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Who was the "King of Swing?"

Benny Goodman was declared the "King of Swing." He was so extraordinarily capable on the clarinet that he became the definitive clarinet musician in the world. During Goodman's "reign," a clarinet player had to play the instrument in Goodman's style, or it was considered that he was not playing clarinet correctly. This created tremendous pressure for good clarinet players; they would have preferred to develop their own style instead of being a copy of Goodman.



This news arrived on: 09/11/2008
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09-19-2008 12:43
costa wrote:

king of swing

I liked them both,but i did read that amoung mussicians,shaw was considered the best.as much as i liked big band music.i like traditionalnew orleans jazz .

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09-19-2008 10:05
Gord Shlanger wrote:

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman may have been known as the "King of Swing" but anyone who anything about jazz will confirm that Artie Shaw was a superior clarinet player.

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