Benny Goodman

  • Known for: Actor
  • Date of birth: 1909. May 30.
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also pla...

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