He was a nice Jewish boy from Chicago, the son of a tailor from Warsaw, and he played the clarinet. The experienced jazz musicians aboard the excursion boat were skeptical of the slight, bespectacled ...

Benny Goodman was in Los Angeles performing at the Palomar Ballroom with his Orchestra in 1936 when his friend, the producer and concert promoter John Hammond, took him to see a young vibes player at ...

Join CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus and clarinetist-supreme David Shifrin with the dynamic Mir Quartet for a celebration of classical and jazz clarinet that pays tribute to the chamber music ...

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, guests Allan Vaché and Chuck Hedges on clarinet, vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, and John Sheridan on piano join the Jim Cullum Jr. Jazz Band in a tribute to the Benny Goodman ...

Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman has more than eighty albums to his name. Unlike many Goodman records, Ken Burns' JAZZ Series: Benny Goodman... Benny Goodman: 'Ken Burns' Jazz Series: Benny Goodman ...

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RECORDING OF “CHINA BOY” PERFORMED BY BENNY GOODMAN. Rachel Edelson: There's so much lore around that concert, as indeed there ought to be. Jon Hancock: It was busy outside of Carnegie Hall. Rachel ...