KING OF SWING

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• KING OF SWING (noun)
  The noun KING OF SWING has 1 sense:

1. United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

  Familiarity information: KING OF SWING used as a noun is very rare.

• KING OF SWING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benjamin David Goodman; Benny Goodman; Goodman; King of Swing

Instance hypernyms:

bandleader (the leader of a dance band)

clarinetist; clarinettist (a musician who plays the clarinet)