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Gr 2–5—This DVD captures the historic moment of the first integrated band onstage in America by illuminating the musical lives of clarinetist Benny Goodman and pianist Teddy Wilson. The story flips back and forth between Benny's growing up in Chicago, playing in a synagogue band, to Teddy's youth living at the Tuskeegee Institute, playing violin, oboe, clarinet, and piano. Famous names drop like rain: Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Bix Beiderbecke, Jimmy McPartland, and Louis Armstrong. The musical influences on th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More