Jimmy Mundy made an arrangement of Fletcher Henderson's "King Porter Stomp" for this bandleader.
Jimmy Mundy made an arrangement of Fletcher Henderson's "King Porter Stomp" for this bandleader. This jazz musician made a series of notable sextet recordings with the first great electric guitarist in jazz, Charlie Christian, which included "Rose Room". A trio he formed with his usual drummer and the pianist Teddy Wilson was the first major racially integrated jazz combo. This musician's most famous concert featured an unplanned subdued, impressionistic jazz solo by Jess Stacy and tom-tom solo by band drummer Gene Krupa. That concert from, January 1938, was the first ever jazz concert in Carnegie Hall and that piece was his signature number, by Louis Prima, "Sing, Sing, Sing". For 10 points, name this bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing"
Jimmy Mundy made an arrangement of Fletcher Henderson's "King Porter Stomp" for this bandleader.
Benny Goodman