A piece composed for this man and violinist Joseph Szigeti calls for the G and E strings of the violin to be retuned in its third movement. That piece, Contrasts, was composed by Bela Bartok. During an equipment check before one of his recording sessions, Cootie Williams and Charlie Christian were recorded jamming together on a track entitled "Waitin' for" this man. This man's band nearly sparked a riot when they performe
A piece composed for this man and violinist Joseph Szigeti calls for the G and E strings of the violin to be retuned in its third movement. That piece, Contrasts, was composed by Bela Bartok. During an equipment check before one of his recording sessions, Cootie Williams and Charlie Christian were recorded jamming together on a track entitled "Waitin' for" this man. This man's band nearly sparked a riot when they performed at the (*) Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, due to the audience they had built up from playing the late-night slot on the NBC radio show Let's Dance. Near the end of his band's 1938 performance at Carnegie Hall, this man featured his drummer Gene Krupa on "Sing, Sing, Sing". For 10 points, name this bandleader and clarinetist who was known as the "King of Swing".
A piece composed for this man and violinist Joseph Szigeti calls for the G and E strings of the violin to be retuned in its third movement.
Benny Goodman [or Benjamin David Goodman]