Swing Era: Benny Goodman (2004)
Genres - Music |
Sub-Genres - Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Concerts, Music History |
Run Time - 78 min. |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
Jazz legend Benny Goodman is just one of a handful of big band greats who appear on this home-video collection, which features over 30 vintage "soundies" -- performance clips created for a short-lived series of visual jukeboxes manufactured in the 1940s. Swing Era: Benny Goodman includes two numbers from the clarinet virtuoso, as well as rare footage of Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, and Hoagy Carmichael.
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archival-footage, bandleader, Big-Band, clarinet, highlights, jazz, swing-music