Victor Goines' Work Premiered, Co-Commissioned by The ASCAP Foundation

Photo Caption (l-r): Artistic Director of The Chicago Jazz Ensemble and trumpeter Jon Faddis; Martin Segal, personal friend of Benny Goodman; ASCAP's Allen Alexander; the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation's Phoebe Jacobs and Jackie Harris; The Chicago Jazz Ensemble's Executive Director Kate Dumbleton; composer and clarinetist Victor Goines

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble's 11th American Heritage Jazz Series kicked off with a concert of music by Benny Goodman on September 3, 2009 at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Chicago. The concert featured the premiere of Victor Goines' composition, "Benny: Then, Now and Forever," commissioned by The ASCAP Foundation and Columbia College Chicago with support from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. Goines played clarinet for the premiere of the work alongside The Chicago Jazz Ensemble.