Benny Goodman
Biografia
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 played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson. Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Charlie Parker - Bird Songs
Film • 2022
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Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
Film • 2004
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Film • 2001
Jazz
Serial • 2001
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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Film • 2000
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Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
Film • 2000
De Wereld van Polygoon
Film • 1994
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Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
Film • 1993
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Åke Hasselgård story
Film • 1983
The Kennedy Center Honors
Serial • 1978
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Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
Film • 1978
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Bio’s Bahnhof
Serial • 1978
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The South Bank Show
Serial • 1978
Copland Conducts Copland
Film • 1976
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film • 1975
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Le Grand Échiquier
Serial • 1972
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The Dick Cavett Show
Serial • 1968
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The Danny Kaye Show
Serial • 1963
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Serial • 1962
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The Mike Douglas Show
Serial • 1961
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The Big Party
Serial • 1959
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John Gunther's High Road
Film • 1959
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The Bell Telephone Hour
Serial • 1959
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The All-Star Christmas Show
Film • 1958
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DuPont Show of the Month
Serial • 1957
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Serial • 1956
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Allen in Movieland
Film • 1955
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Music Land
Film • 1955
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Two for the Record
Film • 1954
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What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
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A Song Is Born
Film • 1948
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
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All the Cats Join In
Film • 1946
Make Mine Music
Film • 1946
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Sweet and Low-Down
Film • 1944
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The Shining Future
Film • 1944
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The Gang's All Here
Film • 1943
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Stage Door Canteen
Film • 1943
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The Powers Girl
Film • 1943
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Syncopation
Film • 1942
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Birth of the Blues
Film • 1941
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Hollywood Hotel
Film • 1938
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The Big Broadcast of 1937
Film • 1936
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Me and the Boys
Film • 1929
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