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Benny Goodman Collection

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
(Original Caption) Benny Goodman and his orchestra. Undated photograph

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman At Microphone W/Clarinet

Benny Goodman At Microphone W/Clarinet
(Original Caption) Jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman at the microphone. He is shown in a 3/4-length, low-angle view, holding his clarinet under his arm

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton Performing

Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton Performing
(Original Caption) Manhattan Beach, NY- Martha Tilton and Benny Goodman are settling down in New Yrok this fall

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: CBS Mobile TV Van

CBS Mobile TV Van
(Original Caption) The mobile TV unit truck parks along side the house with their equipment and control boards inside to send the show out to New York City

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Posing W/Brass Instruments

Benny Goodman Posing W/Brass Instruments
(Original Caption) Portrait of American Jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman (1909-1986)

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Posing Playing Clarinet

Benny Goodman Posing Playing Clarinet
(Original Caption) "Swing Into Spring, " a colorcast musical show starring Benny Goodman on NBC-TV Wednesday, April 9, will re-create the music, moods and dancers of the swing era

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Posing With Clarinet

Benny Goodman Posing With Clarinet
(Original Caption) Portrait of American bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman. He is shown seated, holding his clarinet. Undated photograph

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Clarinetist Benny Goodman and Band in Concert

Clarinetist Benny Goodman and Band in Concert
(Original Caption) Benny Goodman (1909-1986), American clarinetist and band leader, in concert. Undated photograph

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing the Clarinet

Benny Goodman Playing the Clarinet
(Original Caption) A photographic impression of Benny Goodman, who, with his clarinet

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Goodman and Krupa Playing Together

Goodman and Krupa Playing Together
Swing band leader and clarinetist Benny Goodman and drummer Gene Krupa play swing for jitterbugging

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman's Swing Band with Dancers

Benny Goodman's Swing Band with Dancers
(Original Caption) 1/29/1938-New York

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Greeting Audience at Paramount Theater

Benny Goodman Greeting Audience at Paramount Theater
(Original Caption) 1/29/1938-New York, NY- This sensational scene in the Paramount Theater is duplicated at every performance of Benny Goodman's swing band

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Fans at Paramount Theater

Benny Goodman Fans at Paramount Theater
(Original Caption) 1/29/1938-New York, NY- While the dramatic, musical and movie critics are bawling for psychiatrists and viewing with alarm, young New York continues to go in a big

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman and Harry James

Benny Goodman and Harry James
(Original Caption) 5/10/1938-New York, NY: Benny Goodman and Harry James in the Manhattan Room at Hotel Pennsylvania

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman
(Original Caption) 8/1/1938-New York, NY- Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing Music, " arrives from Europe on the liner Normandie

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing at the Waldorf Astoria

Benny Goodman Playing at the Waldorf Astoria
(Original Caption) 10/26/1938-New York, NY: Benny Goodman at the Empire Room in the Waldorf-Astoria

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman at the Hotel Pennsylvania

Benny Goodman at the Hotel Pennsylvania
(Original Caption) 1939- Picture shows big band leader, Benny Goodman, performing at the Hotel Pennsylvania with enthusiastic fans in dancing in front of him

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing on Capitol Steps

Benny Goodman Playing on Capitol Steps
(Original Caption) 3/17/1939-Washington, DC- A St

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Orchestra Leader Benny Goodman Smiling

Orchestra Leader Benny Goodman Smiling
(Original Caption) Benny Goodman, noted "swing" band leader who appears with his orchestra in the Warner Brothers production, Hollywood Hotel

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Crowns Queen at Dance

Benny Goodman Crowns Queen at Dance
(Original Caption) 5/31/1941-New York, NY- Madison Square Garden, scene of past "crownings" -- in more ways than one -- of the champions of sport, is the scene of another crowning

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Edwin Mcarthur And Benny Goodman

Edwin Mcarthur And Benny Goodman
(Original Caption) 7/11/41-Philadelphia

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra Switching Roles

Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra Switching Roles
Frank Sinatra plays Benny Goodman's clarinet and wears his glasses, while Goodman steps up to the microphone and sings

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman and Band Performing

Benny Goodman and Band Performing
Benny Goodman performs with a band in the motion picture The Gang's All Here

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman with Musicians in Studio

Benny Goodman with Musicians in Studio
(Original Caption) 12/14/1943-Benny Goodman and his band are shown in the sound booth of a studio, apparently at a recording session

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Godman Posing

Benny Godman Posing
(Original Caption) 1944- Picture shows a scene from the movie, "The Girls He Left Behind". Benny Goodman is shown posing with his clarinet wearing a jacket and tie

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Bobby-Soxers Enjoying Benny Goodman Concert

Bobby-Soxers Enjoying Benny Goodman Concert
(Original Caption) 3/3/46-New York: Bobby-soxers, female half of the more than 6, 000 teenagers who today appeared at the 7th Regiment Armory in New York

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Having a Jam Session

Benny Goodman Having a Jam Session
(Original Caption) It looks like a cozy home Jam Session with Benny on Clarinet (What else?) and daughter Rachel, 11, on Piano-- but it's far from it

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman's Wife & Child At Home

Benny Goodman's Wife & Child At Home
(Original Caption) Benny Goodman's wife and child at home listening to music. They are shown seated beside a phonograph. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Takes Break with Gene Krupa

Benny Goodman Takes Break with Gene Krupa
(Original Caption) Jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman takes a break with a fellow musician. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing Clarinet

Benny Goodman Playing Clarinet
(Original Caption) Musician Benny Goodman plays his clarinet. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Portrait Of Band Leader Benny Goodman

Portrait Of Band Leader Benny Goodman
(Original Caption) Portrait of big band leader, Benny Goodman, playing the clarinet and posing amoung several different instruments. Undated photo circa 1930s

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Posing With Alice Faye

Benny Goodman Posing With Alice Faye
(Original Caption) Picture shows Benny Goodman with his clarinet. He is standing behind Alice Faye who is seated on a chair. Undated photo circa 1940s

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman During Radio Broadcast

Benny Goodman During Radio Broadcast
(Original Caption) Jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman watches the clock during a radio broadcast. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Feeding Baby

Benny Goodman Feeding Baby
(Original Caption) Jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman at home feeding his young child. He is shown seated in an armchair, with the baby in his lap. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing With Band

Benny Goodman Playing With Band
(Original Caption) Jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman playing with his band. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Music Celebrities Standing at Piano

Music Celebrities Standing at Piano
(Original Caption) It's memories and all that jazz as Benny Goodman (center)

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: The Benny Goodman Sextet Practicing

The Benny Goodman Sextet Practicing
The Benny Goodman Sextet gets together for a jam session

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman at Piano with Band Members

Benny Goodman at Piano with Band Members
(Original Caption) 4/12/1953-New York, NY- The clarinet daddy of them all, Benny Goodman (3rd from L)

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Being Wired for Sound

Benny Goodman Being Wired for Sound
(Original Caption) Here, Benny Goodman is wired for sound. The TV invasion reaches into his hip pockets and a microphone under his tie

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Steve Allen and Benny Goodman

Steve Allen and Benny Goodman
(Original Caption) NBC star, Steve Allen, right, practices his clarinet fingering as he imitates the master, Benny Goodman, left, whom he will portray in the Universal International picture

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Herbie Fields With Daughter

Herbie Fields With Daughter
(Original Caption) Bandleader Herbie Fields, who was a child prodigy, isn't discouraging daughter Sandra, three, as she explores the saxophone

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Auditions Female Vocalists

Benny Goodman Auditions Female Vocalists
(Original Caption) 1/18/1956-New York, NY- Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing, " faces up to an enviable task at a New York rehearsal studio

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing His Clarinet at Party

Benny Goodman Playing His Clarinet at Party
(Original Caption) In 1956, Benny Goodman is still wearing the King of Swing crown as the same generation that helped launch his fabulous career still gathers to hear him

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Performing for Large Audience

Benny Goodman Performing for Large Audience
(Original Caption) Youthful admirers cluster around the bandstand as Benny Goodman gives out with the hot notes on his clarinet in 1938

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing with Boston Symphony

Benny Goodman Playing with Boston Symphony
(Original Caption) 7/10/1956-Tanglewood, MA- Making the king-sized jump from jazz to "long-hair" music

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Crowd Funeral Procession for Billie Holiday

Crowd Funeral Procession for Billie Holiday
(Original Caption) 7/21/1959-New York: Fans and friends of jazz singer Billie Holiday line the area as her casket is carried into church here for a solemn requiem mass

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman and King Bhumiphol

Benny Goodman and King Bhumiphol
(Original Caption) Swing Session. New York, New York: Benny Goodman (right) and King Bhumiphol of Thailand entertain each other at an impromptu jam session at the former's apartment here, July 5

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing in Moscow

Benny Goodman Playing in Moscow
(Original Caption) Holding his trusty clarinent, touring Benny Goodman smiles after he blew two swinging solos on the streets of Red Square, June 1st

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: President John F. Kennedy and Benny Goodman

President John F. Kennedy and Benny Goodman
Band leader Benny Goodman chats with President John F. Kennedy during his visit to the White House today

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Playing a Musical Instrument

Benny Goodman Playing a Musical Instrument
(Original Caption) Benny Goodman performing

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Portrait of Benny Goodman

Portrait of Benny Goodman
(Original Caption) Benny Goodman performing

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Musicians Standing Together

Musicians Standing Together
(Original Caption) Gene Krupa (left), Benny Goodman (center), and Ziggy Elman gets together at a musicians dinner to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the night

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Musicians Performing at Newport Jazz Festival

Musicians Performing at Newport Jazz Festival
(Original Caption) Newport Jazz Festival, New York. Benny Goodman and his quintet played jazz at Carnegie Hall

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Musician Benny Goodman Holding His Clarinet

Musician Benny Goodman Holding His Clarinet
Prominent clarinetist and band leader of the swing era, Benny Goodman, smiles with his clarinet

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Benny Goodman Pausing by Drums

Benny Goodman Pausing by Drums
Orchestra favorite, Benny Goodman

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Lionel Hampton Performs with Benny Goodman

Lionel Hampton Performs with Benny Goodman
(Original Caption) 1/17/1978-New York, NY- Benny Goodman is joined by Lionel Hampton on the vibes during a concert that turned the clock back 40 years

Background imageBenny Goodman Collection: Ronald and Nancy Reagan with Kennedy Center Honorees

Ronald and Nancy Reagan with Kennedy Center Honorees
(Original Caption) Washington: President and Mrs


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