Benny Goodman, on clarinet, sports a loosened, cherry-red tie and a powder-blue dress shirt. Gene Krupa -- a new figure on the mural -- plays the drums. Teddy Wilson, as always, sits at the piano ...

The sound of Benny Goodman - the blazing clarinet soaring above a riotously rocking big band or dancing with thrilling fluency through improvised trio and quartet numbers - set off the swing fever ...

That’ll be followed by the Benny Goodman trio in 1956, recording a tune with singer Rosemary Clooney. First, here’s Goodman and O’Day live in Germany with “Honeysuckle Rose,” on Afterglow.

Born 100 years ago Saturday, clarinetist Benny Goodman made jazz a listening concern for folks who thought it was only for the clubs. ... In 1936, he hired Teddy Wilson to play piano in his trio.

Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by James E. Ransome. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2362-0 In 1936, the Benny Goodman Trio became the first interracial band to perform in public, with ...

We usually don't think of swing-music titan Benny Goodman, ... invited African-American pianist Teddy Wilson to join him and drumming giant Gene Krupa in what was dubbed the Benny Goodman Trio.

Cal Collins, 68, a jazz guitar virtuoso and featured member of Benny Goodman's band in the late 1970s, died Sunday of liver failure at his home in Dillsboro, Ind.

In 1935 The Benny Goodman Trio created a style of “chamber jazz" that emphasized highly developed ensemble playing and technically brilliant solos. The Trio took the ensemble sound of the small jazz ...

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… ...

STAMFORD - The Terry Myers Orchestra will be stompin' and swingin' at Stamford Center for the Arts' Rich Forum on Sunday, Feb. 24, as it presents its tribute to Benny Goodman at 7PM. In an earnest ...

That’ll be followed by the Benny Goodman trio in 1956, recording a tune with singer Rosemary Clooney. First, here’s Goodman and O’Day live in Germany with “Honeysuckle Rose,” on Afterglow.