Benny Goodman artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music. ... August 1, 2001 • Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman has more than eighty albums to his name.

When Benny Goodman's The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert was finally released in 1950, it became one of the first LPs to sell more than one million copies. Times have changed, but the music ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Goodman. Source: Michael Ricci May 30, 2023. All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Goodman's birthday today! Benjamin David Goodman was born on May 30, 1909 in Chicago, ...

Jazz album: “Benny Goodman Yale University Archives Volume 1” by Benny Goodman, released in 2009 on Nimbus. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz ...

Lorry Black first fell in love with Benny Goodman’s album “The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert” at band camp when he was just 14 years old. Friday, June 6, 2025.

His album, “A Tribute to Benny Goodman,” was released in 2012, and in his live show, he plays the hits while sharing anecdotes and stories about Goodman’s life.

When Benny Goodman's The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert was finally released in 1950, it became one of the first LPs to sell more than one million copies. Times have changed, but the music ...

One 1969 discography, "BG On The Record," runs to 600 pages and authors D. Russell Conner and Warren Hicks say they don't have all of it. He recorded under numerous aliases with dozens of groups.

If the Benny Goodman CD, a fifteen track concert running just over 76 minutes, ... The vocals of Anita O'Day highlight the album. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

Some 20 years ago, 10-year-old Dave Bennett began playing a clarinet he got from his grandparents. Grandpa also gave the boy a tape of Benny Goodman songs, and in no time Bennett learned them by ...

Helen Ward, who sang with the Benny Goodman band in the 1930s, has died. She was 82. Ms. Ward’s supple voice, her easygoing sense of swing and her alluring stage presence were essential to th… ...