Benny Goodman

Raja Ayunan! Pemain klarinet terkenal, komposer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") dan konduktor, mendapat pendidikan di Institut Lewis di Chicago dan pelajar Schillinger dan Schoepp. Dia adalah pemain klarinet dengan orkestra Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson dan Ben Pollack, dan juga bermain di orkestra teater Broadway. Dia mulai memimpin orkestranya sendiri pada tahun 1934 di Billy Rose Music Hall, kemudian memimpin orkestra di program radio mingguan "Let's Dance" pada tahun 1934-1935, dan bermain di berbagai hotel, perguruan tinggi, dan teater. Memperluas upaya musiknya, ia tampil di konser musik kamar, kemudian melakukan tur ke seluruh AS, Eropa, Timur Jauh, Amerika Selatan dan Uni Soviet dan membuat banyak rekaman. Bergabung dengan ASCAP pada tahun 1945, kolaborator musik utamanya termasuk Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, dan Teddy Wilson. Beberapa lagu populer dan komposisi instrumentalnya termasuk "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", dan "The Kingdom of Swing".

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".