How did Benny Goodman begin learning music in Chicago?

Benny Goodman began his musical training in 1919 at a local synagogue in the Maxwell Street neighborhood of Chicago. Following this, he studied music and played in bands at Jane Addams’s Hull House.1

He further developed his technical skills through two years of study with the classical instructor Franz Schoepp, which helped him acquire the work habits and purity of tone necessary for both classical and jazz performance. Additionally, Goodman learned the fundamentals of jazz during his early teenage years by participating in jam sessions with musicians such as Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, and Frank Teschemacher, and by listening to artists like Jimmie Noone and Johnny Dodds.1