and many credit benny goodson for popularizing his type of jazz in the 1940s.dman's jazz was the first to play carnegie hall that came after a tour that began in mcfadden's in oakland and continued with a performance at the palomar ballroom in los angeles with a new sound that swept the country. goodman heard lionel sing and asked him to join his jazz band. jerry brown presented goodman with the first california jazz award. >> ♪ >>> still to come on a second look. we talked with east bay native dave ruback in the early 1990s. a bit later, recalling ben crosby's last u.s. concert right here in the bay area. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask