On tour with the Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey bands, trombonist Paul Ferguson and trumpeter Jack Schantz learned the fine points of swing. They did so in rousing arrangements by legends of the field, ...

For decades Benny Goodman and his clarinet popped up just about everywhere, and when they did, just about everyone knew it. Goodman, who would have turned 100 on May 30, defined for most people the ...

There was a time when jazz was the popular music of America. And more than any other individual, Chicago`s own Benny Goodman was responsible for it. Not because Goodman was the greatest clarinetist in ...

Bandleader Benny Goodman was born 100 years ago Saturday. Raised in Chicago, Goodman rose from poverty to become a virtuoso clarinetist and the poster boy for the Swing Era. Along the way, Goodman's ...