The jazz fans were like — they were just hungry ... But Benny Goodman will always be best remembered as "The King of Swing." ...

When jazz reporting began in the early 20th century, the headlines were tainted by racist attitudes now considered case studies in how not to cover the music. The most famous incident was in the ...

jazz-infused country sound was already well-formed. By the late 1930s, and especially during the World War II era, when Benny Goodman was the king of swing, Wills was the undisputed king of western ...

the King of Swing, made history with a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. On January 16, 1938 the Benny Goodman Orchestra became the first swing/jazz band ever to perform in America's citadel ...

The Lion City’s ‘King of Swing,’ prolific Singaporean pianist Jeremy Monteiro ... Considered a trailblazer among his musical contemporaries, Monteiro put Singapore on the jazz-map when he became the ...

Drummers from Buddy Rich to John Bonham idolised Krupa, and his influence was felt well beyond the swing era. Gene’s playing career spanned five decades of jazz history, but it wasn’t until he ...

As the years went by, and hot jazz built up from a provincial ripple to a national tidal wave, Clarinetist Goodman rode to shore on its crest and was crowned King of Swing. For three years (1935 ...

The future king began appropriately as “the ... Meanwhile, Cole was also topping the jazz polls for his “floating swing” style of piano in the tradition of his idol, Earl (“Fatha ...

In Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya: The Story Of Jazz As Told By The Men Who Made ... who came to be known as The King of Swing, went ...

Dubbed the “King of Armenian Swing,’’ he accepted invitations ... sense of melody,’’ Piermarini said. “Even in his jazz improvisation, one could hear a definite commitment to melodic ...