Bhumibol initially received general music training privately while he was studying in Switzerland, but his older brother, then King Ananda Mahidal, who had bought a saxophone, sent Bhumibol in his place, 140] King Ananda would later join him on the clarinet(1401 on his permanent return to Thailand in 1950, Bhumibol started jazz band, Lay kram, whom he performed with on a radio station he started at his palaceThe band grew, being the Suk Band and he would perform with occasionally taking telephoned requests(140] also performed with his band at Thai universities, composing anthems for the universities of Chulalongkorn, Thammasat, and Kasetsart ibol performed with Benny Goodman in Bangkok's Ambara Throne Hall in 1956, and later played at Goodman's home in New York in 1960.[139] Many bands such as Les Brown and His Band of Renown Claude Bolling Big Band, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band recorded some of Bhumibol's compositions and can still be heard in Thailand 139) A 1996 documentary, Gitarajan, was made about Bhumibol's music.