The music they played had its roots in the Southern jazz forms ... We kick things off with the “King of Swing" himself, Benny Goodman, before grooving through a lineup of jazz icons, including Max ...
There are over 100 pieces of music in Prohibition – from nineteenth century hymns to the Tin Pan Alley songs of Irving Berlin to Jazz greats from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington ...
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by ...