BENNY GOODMAN: KING OF SWING a ten-part series on the life and music of the legendary clarinetist and bandleader, hosted by Todd Hill and airing Tuesday evenings at 9 during the first hour of Café Jazz.

EPISODE ONE: Freelance Days to the Music Hall Band (January 3, 2012)

EPISODE TWO: The Birth of the Swing Era (January 10, 2012)

EPISODE THREE: The Epitome of Swing (January 17, 2012)

EPISODE FOUR: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert – Part One (January 24, 2012)

EPISODE FIVE: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert – Part Two (January 31, 2012)

EPISODE SIX: The Post-Carnegie Hall Band in Transition (February 7, 2012)

EPISODE SEVEN: Entering the 1940s (February 14, 2012)

EPISODE EIGHT: The War Years (February 21, 2012)

EPISODE NINE: Post-War Developments (February 28, 2012)

EPISODE TEN: Benny’s Bop and Swing’s Elder Statesman (March 6, 2012)

Host Info Todd E. Hill is the Director of Jazz Ensembles at Murray State University. He leads his own well-known (The Todd Hill Quartet and Todd Hill and his Orchestra) throughout the southeast. He has performed with such diverse entertainers as Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Gary Morris, Alex Harvey, Denise LaSalle, Mike Snider, Stella Parton, and The Moody Blues in addition to notable jazz artists Wycliffe Gordon, Byron Stripling, Allen Vizzutti, Chris Vadala, Ron Wilkins, Jamey Aebersold, Denis DiBlasio, Buddy Childers and Rich Matteson. He has also been a featured soloist with the Paducah Symphony "Pops" Series. Hill is included in Marquis’ “Who’s Who in America.”

If you like this show, check out these other shows on WKMS:

Jazz with Bob Parlocha

The Retro Cocktail Hour

House Blend

Suggestions, Requests, Comments? Send an email to todd.hill@murraystate.edu