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  1. Episode 6

    6/6 By the late 1940s, the big band business in America is in decline.

  2. Episode 5

    5/6 At the turn of the '40s, great musicians like Cootie Williams were playing in Benny's band

  3. Episode 4

    4/6 Trouble is brewing between Benny and his drummer Gene Krupa and within weeks, he is gone.

  4. Episode 3

    3/6 By 1936, Benny's reputation built quickly as a smash-hit jazz group featured two black men

  5. Episode 2

    2/6 In 1928, Benny left for New York and soon began to thrive in the Big Apple.

  6. Episode 1

    1/6 Curtis Stigers remembers clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman in his centenary year.