ncing (Dance, 1979). Goodman also made recordings playing instruments other than clarinet. In 1931, Benny made several recordings on alto sax, such as "Under Your Window," "One More Time," and "Morning, Noon and Night." Goodman also made recordings playing bass clarinet and baritone sax. In classical music Goodman spent several years studying classical music, and frequently played with small chamber groups and became a virtuoso clarinet soloist withsymphony orchestras under such conductors as Bernstein, Toscanini and Ormandy. He performed new orchestral works of Bartok, Stravinsky and Copland. A complete list of the talented sidemen who played with his band would perhaps be impossible, but included among others, Lionel Hampton, Harry James, Georgie Auld, Ziggy Ellman, Charlie Christian, Red Norvo, FletcherHenderson, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, George Wettling, Pee Wee Irwin, Miff Mole, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, and Cootie Williams. "The Benny Goodman Story," a film made in 1955, depicted Benny Goodman's life, and Benny recorded the sound track for it. In the 1950s to the 1970s he made several overseas trips and played at selected engagementswith a small band. One such trip was to Russia in 1962. In January 1978 he returned to Carnegie Hall to do a Concert. The tickets all sold out the first day. His last studio recordings were made in January 1986.ReferencesCollier, J. Benny Goodman and the Swing Era. New York: West Publishing Company, 1989Connor, R. and Hicks, W. B. G. on the Record: A Bio- Discography of Benny Goodman. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 1969Dance, S. The World of Swing. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.Klauber, B. The World of Gene Krupa. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1991.Schuller, G. The Swing Era. New York: McGraw Hill, 1989.Stewart, R. Jazz Masters of the '30s. New York: W.W. Norton, 1972....
