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  1. Aug 18, 1994 · Artie Shaw was one of the most popular jazz musicians and Big Band Leaders during the Swing Era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. A brief biographic sketch of Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet and Big Band Leader during the Swing Era of the 1930's and 1940's.

  2. May 21, 2010 · Artie Shaw was born 100 years ago Sunday. He was a Swing Era sensation, a bandleader who lit a fire under a generation of jitterbuggers. He was also an outspoken, self-taught clarinetist who...

  3. Oct 9, 2008 · Artie Shaw was a virtuoso clarinetist whose good looks and eight wives (including Lana Turner and Eva Gardner) made him a darling of the gossip page. He was also a bandleader extraordinaire and...

  4. May 19, 2010 · The legendary jazz bandleader began his career playing with dance bands when he was still a teenager. Growing contemptuous of the bands' crowd-pleasing antics and trite music, he organized his own...

  5. Dec 30, 2004 · Immensely popular and startlingly innovative, Artie Shaw rose to prominence in the 1930s as a swing bandleader, master clarinetist, and boundary-crossing artist, who infused jazz with the influences of modern European composers. Born in 1910, he left New Haven, Connecticut, at age 15 to tour as a jazz musician.

  6. www.youtube.com › c › ArtieShawJazzArtie Shaw - YouTube

    The official YouTube Channel of ArtieShaw.com, playing a role in preserving memories and building dreams. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, and Gramercy Five helped define American Jazz during the...

  7. Dec 30, 2004 · Artie Shaw, 94, the dynamic, cantankerous swing era icon who abruptly quit the music business in 1954, disappointed by the industry’s demand for dance music over the jazz innovation he...

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