3、I idolized the great improvisers like Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, but I rarely sought a soloist role. I was content being a sideman, playing notes written by someone else.
4、Burgess cites one example: "We had Benny Goodman's 'Avalon' on there, but then we decided we needed to put 'Honeysuckle Rose' on because that had [electric guitarist] Charlie Christian on it.
2、Mr. Bellson was a big band drummer in the 40s and 50s, who performed with Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington among others.
1、Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton