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Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life & Times of Benny Goodman | Ross Firestone
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Before Elvis and rock & roll, Benny Goodman--the King of Swing--ruled American popular music. In this intimate biography, Firestone illuminates Goodman's enormous impact on American music and culture, offering a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes look at this complicated, difficult jazz superstar. Photos.
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The writing style started out really promising, and then about a quarter of the way in it started to feel tedious. There was next to nothing about his personal life and his family, it was all professional. He had the Benny Goodman “ray”, his glare when he wasn‘t happy about someone. He hired and fired constantly, usually out of egoistical reasons. Very standoffish and had a hard time communicating.

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