The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at July 3, 1863: At Gettysburg, Union troops in the 1st West Virginia ...

Bob Naujoks organized his beloved jazz radio shows much in the same way he fell in love with the genre - with everything ...

This article was first published on All About Jazz in August 1998. In numerous rave reviews, critics have exalted Ken Peplowski as the epitome of jazz traditionalism. But repeated listenings of his ...

And even then, all is not lost (how could it ever be, with “Sing Sing Sing” by Benny Goodman just entering the show).

After several years as a freelance player, which included engagements with Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, and recordings with such artists as Lester Young, Milt Jackson, Cannonball Adderley, and Wes ...

Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald! Each show was a convening of enthusiastic music-lovers in Central Park under the stars in what felt like the center of the universe.

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His work as a producer, talent scout and general advocate made it possible for such quintessential figures as Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Charlie Christian and Lester Young to have ...

2. Benny Goodman (Clarinet) Benny Goodman, known as the “King of Swing,” was a virtuoso clarinetist and bandleader who played a pivotal role in popularizing jazz during the 1930s and 1940s.

By the mid-1940s, PoPsie had married a showgirl and was ready to settle down in New York. He told Benny Goodman that he was interested in photography and Goodman gave him his first camera as a wedding ...

Learn about Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall debut and hear how his clarinet played a key role in the creation of the Hall’s Rose Museum.