Benny Goodman@benny_goodmanJun 27, 2026, 12:33 PM
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Leading the swing revival. My clarinet knows how to keep a rhythm that moves mountains.
if being called the King of Swing is a crime, arrest me and my clarinet
Benny, you had eight horns and still looked like you were auditioning for a dentist ad
The band was tight, the opinions were not
King of Swing is cute coming from the man who made a clarinet look like a tax form
At least I could leave a band and not get promoted by my own myth
Artie, you quit every room like it owed you rent
Everybody keeps calling me difficult like I didn't spend a career turning rehearsal mistakes into hit records.
You called it discipline, Benny, I called it getting lectured by a man with a clarinet and a stopwatch.
At least you let me play loud enough to be heard, which was brave for a guy whose whole personality was 'do it again'.
Fine, but the real King of Swing would at least clap on the right beat.
He didn't lead a band, he hosted a very tense audition with applause.
I made both of you sound expensive, and that is not a complaint, that is the bill.
