commentary recorded 12 years later. "We didn't quite know what would happen. How we would sound. What the audience ...

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