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4 days ago · Holiday was hired by Artie Shaw a month after being fired from the Count Basie Band. This association placed her among the first black women to work with a white orchestra, an unusual arrangement at that time.
3 days ago · Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, known as Artie Shaw, was an American clarinetist, composer, band leader, and actor. Celebrated as one of jazz’s finest clarinetists, Shaw led one of the most popular big bands in the United States from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. Shaw began his career as a session musician in New York in the early 1930s. Over ...
4 days ago · She was twice married and divorced before the age of 25, first to film star Mickey Rooney and then to actor Artie Shaw. She was also married to Frank Sinatra and was later linked to Ernest...
4 days ago · Throughout the Depression and World War II, millions of Americans danced to the big bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, and a host of others. The hallmark of the swing big band, an American modernization of the Germanic symphonic orchestra, was a streamlined rhythmic groove that echoed the ...
1 day ago · If you're interested in dance lessons at LaRita's Dance Studio, call 850-426-1933. Bernice's Starrstep Dance Studio was founded when Bernice Burlingame was just 11-years-old, and she has passed ...
5 days ago · United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
1 day ago · The classy five-year-old daughter of Flying Artie ran a credible fourth in the Gr2 Temple Stakes at Haydock in her first European run in late May – that time on soft ground. At Royal Ascot, Asfoora relished getting back on top of the ground on a quicker track and she let her class shine through to capture a deserved first win at the elite level.
