Person · clarinetist and bandleader
Benny Goodman
Albums
679
Members
19
Active
1909–1986
Origin
United States
Biography
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; known as the "King of Swing". In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music." Goodman's bands launched the careers of many major names in jazz, and during an era of segregation, he also led one of the first well-known racially integrated jazz groups. Goodman continued to perform to nearly the end of his life, while exploring an interest in classical music.
Discography
Clarinetitis / That's A Plenty
A Swing Session With Benny Goodman
A Swing Session With Benny Goodman
Hot Jazz
Benny Goodman Rides Again
Mostly Sextets
Session for Six
Session For Six
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert - Volume I
Concerto For Clarinet And String Orchestra / Quartet for Piano And Strings
Let's Hear The Melody
Easy Does It!
Easy Does It!
On the Air (1937-38)
Benny Goodman Presents Fletcher Henderson Arrangements
Hunka Dola / The Jumpin' Jive
Session For Six & Easy Does It!
The Goodman Touch
B.G. in Hi-Fi
B.G. In Hi-Fi (Part 3)
Classics In Jazz
Classics In Jazz
The Sheik Of Araby / Everybody Loves My Baby
2 For The Record
Benny Goodman Combos
B.G. In Hi-Fi (Parts 3 And 4)
The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 1
Benny Goodman Plays Selections From The Benny Goodman Story
Benny Goodman Plays Selections From The Benny Goodman Story - Part 1
Classics In Jazz (Part 2)
Combos
Don't Be That Way / And The Angels Sing
Il Re Del Jazz
Makes History
Plays Selections Featured In The Benny Goodman Story (Part 1)
Plays Selections Featured In The Benny Goodman Story (Part 2)
Plays Selections Featured In The Benny Goodman Story (Part 4) / Selecciones De La Pelicula La Historia De Benny Goodman
The Benny Goodman Story Part 2
The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 2
The Benny Goodman Story Volume 2
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol.3
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol.3
The Golden Age Of Benny Goodman
The Golden Age Of Swing
The Great Benny Goodman
The Great Benny Goodman
The Great Benny Goodman
The Great Benny Goodman
The King Of Swing Vol. 1 (1937-38 Jazz Concert No. 2)
The Vintage Goodman
Clarinetitis - Benny Goodman 1928-1929
Joue Fletcher Henderson
Sometimes I'm Happy
Benny Goodman Plays World Favorites
Benny Goodman Plays World Favorites In High-Fidelity
Benny in Brussels Volume 1
Benny In Brussels Volume 2
Benny Rides Again!
Sing, Sing, Sing
Credits
Swing in the Films of Woody Allen
The Best of Billie Holiday: The Master Takes and Singles
Bixology
Mozart at Tanglewood
The Chronological Classics: Gene Krupa and His Orchestra 1935-1938
The Timekeepers
The Indispensable Coleman Hawkins: “Body and Soul” (1927–1956)
Genius of Electric Guitar
His Original Recordings
The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1935–1937
The Chronological Classics: Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra 1934-1935
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 3: 1936-1937
Roll ’Em, Volume 1
Sing, Sing, Sing
The Genius of the Electric Guitar
Benny Goodman Sextet
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
Live at Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary Concert
Что может сделать лунный свет
From Spirituals to Swing: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/1939
Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session, New York City January 1944
Solo Flight (The Genius of Charlie Christian)
Benny Goodman Today
The World's Greatest Blues Singer
That's How I Love the Blues!
Sing Sing Sing
Sing a Song of Basie
Benny Goodman Combos
B.G. in Hi-Fi
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Oomph Fah Fah / After You’ve Gone / I’ve Got the World on a String / Yeah‐Man (Amen)
Poor Butterfly / The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise / I Get the Blues When It Rains
Sing, Sing, Sing
Nitwit Serenade / Bugle Call Rag
16 Most Requested Songs
18 Top Tracks
1928-1931
1929-1931
1930-1934
1931-1933
1931-1934
1931 Volume One
1934-1939
1935-1936
1936-1937
1937
(1937 / 1939)
1937-38 Jazz Concert No. 2
1937-38 Jazz Concert No. 2 1937-1938 1ere Partie
1937-38 Jazz Concert No. 2 - The King Of Swing Vol. 3
1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2, Vol. 1
1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2 Vol. 2
[1937-39] - Instrumentals Never Before On Record
1938 Vol. 2
1939 - 1941
1940.
1940 - 1947
1947
1960•1967 Era
24 Jazz Giants Vol. 2