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Benny Goodman
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Noun1.Benny Goodman - United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)


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He had his own BBC radio show at 14, toured the halls and besides appearing in Hollywood films (Tom Brown's Schooldays) worked with Benny Goodman's orchestra as a sort of separate cabaret act.
The festivals second concert had an appeal as diverse as the first: two modern dance pieces, a solo performance by Peter Pucci, and two works danced by Colorado Ballet--size Nine Spirit, set to music by Benny Goodman's orchestra, and Winter Moons, featuring storyteller Rodney Grant.
 
 
 
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