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Benny Goodman

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986)

Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".

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Benny Goodman

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from: Chicago
born: 1909
until: 1986
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real name: Benjamin David Goodman

labels: Bluebird Records, Capitol Records, Chess Records, Columbia Records, RCA Victor

genres: jazz, swing, big band music

awards: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

plays: clarinet

member of: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Benny Goodman Sextet

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Early years

Goodman was the ninth of twelve children born to poor Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire. His father, David Goodman, came to the United States in 1892 from Warsaw in partitioned Poland and became a tailor. His mother, Dora Grisinsky, came from Kaunas. They met in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to Chicago before Goodman's birth. With little income and a large family, they moved to the Maxwell Street neighborhood, an overcrowded slum near railroad yards and factories that was populated by German, Irish, Italian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Jewish immigrants.

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Early career

His early influences were New Orleans jazz clarinetists who worked in Chicago, such as Jimmie Noone, Johnny Dodds, and Leon Roppolo. He learned quickly, becoming a strong player at an early age, and was soon playing in bands. He made his professional debut in 1921 at the Central Park Theater on the West Side of Chicago. He entered Harrison Technical High School in Chicago in 1922. At fourteen he became a member of the musicians' union and worked in a band featuring Bix Beiderbecke. Two years later, in 1926, he joined the Ben Pollack Orchestra and made his first recordings.

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Born May 30, 1909 in Chicago, IL, died of a cardiac arrest June 13, 1986 in New York City, NY. American jazz clarinetist, known as "The King Of Swing". He learned to play clarinet at age of 10 and played in Jazz bands at a young age. He formed a band in 1934 and toured the world. Benny Goodman contributed to the development of the "Swing" style of Jazz. Only very rarely was he recorded playing the alto sax. Brother of Harry Goodman, , and Freddy Goodman. Also known as: B Goodman, B, Goodman, B. G., B. Goodman, B. Goodmann From Discogs (free to use). Their entry