Previous posts for May 30th are found here: Benny Goodman (2019) and Gustav Leonhardt (2020)
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Benny Goodman (30 May 1909 – 13 June 1986) was a clarinetist and band leader.
A Goodman is Hard to Find
Goodman was regarded by some as a demanding taskmaster, by others as an arrogant and eccentric martinet…. Vocalists Anita O’Day and Helen Forrest spoke bitterly of their experiences singing with Goodman: "The twenty or so months I spent with Benny felt like twenty years," said Forrest. "When I look back, they seem like a life sentence." --- Wikipedia
When Benny Goodman played the clarinet
It was a treat to hear him play, and yet
He acted like a petty martinet,
And Helen Forrest said a year with Benny
Seemed to her like many… many… many.
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