Benny Goodman even to use new fingering techniques. He had his old finger calluses removed and started to learn how to play his clarinet again—almost from scratch." Goodman commissioned compositions for clarinet and chamber ensembles or orchestra that have become standard pieces of classical repertoire. He premiered works by composers, such as "Contrasts" by Béla Bartók; "Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 115" by Malcolm Arnold; "Derivations for Clarinet and Band" by Morton Gould; "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano" by Francis Poulenc, and "Clarinet Concerto" by Aaron Copland. "Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs" by Leonard Bernstein was commissioned for Woody Herman's big band, but
Marshall Goodman and friend Michael Happoldt. Goodman and Happoldt also conducted the reunion of LBDA in 2012. 2012: Goodman programmed drums and scratched on Slightly Stoopid’s album "Top of the World" and performed scratches live with band on numerous occasions in 2012 and 2013, including the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Show and the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre. In November 2016, Goodman was elected city councilmember for the City of La Palma, California. Goodman is a Vic Firth artist and uses the following drumsticks: He also uses: Marshall Goodman Marshall Goodman (born January 31, 1971), known professionally as Ras MG