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GOODMAN (Goodman) Benjamin David (Benny) (p. 30 V 1909, Chicago) - Amer. clarinet player and hand. jazz orchestra. Rod in a family of a native of USA. In 1919 he began to learn to play the clarinet, in 1921 he made his debut as a virtuoso clarinet player, from 1924 prof. pop-dance performer. music, from 1931 hands. ensemble. In 1934 he organized an orchestra that used Negro techniques and repertoire. jazz of a new direction - the so-called Swing, not yet known to white Americans (the model for G. was the J. F. Henderson Orchestra), and reproduced his manner of performance. G. aroused interest in Negro muses. prof.art, opened to the general public new forms of Negro. music and contributed to the development of jazz. Sovm. with decomp. Negro. improvisation. G. ensembles created a number of chamber jazz compositions. In 1938 he made his debut as a classic performer. repertoire (performed with J. Szigeti, Budapest String Quartet, etc.). Later performed and produced. modern composers as a clarinet soloist (B. Bartok, A. Copland and P. Hindemith, written by his personal order). In 1962 he toured the USSR (with an orchestra specially formed for this purpose).