Benny Goodman
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman, (30 de maio 1909 in Chicago, Illinois - 13 de junio 1986 in New York) era un celebre clarinettista e conductor del orchestra durante le era del bandas grande (big band) e plus tarde le periodo del swing (un subgenere de jazz), quando "Le rege del swing" era su titulo honorari. Ille anque sonava a concertos con musica classic.

Ille comenciava sonar le clarinetto quando ille habeva 11 annos e appareva in concertos jam in le etate de 13. In 1925 ille se faceva membro del orchestra de Ben Pollack, cambiava 1929 al orchestra de Red Nichols e in 1934 ille establiva su prime proprie orchestra. 

Le orchestra de Benny Goodman era le prime con le si-nominate equipa mixte. On facetiosemente ha dicite de ille que: "Ille non faceva distinction inter le negros e le blancos, ille tractava omnes como sclavos". Assi on pote dicer que, como omne le grande directores de orchestra, ille manteneva un bon disciplina.

Discographia 

 A Jazz Holiday (1928, Decca)
 Benny Goodman and the Giants of Swing (1929, Prestige)
 BG and Big Tea in NYC (1929, GRP)
 Swinging 34 Vols. 1 & 2 (1934, Melodean)
 Sing, Sing, Sing (1935, Bluebird)
 The Birth of Swing (1935, Bluebird)
 Original Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet Sessions, Vol. 1: After You've Gone (1935, Bluebird)
 Stomping at the Savoy (1935, Bluebird)
 Air Play (1936, Doctor Jazz)
 Roll 'Em, Vol. 1 (1937, Columbia)
 Roll 'Em, Vol. 2 (1937, CBS)
 From Spirituals to Swing (1938, Vanguard)
 The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vols. 1, 2, & 3 (Live) (1938, Columbia)
 Mozart Clarinet Quintet (with Budapest String Quartet) (1938, Victor)
 Ciribiribin (Live) (1939, Giants of Jazz)
 Swingin' Down the Lane (Live) (1939, Giants of Jazz)
 Featuring Charlie Christian (1939, Columbia)
 Eddie Sauter Arrangements (1940, Columbia)
 Swing Into Spring (1941, Columbia)
 Undercurrent Blues (1947, Blue Note)
 Swedish Pastry (1948, Dragon)
 The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950, Columbia)
 Sextet (1950, Columbia)
 BG in Hi-fi (1954, Capitol)
 The Benny Goodman Story Volume 1 (1955?, Decca)
 Mozart Clarinet concerto (with Boston symphomy) (1956)
 The Great Benny Goodman (1956, Columbia)
 Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman (1957, Harmony)
 Benny in Brussels Vols. 1 & 2 (1958, Columbia)
 In Stockholm 1959 (1959, Phontastic)
 The Benny Goodman Treasure Chest (1959, MGM)
 Texaco's Swing into Spring 59 (1959, Cunningham & Walsh, Inc.)
 Swing With Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (1960s?, Columbia/Harmony)
 Benny Goodman in Moscow (1962, RCA Victor)
 Benny Goodman Today (London Records of (1970) Canada Ltd.)
 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (1977)
 Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall; 40th Anniversary Concert (1978)
 Live! Benny Let's Dance (1986)
 The King Swings Star Line
 Pure Gold (1992)
 1935–1938 (1998)
 Portrait of Benny Goodman (Portrait Series) (1998)
 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert '38 (1998)
 Bill Dodge All-star Recording (1999)
 1941–1955 His Orchestra and His (1999)
 Live at Carnegie Hall (1999)
 Carnegie Hall: The Complete Concert (2006)

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