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Benjamin David Goodman was born on May 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the eighth child of immigrants David Goodman and Dora Grisinsky Goodman, who left Russia to escape anti-Semitism. Benny's mother never learned to speak English. His father worked for a tailor to support his large family, which eventually grew to include a total of 12 children, and had trouble making ends meet. When Benny was 10 years old, his father sent him to study music at Kehelah Jacob Synagogue in Chicago. There, Benny learned the clarinet under the tutelage of Chicago Symphony member Franz Schoepp, while two of his brothers learned tuba and trumpet
The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound
by Karl Ackermann
The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound Howard Reich 288 Pages ISBN: #978-0-226-84644-6 University of Chicago Press 2026 Jazz may have been born in New Orleans, but it came of age in Chicago. In The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the ...
I Love New York
by Marshall Bowden
This article first appeared on All About Jazz in October 2001. There's another reason as well. New York City is a financial and business center, certainly, and this is one reason it was marked for attack. But it is also very much our nation's cultural and arts center, the showpiece of the country that ...
A Time Capsule in Sound: Jim Pugh’s New American Symphonies
by Kyle Simpler
On the surface, Jim Pugh's New American Symphonies might seem like just another interesting new album release, but there is much more involved here. Behind the album cover lies a story of experimentation, loss, and rediscovery that adds a fascinating dimension to this well-crafted recording. To get the full picture, however, we have to ...
Tony Miceli and Chuck Redd At Chris’ Jazz Cafe
by Victor L. Schermer
Chuck Redd and Tony MiceliSteve Weiss Mallet FestivalChris' Jazz Cafe August 1. 2026 For several years, vibraphonist Tony Miceli has arranged with vibraphone makers and music schools and venues in the area to hold a yearly Vibraphone Festival, with performances, workshops, and interviews designed to improve performance, networking, and exposure of ...
Dawn Lambeth: I Get Ideas
by Richard J Salvucci
Not everyone was fortunate enough--or long lived enough--to have been around for the glory days of Benny Goodman's 1937 band, with a young Martha Tilton singing songs she barely knew, and scared to death of Benny as well. But the Liltin' Miss Tilton was plenty talented, and she made a big impression soon enough. And if ...
Linus Eppinger & Sam Braysher: A Sinner Kissed an Angel
by Jack Bowers
Once past its rather curious title, there is much to admire and applaud on the debut recording by electric guitarist Linus Eppinger and alto saxophonist Sam Braysher's quartet, not the least of which is the group's tendency to swing at any tempo and in every format and to do so with a mininum of bombast or ...
Peggy Lee: Too Marvelous for Words
by C. Michael Bailey
“Every musician in town wanted that gig... She got whoever she wanted, because she was so good." --pianist Lou Levy, as quoted by James Gavin in Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee (Atria Books, 2014) Born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1920, Peggy Lee ...
Alan Greenspan, 1926–2026: The Reedman Who Conducted the Economy
by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
He kept the clarinet. Sixty years after he last played for money, the central banker still had the instrument from his dance-band days; when a television crew trooped in, he turned it over in his hands but would not play it, remembering too well how it was supposed to sound. Alan Greenspan, who died ...
Steve Shaiman: Swingtime Big Band bandleader, artistic director and genre ambassador extraordinaire
by Doug Hall
Our guest is Steve Shaiman, bandleader, saxophonist & artistic director of the Swingtime Big Band. Mr. Shaiman's critically acclaimed 20 piece swing big band is celebrating 50 years of performances with concert audiences, and ballroom dancers alike, with authentic recreations of timeless swing music with such iconic bandleaders as Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, Benny ...
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