" For 10 points, name this jazz clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing."
This musician commissioned a sonata by Francis Poulenc, who died before he could premiere it with him. John Hammond suggested that this musician purchase arrangements from Fletcher Henderson to play on the radio show Let's Dance. After that gig, this musician and his band played a wildly successful concert at the Palomar Ballroom. Teddy Wilson joined this musician in one of the first racially integrated jazz groups. This musician's band was the first jazz ensemble to perform at Carnegie Hall, where Gene Krupa played a tom-tom solo at the beginning of "Sing, Sing, Sing." For 10 points, name this jazz clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing."
This musician commissioned a sonata by Francis Poulenc, who died before he could premiere it with him.
Benny Goodman [or Benjamin David Goodman]