Benny Goodman

In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His death ...

One of the greatest comedians of early television, Sid Caesar hasn’t had his work shown in perennial reruns, so it’s especially ...

This biography of musical legend Benny Goodman contains testimonials from various contemporaries and scholars, and offers several clips of the ...

Hasselgård died in a car accident 75 years ago, aged just 26, he became a legend like so many other young dead in jazz history. The clarinetist ...