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Teddy Wilson is not letting go of his favorite player so easily.
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Teddy Wilson is not letting go of his favorite player so easily.
Wilson saying Leno and Lappy are his son, Teddy's, favorite players.
Teddy Wilson, following in the great tradition of caps babies before him, has chosen his favorite players on the Washington Capitals. And dad is NOT on the list.
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Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Benny Goodman, Ben Webster, and Teddy Wilson - "Miss Brown to You"
Lecture 2: In this footage from 1937, pianist Teddy Wilson and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton perform “I Got A Heartful Of Music” with bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman and drummer Gene Krupa. The scene is from the romantic musical comedy Hollywood Hotel. More than any other bandleader from the Golden Age of Swing, Benny Goodman helped break down the doors and tear down the walls of racial discrimination by integrating his band and refusing to perform in segregated venues. His band also featured an African-American saxophonist, Lester (”The Pres”) Young. Goodman insisted on the best musicians for his band, regardless of skin colour, and in doing so, he posed a significant challenge to America’s racist institutions and customs. As Lionel Hampton explained: “Benny Goodman deserves a lot of credit because he did this not with the idea of being commercial or for any money. He did it for the feeling in the heart. He said we need the white keys and the black keys to play together to make good harmony. And that’s what he did.”
Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson, winners of the Golden Esquire Jazz Award, join Arthur Godfrey on CBS Radio’s “Arthur Godfrey Time” in 1947.