benny goodman

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benny goodman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Benny Goodman
      n 1: United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band
           (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced
           a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) [syn: Goodman,
           Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing]