Artie Shaw
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Biography
[Edit]One of jazz's finest clarinetists, Artie Shaw never seemed fully satisfied with his musical life, constantly breaking up successful bands and running away from success. While Count Basie and Duke Ellington were satisfied to lead just one orchestra during the swing era, and Benny Goodman (due to illness) had two, Shaw led five, all of them distinctive and memorable.
After growing up in New Haven, CT, and playing clarinet and alto locally, Shaw spent part of 1925 with Johnny Cavallaro's dance band and then played off and on with Austin Wylie's band in Cleveland from 1927-1929 before joining Irving Aaronson's Commanders. After moving to New York, Shaw became a close associate of Willie "The Lion" Smith at jam sessions, and by 1931 was a busy studio musician. He retired from music for the first time in 1934 in hopes of writing a book, but when his money started running out, Shaw returned to New York. A major turning point occurred when he performed at an all-star big band concert at the Imperial Theatre in May 1936, surprising the audience by performing with a string quartet and a rhythm section. He used a similar concept in putting together his first orchestra, adding a Dixieland-type front line and a vocalist while retaining the strings. Despite some fine recordings, that particular band disbanded in early 1937 and then Shaw put together a more conventional big band.
The surprise success of his 1938 recording of "Begin the Beguine" made the clarinetist into a superstar and his orchestra (who featured the tenor of Georgie Auld, vocals by Helen Forrest and Tony Pastor, and, by 1939, Buddy Rich's drumming) into one of the most popular in the world. Billie Holiday was with the band for a few months, although only one recording ("Any Old Time") resulted. Shaw found the pressure of the band business difficult to deal with and in November 1939 suddenly left the bandstand and moved to Mexico for two months. When Shaw returned, his first session, utilizing a large string section, resulted in another major hit, "Frenesi"; it seemed that he could not escape success. Shaw's third regular orchestra, who had a string section and such star soloists as trumpeter Billy Butterfield and pianist Johnny Guarnieri, was one of his finest, waxing perhaps the greatest version of "Stardust" along with the memorable "Concerto for Clarinet." The Gramercy Five, a small group formed out of the band (using Guarnieri on harpsichord), also scored with the million-selling "Summit Ridge Drive."
Despite all this, Shaw broke up the orchestra in 1941, only to re-form an even larger one later in the year. The latter group featured Hot Lips Page along with Auld and Guarnieri. After Pearl Harbor, Shaw enlisted and led a Navy band (unfortunately unrecorded) before getting a medical discharge in February 1944. Later in the year, his new orchestra featured Roy Eldridge, Dodo Marmarosa, and Barney Kessel, and found Shaw's own style becoming quite modern, almost boppish. But, with the end of the swing era, Shaw again broke up his band in early 1946 and was semi-retired for several years, playing classical music as much as jazz.
His last attempt at a big band was a short-lived one, a boppish unit who lasted for a few months in 1949 and included Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, and Don Fagerquist; their modern music was a commercial flop. After a few years of limited musical activity, Shaw returned one last time, recording extensively with a version of the Gramercy Five that featured Tal Farlow or Joe Puma on guitar along with Hank Jones. Then, in 1955, Artie Shaw permanently gave up the clarinet to pursue his dreams of being a writer. Although he served as the frontman (with Dick Johnson playing the clarinet solos) for a reorganized Artie Shaw Orchestra in 1983, Shaw never played again. He received plenty of publicity for his eight marriages (including to actresses Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, and Evelyn Keyes) and for his odd autobiography, The Trouble With Cinderella (which barely touches on the music business or his wives), but the outspoken Artie Shaw deserves to be best remembered as one of the truly great clarinetists. His RCA recordings, which were reissued in complete fashion in a perfectly done Bluebird LP series, have only been made available in piecemeal fashion on CD.
Title: Artie Shaw (The Very Best Of Artie Shaw)
Artist: Artie Shaw
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Artie Shaw And His Orchestra: Live Performances 1938-1939 Vol. 3
Artist: Artie Shaw
Genre: Jazz
Title: Artie Shaw - I've Got You Under My Skin (Digitally Remastered)
Artist: Artie Shaw
Genre: Jazz
Title: Mel Torme & The Meltones
Artist: Artie Shaw, Mel Tormé / Mel Torme, Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Swing & Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gangsters, Guns, & Molls! Jazz of the 1940's
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Golden Era of the Big Band Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Cookin': Choice Cuts from The Famous Fifities
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing With Ballroom Stars
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Jazz Foundations Vol. 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Instumental Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: Electro Swing Fever, Vol. 2
Genre: Electronica
Title: Meet Me At the Bar, Vol. 9
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Music & Highlights: Big Band Sound
Genre: Jazz
Title: There'll Always Be an England - Great War Songs, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: Big Hits and Highlights 1951 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Doug Aiton Presents: Jazz Favourites, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Band Classics (Volume 5)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Modern Art of Christmas: A Jazzy Merry Christmas
Genre:
Title: Stardust (The Standard Collection)
Genre:
Title: Gershwin - The Genius Collection
Genre: World Music
Title: Electronic Swing Affair, Vol. 3
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Jogging Tunes, Vol. 2: Get Wet
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Catwalk Beats, Vol. 1
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Big Band Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music & The Moon Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Children's Easter Music
Genre: Kids
Title: Balboa Swing, Vol. 3 (DJ Wuthe am Grammophon)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swing & Sweet On New Years Eve
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Retrospective Hits of 1938
Genre: Pop
Title: Balboa Swing, Vol. 1 (DJ Wuthe am Grammophon)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1940, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Roads of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hannah And Her Sisters (Music Inspired By The Film)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Your Songs Big Band Hits 25 Greatest Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: V-Disc Era 1943-1949
Genre: Pop
Title: The 50 Best Swing Songs Ever
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 19 (1952-1954)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Timeless Dance Music Vol 1
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: 101 - The Best of Big Band
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Big Band - Essential Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: Simply Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jean Harlow & the Old Hollywood Jazz Era
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Songwriters: George Gershwin
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Big Bands Vol. 8
Genre: Jazz
Title: Songs That Made Woody Allen Movies Great
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sammy Fain - The Song Book (1925-1955)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Only Big Band Swing Album You Will Ever Need
Genre: Jazz
Title: Kings of Swing - the Platinum Collection
Genre:
Title: Big Bands Era: 20 Éxitos / Big Bands Era: 20 Exitos
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Hits Series: Swing!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swinging Christmas, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Essential Memories
Genre:
Title: Vintage Jazz Lounge, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music of the Swinging Forties
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Jazz Collection Vol 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Band: Stardust
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Sound Deluxe Clarinet Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Hits Series: Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Valentine! Big Band Classics for Dancing Close
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 18 (1947-1952)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Clarinet Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: World War II Jazz Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: The American Big Band Collection Vol 1
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Flags of Our Fathers (Music from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Flags Of Our Fathers
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Smooth Jazz (New Stereo Recordings by the Original Artists)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Various Artists
Artist: 100 Clarinet Classics
Genre: Electronica, Techno, Jazz, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop, Hardcore
Title: 101 - The Essential Artie Shaw - The Early Years
Artist: Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Wristcutters: A Love Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Bobby Johnston
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Leif "Smoke Rings" Anderson presenterar fler favoriter
Artist: Leif " Smoke Rings " Anderson
Genre: Jazz
Title: Electro Swing Volume 3
Artist: Compilation Electro Swing Volume 3
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: 22 Great American Classics
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Unofficial Soundtrack - Songs Inspired By Bioshock Infinite & Bioshock
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Cole Porter, A Great American Songwriter
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Original Studio Radio Transcriptions (With Artie Shaw & Harry James Orchestras)
Artist: Helen Forrest
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Band: Swingin' Through the Night (Bluebird's Best Series)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Set 39: Vocalists, Disc 4: Lena Horne)
Artist: Lena Horne
Genre: Jazz