Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson

Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson

Taking the Stage As the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History

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Read by: Sean Crisden

Language: English

Length: 10 minutes

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Release date: 2015-01-07

It wasn't soft/It wasn't black/It wasn't sweet/It wasn't white/It was swing. Brought together by the love of playing jazz music, Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. This lush and lyrical audiobook tells the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds - one a young black boy growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, the other the son of struggling Russian-Jewish immigrants from the West Side of Chicago - were brought together by their love of music, and helped create the jazz style known as swing.