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from the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Source: Wikipedia

Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as “King of Swing”, “Patriarch of the Clarinet”, “The Professor”, and “Swing’s Senior Statesman”.

• Birth name: Benjamin David Goodman
• Also known as: “King of Swing”, “The Professor”, “Patriarch of the Clarinet”, “Swing’s Senior Statesman”
• Born: May 30, 1909
• Origin: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
• Died: June 13, 1986 (aged 77)
• Genres: Swing, Big band
• Occupations: Musician, Bandleader, Songwriter
• Instruments: Clarinet
• Years active: 1926–1986
• Labels: Victor, Bluebird, Brunswick, Columbia, Vocalion, OKeh, Capitol, Decca, Melotone, Musicmasters
• Website: BennyGoodman.com

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Jazz great Jones dies
Variety, 2010-05-17 18:42:54
Music News: Bandleader, composer accompanied Monroe's birthday salute to JFK -- Jazz pianist, bandleader and composer Hank Jones, whose career spanned seven decades and included stints with such legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker and Benny Goodman, died May 16 in New York after a brief illness. He was 91.

Intimate Ella Fitzgerald, Rediscovered
NY Times Music, 2009-11-27 19:37:05
A Herman Leonard photograph of Ella Fitzgerald performing at the New York nightclub Downbeat in 1948. Watching rapturously are Duke Ellington, center, and Benny Goodman, in glasses behind Ellington.

Music Review | David Shifrin: Recalling Benny Goodman’s Classical Side
NY Times Music, 2009-09-29 23:39:29
From one outstanding clarinetist to another: David Shifrin provided evidence of Benny Goodman’s substantial effect on classical music at Zankel Hall on Saturday.