Benny Goodman played with his band in Moscow (1962) at the CSKA Sport Palace. CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Soviet Army. At the height of spy scandal (American U2 spy plane was just shot off the Russian sky) the KGB (Commitee for the State Security) was suspicious of "capitalist provocations," so only a handful of tickets went into Moscow's jazz fans' hands; several thousand tickets were distributed among "ideologically tested" blue-collar Communists through the Party committees at Moscow's industrial facilities. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was present at the concert, but soon got bored by the alien music that he hated, and left during the intermission.
The U2 spy plane incident was in 1960, not 1962. Also, doubt Khrushchev left at intermission because he sat in the VIP box with the American Ambassador and his wife and then went on to a reception at the Ambassador's residence following the concert where he had a lively conversation with Mr. Goodman.
Benny Goodman
Jack Benny is supposed to play the violin on his show
Benny Goodman Today was created in 1970.
Benny Goodman (1909-1986) was 77 when he died.
Benny Goodman was known as the "king of swing."
Benny Goodman in Moscow was created in 1962.
Swing
Benny Goodman
Jazz
Benny Goodman.
Benny Goodman's "How Am I to Know" was used in several Chase Bank commercials in 1991.
Jack Benny is supposed to play the violin on his show
A clarinet is a woodwind instrument. Benny Goodman used to play it.
Benny Goodman died from heart failure!
Benny Goodman was born on May 30, 1909.
Benny Goodman was born on May 30, 1909.
The Great Benny Goodman was created in 1956.