For this episode, we shine a light on Benny Goodman’s clarinet--the instrument that was single-handedly responsible for the creation of Carnegie Hall’s Rose Museum. To understand its significance to ...

Seventy years later, that music still makes your head spin, feet move and spirits rise. The sound of Benny Goodman - the blazing clarinet soaring above a riotously rocking big band or dancing with ...

Benjamin David Goodman was born on May ... and had trouble making ends meet. When Benny was 10 years old, his father sent him to study music at Kehelah Jacob Synagogue in Chicago. There, Benny learned ...

Benny Goodman ... justice to Goodman's impossibly high standards. The music's natural balance was disturbed by the vibraphone and bass being too loud compared with the clarinet and piano.

Bandleader Benny ... "It's not just clarinet playing. It's someone that's just expressing everything they can on clarinet." "Sweet" is how they described the music at the time. But Goodman's ...

In the hands of a man who was equally at home in jazz and classical music, the clarinet was—to use its affectionate nickname—one sweet licorice stick. "Benny Goodman was the most popular ...