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Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson : taking the stage as the first black-and-white jazz band in history / by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Holiday House, c2014.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cmISBN:
  • 082342362X (hardcover)
  • 9780823423620 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson
Subject(s): Summary: Celebrates the 1936 debut of the Benny Goodman quartet with Teddy Wilson in Chicago, considered to be the first widely seen integrated jazz performance.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 781.6509 C641 Available 33111007502558
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Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. Here is the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds grew up, were brought together by the love of music, and helped to create the jazz style known as swing.

Celebrates the 1936 debut of the Benny Goodman quartet with Teddy Wilson in Chicago, considered to be the first widely seen integrated jazz performance.

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