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Benny Goodman
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 Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson. Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".
Como intérprete
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Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
De Wereld van Polygoon
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
Åke Hasselgård story
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
Copland Conducts Copland
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
John Gunther's High Road
The All-Star Christmas Show
Allen in Movieland
Music Land
Two for the Record
Nace una canción
Música, maestro
All the Cats Join In
Sweet and Low-Down
The Shining Future
Toda la banda está aquí
The Powers Girl
Tres días de amor y fe
Syncopation
El nacimiento del blues
Hollywood Hotel
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Me and the Boys