The Houston Symphony will salute the King of Swing and the soaring sounds of the Big Band era in The Best of Benny Goodman. The orchestra, under the direction of Principal POPS Conductor Michael ...
The Hits Of Benny Goodman; Let's Dance; Jumpin' At The Woodside; What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?; Stompin' At The Savoy; Get Happy; Somebody Stole My Gal; You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me; ...
Legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman has more than eighty albums to his name. Unlike many Goodman records, Ken Burns' JAZZ Series: Benny Goodman... Benny Goodman: 'Ken Burns' Jazz Series: Benny Goodman ...
The winter temperature was about the same as it was in 1938, but the ticket price at Carnegie Hall has soared from $2.75 for a box seat to a top of $119. The occasion marked the 70th anniversary of ...
RECORDING OF “CHINA BOY” PERFORMED BY BENNY GOODMAN. Rachel Edelson: There's so much lore around that concert, as indeed there ought to be. Jon Hancock: It was busy outside of Carnegie Hall. Rachel ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. On February 27, at 7:00pm, British jazz group the Julian Bliss Septet will ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and Chuck Mangione launched the eighth annual Jazz Appreciation Month April 2 with a special ceremony in the museum’s Carmichael Auditorium ...
Jazz clarinetist who rose to become the pre-eminent swing bandleader of the 1930s, with an empire that launched many an act. Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua turns 60 and actor Idina Menzel turns 54, among the ...
He was a nice Jewish boy from Chicago, the son of a tailor from Warsaw, and he played the clarinet. The experienced jazz musicians aboard the excursion boat were skeptical of the slight, bespectacled ...
The clarinet, valued for its versatility, range and pure sinusoidal timbre, has enjoyed the attention of many of classical music’s greatest composers. Earning substantial credibility as a serious solo ...
Jazz-lovers are in for a treat with The Best of Benny Goodman when the Symphony salutes the King of Swing and the sounds of the Big Band era in this tribute concert. Led by clarinetist Dave Bennett, ...