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Benny Goodman

clarinetist and bandleader

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

Benny Goodman is credited on 8,522 releases across 2,291 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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8,522

Pressings credited

2,291

Albums

Decades active

221

In collections

Biography

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". From 1935 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, 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 started the careers of many jazz musicians. During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups, his trio and quartet. He continued performing until the end of his life while pursuing an interest in classical music.

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