I decided,” says Benny Goodman, ”to go and see my old apartment building. I haven`t been there for many years.” Chez Goodman, circa 1920, stands at 1125 S. Francisco Ave., in the middle of ...

Bandleader Benny Goodman was born 100 years ago Saturday. Raised in Chicago, Goodman rose from poverty to become a virtuoso clarinetist and the poster boy for the Swing Era. Along the way ...

Inviting the Benny Goodman band to Carnegie Hall in early 1938 had the vaguely sarcastic aura of suggesting that hungry street urchins be served dinner at the Stork Club. It was all right for them ...

A unique duo of clarinet and digital accordion, Bridge & Wolak use technology and serious chops to create unimaginable sounds with just two performers—all 100% live. Bach to Benny Goodman begins ...

Benny Goodman, the Chicago-born Big Band ”King of Swing” who introduced jazz to Carnegie Hall and the Soviet Union and was the first musician to bring blacks into a white orchestra ...