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> [The brilliant explosion known as Benny Goodman went off in 1935, and it hasn´t gone out yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-balliett/the-brilliant-explosion-known-as-benny-goodman-went-off-in-1935-and/)

Whitney Balliett

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## Other authors on Goodman

## More by Whitney Balliett

> [Critics are biased, and so are readers. (Indeed, a critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.) But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-balliett/critics-are-biased-and-so-are-readers-indeed-a-critic-is-a-bundle-of/)

Whitney Balliett

> [The brilliant explosion known as Benny Goodman went off in 1935, and it hasn´t gone out yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-balliett/the-brilliant-explosion-known-as-benny-goodman-went-off-in-1935-and/)

Whitney Balliett

> [A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-balliett/a-critic-is-a-bundle-of-biases-held-loosely-together-by-a-sense-of/)

Whitney Balliett

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