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The 21 pages that link to Benny Goodman, each with the reason it gives.

• Swing musicRelated: His 1930s success helped bring swing to a mass audience.

• Big bandRelated: His orchestra’s 1930s popularity brought big band swing to a mass audience.

• Swing eraRelated: His 1930s success brought swing bands to a broad national audience.

• Lionel HamptonRelated: Goodman’s 1936 quartet recordings with Hampton brought the vibraphonist to national prominence.

• Fletcher HendersonRelated: He hired Henderson to arrange music for his band, bringing Henderson’s charts to a national audience.

• Count BasieCompared with: Goodman’s polished, clarinet-led band offers a useful contrast to Basie’s blues-centered ensemble sound.

• Mary Lou WilliamsRelated: He commissioned Williams’s 1940 composition “Roll ’Em.”

• Artie ShawCompared with: The press cast Goodman as Shaw’s rival, contrasting two leading swing clarinetists and bandleaders.

• Glenn MillerCompared with: Goodman’s clarinet-led sound offers a prominent comparison with Miller’s brass-and-reed blend.

• Jazz guitarRelated: His band gave Christian an influential platform for amplified guitar improvisation.

• Art TatumRelated: Goodman’s recordings and performances brought Tatum into contact with leading swing musicians.

• Tommy DorseyRelated: Goodman’s success formed part of the big-band boom in which Dorsey established his orchestra.

• Charlie ChristianRelated: Goodman hired Christian in 1939, bringing his electric guitar into a nationally prominent ensemble.

• Elvin JonesRelated: Jones’s first major professional engagement was with Goodman’s band in 1948.

• Arthur GodfreyRelated: Goodman led the orchestra heard on Godfrey’s television variety program.

• Evelyn GlennieCompared with: Their collaboration on Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto brought Glennie’s percussion into dialogue with a wind soloist.

• Jimmy DorseyCompared with: Goodman’s clarinet-centered fame provides a useful contrast with Dorsey’s dual identity as clarinetist and saxophonist.

• JitterbugRelated: Goodman's popular swing recordings supplied music for jitterbug dancing.

• Patti PageRelated: Page sang with Goodman’s orchestra before launching her successful solo recording career.

• Toots ThielemansRelated: Thielemans toured with Goodman’s band in Europe in 1950.

• Victor BorgeRelated: Goodman’s popular musical comedy offers a neighboring model of virtuosity blended with entertainment.