May 30 - Benny Goodman (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

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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