The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy")  and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student  of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of  Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack,  and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his  own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the  orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and  played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical  efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring  throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and  made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical  collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson.  Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include  "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying  Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If  Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom  of Swing".