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Benny Goodman: The King of Swing

By Monk Rowe | Jazz Backstory
September 28, 2024
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Benny Goodman

clarinet
1909 - 1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Benny Goodman played a marvelous clarinet and his bands sold a ton of records while packing audiences into dance halls and Carnegie-style halls. He was also enigmatic and frequently oblivious of his surroundings.

Jerry Jerome

b.1912

" data-original-title="" title="">Jerry Jerome,

Sonny Igoe

drums
b.1923

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Igoe,

Bucky Pizzarelli

guitar
1926 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Bucky Pizzarelli,

Flip Phillips

saxophone, tenor
1915 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Flip Phillips, and

Skitch Henderson

b.1918

" data-original-title="" title="">Skitch Henderson share their memories of working with "The King of Swing."

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