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Details Lead Performance: Benny Goodman; Genres: Jazz, Reissues

He was hardly King after the collapse of Swingdom, but Benny Goodman remained a resourceful jazz knight well into his later years. Painstakingly programmed from five truckloads of material donated by Goodman to Yale University, this six-CD set of unreleased, unheard music, Swing Swing Swing: Rare Recordings From Yale University Music Library Volumes 1-5, is not merely important scholarship but delightful showmanship.

Originally posted Dec 24, 1993 Published in issue #202 Dec 24, 1993 Order article reprints

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