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Noun: Goodman  gūdmun
  1. United States clarinettist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
    - Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing

Type of: bandleader, clarinetist [N. Amer], clarinettist [Brit]

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