In the collection
12 records
Benny Goodman Sextet Session
Benny Goodman Sextet, 1946
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Benny Goodman, 1950
The Golden Age Of Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, 1955
At Newport
Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday, 1958
The Paris Concert: Salle Pleyel, 1978
Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels Pedersen, 1979
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 1
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, 1980
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 4
Benny Goodman / Lionel Hampton / Teddy Wilson / Gene Krupa / Charlie Christian, 1980
Europa Jazz
Duke Ellington, Harry James, Herb Pomeroy, Jon Hendricks, 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz 38
Benny Goodman Big Band, Taft Jordan, Zoot Sims, Billy Bauer, 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 29
Mezz Mezzrow / Buck Clayton / Pee Wee Russell / Bud Freeman, 1981
The Kings Of Swing
Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Harry James, 1982
Selecciones Círculo De La Música Jazz
Various, 1991
Played with
Edgar Sampson
7 records together
Duke Ellington
6 records together
Count Basie
5 records together
Irving Mills
5 records together
Mitchell Parish
5 records together
George & Ira Gershwin
5 records together
Lionel Hampton
4 records together
Harry James
4 records together
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
4 records together
Johnny Hodges
4 records together
Ella Fitzgerald
3 records together
Teddy Wilson
3 records together
About
Born May 30, 1909 in Chicago, IL, died of a cardiac arrest June 13, 1986 in New York City, NY.
American jazz clarinetist, known as “The King Of Swing”.
He learned to play clarinet at age of 10 and played in Jazz bands at a young age.
He formed a band in 1934 and toured the world. Benny Goodman contributed to the development of the “Swing” style of Jazz.
Only very rarely was he recorded playing the alto sax.
Brother of Harry Goodman, , and Freddy Goodman.