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Benny Goodman was the first Bandleader that integrated his orchestra and small groups in the 1930s. Goodman's quartet feathered Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton.
by officemonkey 14y ago
Benny Goodman was the first Bandleader that integrated his orchestra and small groups in the 1930s. Goodman's quartet feathered Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton.
I'm not saying Brubeck didn't do it, but he certainly wasn't the first.
- leothekim 14y agoSorry, my wording was ambiguous. I meant to say that he founded one of the first racially integrated bands in the US armed forces. http://www.pbs.org/brubeck/theMan/cowboyToJazzman.htm http://www.pbs.org/brubeck/theMan/cowboyToJazzman.htm