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Benny Goodman and the Swing Era by James Lincoln Collier is a music available to read on EtoBox.
What is Benny Goodman and the Swing Era about?
<p>The Swing Era was that magic moment in America when the popular music of the nation became virtually identical with the great new music of the period—jazz. The man most responsible for bringing this memorable music to popularity was the so-called "King of Swing"—Benny Goodman. In this controversial and widely acclaimed book, James Lincoln Collier tells the story of Goodman's life as seen through the music and social world of the years of the Great Depression in the 1930s and beyond.<br> Born of poor Jewish immigrant parents in Chicago in 1910, Benny Goodman's career was a rags-to-riches story brought to life. When he was ten years old he joined the local synagogue band with two of his brothers, and because he was the smallest of the three was given a clarinet. Proving to be a natural clarinetist, Goodman left home at fifteen to join the famous Ben Pollack orchestra. His clarinet playing became legendary before he was twenty, and he was one of the most sought-after jazzmen for radio shows and orchestras that needed a talented player on short notice.<br> Collier brilliantly recreates the colorful popular music world of the 1920s and 1930s, when the music industry was just expand
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- Author
- James Lincoln Collier
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195052787
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Music
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14