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Benny Goodman - Childhood and early years, Career, Fame, Racial integration, Later years, Samples

joined chicago jazz musician

Jazz musician, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was raised in a poor immigrant family, received early clarinet lessons at Hull House, and studied privately with Franz Schoepp. He joined the musicians' union, began playing professionally at age 13, and in 1925 joined Ben Pollack's orchestra, working with it in California, Chicago, and New York until 1929. He played with Red Nichols (1929–30), and for the next four years worked as a Broadway and radio-studio musician, appearing on many freelance jazz recordings, including several under his own leadership.

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