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=﻿Benny Goodman=

By: Brendan

 * Benny Goodman was born in Chicago May, 30, 1909 to tailor David Goodman and Dora Grisinsky. He was the ninth child of twelve poor Jewish immigrants . He first picked up a clarinet at 10 years old in 1919. His father enrolled him into Kehelah Jacob Synagogue when he was 10 years old.
 * He was a jazz and swing clarinetist that launched many [[image:http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/27/1240839185360/Jazz-clarinet-player-and--001.jpg width="376" height="228" align="right" caption="Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing""]]major names in jazz history. He played to nearly the end of his life as a great clarinetist. He also led one of the first racially integrated musical groups. He died of heart failure in January, 16, 1986 at 77 years old after a lifetime of playing the clarinet.
 * He played mostly in Chicago and up and down California in big cities. In 1953 he played at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. Also he played on the //Lets Dance// radio program in New York at 12:30 Eastern time. It was too late to attract an East coast audience, but unaware that it attracted a huge West coat audience.
 * He played from 1919 to 1978 as a widely known swing clarinetist. His big publicity was from late twenty's to early thirties. In 1935 he made a record with the Goodman Band of the Henderson arrangements. In January he became the first jazz bandleader to perform at Carnegie hall.
 * Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman and http://www.biography.com/people/benny-goodman-9315335?page=1