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American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the 'King of Swing', who popularized jazz for mainstream audiences and broke racial barriers in music.Goodman rose from poverty in Chicago to become a defining figure of the Swing Era. His 1935 Palomar Ballroom concert ignited the swing craze, and his racially integrated quartet pioneered jazz integration. Landmark 1938 Carnegie Hall performance cemented jazz as art music....