Big band leader and virtuoso clarinetist Benny Goodman, known as the "King of Swing", was the ninth child (out of twelve) born in Chicago to poor Jewish immigrants from Poland. He encountered the clarinet at age 10 after his father David decided that he and his brothers should learn music, and discovered that a nearby temple offered free instuments. He was a passionate musician who practiced every… Read more in Amazon's Benny Goodman Store