American Masters Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing (Season 8, Episode 1)
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American Masters

Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing (Season 8, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

With clarinet in hand, Benny Goodman was transformed from a child in Chicago's impoverished Jewish ghetto into the king of swing, greeted with near pandemonium wherever his band played.

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Updated Dec 8, 1993

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Dec 8, 1993 (United States)

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Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
Benny Goodman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Allied (2016)
David Strathairn Narrator Narrator See fewer	Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Danny Bank Self Self See fewer	Music 55 (1955)
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Sidney Catlett Self (archive footage) (as 'Big Sid' Catlett) Self (archive footage) (as 'Big Sid' Catlett) See fewer	L.A. Noire (2011)
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Helen Oakley Dance Self Self See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Rachel Goodman Edelson Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Danny Di Franco Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Bud Freeman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cinderella Man (2005)
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Fred Goodman Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Harry Goodman Self Self See fewer	The Sopranos (1999)
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Peggy Lee Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Lady and the Tramp (1955)
James Maher Self (as James T. Maher) Self (as James T. Maher) See fewer	Jazz (2001)
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Teddy Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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