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Benny Goodman

real name Benjamin David Goodman

clarinetist and bandleader

United States · 1909-05-30 – 1986-06-13

Benny Goodman is credited on 8,520 releases across 2,295 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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8,520

Credits

2,295

Albums

8

Decades active

236

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Born May 30, 1909 in Chicago, IL, died of a cardiac arrest June 13, 1986 in New York City, NY.
American jazz clarinetist, known as "The King Of Swing".
He learned to play clarinet at age of 10 and played in Jazz bands at a young age.
He formed a band in 1934 and toured the world. Benny Goodman contributed to the development of the "Swing" style of Jazz.
Only very rarely was he recorded playing the alto sax.
Brother of Harry Goodman, Irving Goodman, and Freddy Goodman.

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8,520 releases · 2,295 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 14,408
  • Other credits · 770
  • Production · 4
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Carnegie Hall · Newport Jazz Festival · Café Bohemia · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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