Benny Goodman Orchestra

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big band musical ensemble

The Benny Goodman Orchestra was a pioneering American big band led by clarinetist Benny Goodman that helped popularize swing music in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Label Occurrences
Benny Goodman Orchestra canonical 13
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big band ⓘ
musical ensemble ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1934 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
surface form: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
arranger Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
associatedWith Benny Goodman Quartet ⓘ
Benny Goodman Sextet ⓘ
Benny Goodman Trio ⓘ
broadcastOn NBC Radio ⓘ
surface form: NBC radio
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era Big band era ⓘ
surface form: Swing Era
featuredIn Let’s Dance radio program ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasInstrument clarinet ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Avalon ⓘ
Blue Skies ⓘ
Bugle Call Rag ⓘ
Don’t Be That Way ⓘ
Goodbye ⓘ
King Porter Stomp ⓘ
Let's Dance ⓘ
surface form: Let’s Dance

Moonglow ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump ⓘ
Roll ’Em ⓘ
Sing, Sing, Sing ⓘ
Sometimes I’m Happy ⓘ
Stompin’ at the Savoy ⓘ
influenced Artie Shaw Orchestra ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Glenn Miller Orchestra ⓘ
leader Benny Goodman ⓘ
notableEvent 1938 Carnegie Hall concert ⓘ
Palomar Ballroom engagement ⓘ
notableFor popularizing swing music in the United States ⓘ
notableMember Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
Gene Krupa ⓘ
Harry James ⓘ
Lionel Hampton ⓘ
Teddy Wilson ⓘ
performedAt Carnegie Hall ⓘ
Palomar Ballroom ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
style hot swing arrangements ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fletcher Henderson → workedFor → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Benny Goodman Orchestra → alsoKnownAs → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Peggy Lee → memberOf → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr. → wroteArrangementsFor → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Cootie Williams → memberOf → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Benny Goodman → associatedAct → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Benny Goodman Quartet → associatedAct → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Flying Home → performedBy → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Gene Krupa → memberOf → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra → influenced → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Charlie Christian → memberOf → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Goody Goody → hasNotableRecording → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Buddy Greco → performedWith → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
All the Cats Join In → featuresPerformer → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Stompin’ at the Savoy → notablePerformer → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Stompin’ at the Savoy → recordedBy → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Don’t Be That Way → associatedWithMusician → Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ