Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...

I would have liked living in the 1930s. Big bands headed by Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie were in their heyday, playing at famous clubs like ...

Larry Tain was born in Newark, New Jersey,. He was an accomplished musician and played with big bands such as Benny Goodman and the Glen Miller Band. He also served in the U.S. Air Force and continued ...

Benny Goodman, like Duke Ellington, lived nine musical lives. Goodman started recording in 1926 with Ben Pollack, and by the late 1920s was already established as a jazz clarinet virtuoso. In 1929, ...

If you have any shirtwaist dresses or Derby hats lying around the house, like to listen to the sounds of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman and want to help raise money for Willis Jepson Middle School’s ...

In that spirit, Mosaic Records is proud to present the Classic Columbia and OKeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (1939-1958) - a treasure trove of seven CDs, spanning nearly 20 years of Goodman's ...