Benjamin david goodman
benjamin david (“benny”) 1909–86, u.s. jazz clarinetist and bandleader.
noun (archaic) (pl) -men
a husband
a man not of gentle birth: used as a t-tle
a master of a household
noun
benny, full name benjamin david goodman. 1909–86, us jazz clarinetist and bandleader, whose treatment of popular songs created the jazz idiom known as swing
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