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Benny also received two years of instruction from the classically trained clarinetist and Chicago Symphony member, Franz Schoepp. [5] [6] [7] During the next year Goodman joined the boys club band at Hull House, where he received lessons from director James Sylvester.
Harry James is just one of the members of possibly the greatest assemblage of Jazz musicians ever. Notice Doc Severinsen watching Harry as he solos! Benny Goodman On Clarinet,. Harry...
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Jul 10, 2011 · This is from Harry James' last performance with Benny Goodman on Jan 10, 1939. After Benny and Johnny Mercer announce Harry's farewell, James plays his "new" band's theme song,...
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After James left Benny Goodman's band in 1939 to form his own band, he soon found that leading a commercially viable musical group required a broader set of skills than those needed to be a gifted musician playing in someone else's band.
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1935, Goodman went on the road with his orchestra, which at the time included trumpeters Ziggy Elman and Harry James, pianists Jess Stacey and Teddy Wilson, and drummer Gene Krupa among...
Jun 4, 2018 · Harry James, the trumpeter & bandleader is one of the musical greats of the big band & swing music era. Said to have launched the career of Frank Sinatra and the force behind the success of Benny Goodman, he acted in films like ‘Do you love me,’ ‘Springtime in the Rockies, and ‘Best foot forward.’
Jan 31, 2024 · Helen Ward is heard singing fairly straight on two numbers with Harry Rosenthal’s orchestra (essentially the Goodman big band without its leader) which preceded her first recording with Goodman, “I’m A Hundred Percent For You” (Nov. 26, 1934).
