That the great clarinetist Benny Goodman, known as the King of Swing, had an enormous impact on jazz should go without saying. His influence as a performer was similarly potent among countless young aspirants who took up the clarinet in his wake. Goodman's effect on classical music, if less far-reaching, was still substantial; on Saturday night at...
NEW YORK -- To feel important, most stars must go first class, all the time. They have to have the best suite at a hotel, first-class seats in a plane and the choice table at the best restaurant. It's even written in their contracts: When they do promotional appearances, it must be first class, all the way. When I opened my own public relations...
EVEN before the Swingtime Big Band began its opening number, Benny Goodman's ''Let's Dance,'' Lorraine Angeletti had gotten the message of the song. ''It puts you in a joyous mood, and it makes you want to dance,'' the Middle Island resident said as she sat with friends and family under a tent at the Martha Clara Vineyards here, where the band was...
Benny Goodman (30. maj 1909 - 13. juni 1986), født Benjamin David Goodman, amerikansk klarinettist og orkesterleder. Benny Goodman var en af de første hvide, der fik succes som jazzmusiker og -orkesterleder. Han fik tilnavnet "King of Swing". Ved at tage Teddy Wilson med i 1930erne, var han den første som havde hvide og sorte musikere i samme band.
Goodmans klarinetspil var af så høj teknisk kvalitet, at han med succes dyrkede et klassisk repertoire. Han var således flere gange med i indspilninger af Mozarts klarinetkvintet (op. 581) og store klarinetkoncerter som Carl Nielsens.
Goodman påbegyndte de første optagelser til album i 1928, hvilke senere blev inkluderet i A Jazz Holiday, som først blev udgivet i 1973.