Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun king_of_swing

1 sense of king of swing

Sense 1
Goodman, Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, King of Swing -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> clarinetist, clarinettist -- (a musician who plays the clarinet)
       INSTANCE OF=> bandleader -- (the leader of a dance band)