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 title
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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