Benny Goodman, RIP. (obituary)

From: National Review | Date: July 18, 1986 | Copyright information

Benny Goodman, RIP

IT IS SAID--probably apocryphally, but if it isn't true, it ought to be--that when Benny Goodman finished a recording session with the Budapest Quartet, one of the Mitteleuropaisch maestros came up to him and said, You play so well; how is it that you are not better known? He played very well indeed, everything from Fletcher Henderson to Mozart; and it wasn't his fault if not everyone had musical horizons as wide as his own.

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