Benny Goodman was born in Chicago in 1909. By the 1930's he had assembled his own jazz band and was hailed as the most brilliant jazz clarinetist ever to live, a distinction he still holds. During the 1930's, Goodman worked with such names as Gene Krupa, the brilliant Charlie Christain, Lester Young and the magnificent Lady Day - Billie Holiday. Goodman was one of the few true jazzmen to achieve massive commercial acceptance with the great body of the public not generally disposed to ...click for details
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