Blog: Geezer Music Club

Regular visitors to the GMC know that I've always had a soft spot for clarinet legend Benny Goodman. The Chicago native has shown up in several pieces, including the one that is probably my favorite, Was Benny Goodman A Doppelganger? , but I don't think I've ever written about his early influences, and at least one of them was a guy who's not nearly as well remembered. His name was Jimmie Noone. Noone grew up in turn of the century New Orleans, a guitarist turned clarinetist who was playing professionally in [...]