Benny Goodman’s clarinet

December 23, 2008   //   1940s, Benny Goodman, Columbia Records, instruments, music, smoking

A celebrity in its own right, brags to the media about Benny’s awesome embouchure. Reporter doggedly chronicles sensationalistic account, anticipates major scoop.

Detail, Columbia Records ad, Look magazine, 1943.

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