Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. side 1: And the Angels Sing; side 2: Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today (Victor 26170)
78 rpm
Benny Goodman (1909-1986), the King of Swing, was one of the America’s most popular band leaders and the leader of one of the first racially integrated musical groups. Goodman was a clarinetist by training, and his big band performances in Chicago and New York throughout the 1930s helped make jazz a respectable musical form. He and his orchestra performed the first jazz concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1938. “And the Angels Sing,” recorded in 1939, was one of Goodman’s many hits. The musician would go on to play a variety of music, including bebop and classical.
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