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1 day ago · On my very long list of clarinetists that I worship, Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky) is near the top of it. Today would be his 114th birthday. One of the...
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1 day ago · Glenn Miller, Tony Bennett, Clark Terry, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Artie Shaw, Bill Watrous and countless others went from the bandstand to the battlefield. Jazz became one of America’s most important contributions to the war effort.
5 days ago · Frenesi, performed by Artie Shaw, featured an enchanting mix of jazz and Latin American rhythms. I’ve Heard That Song Before , sung by Harry James and Helen Forrest, became a chart-topping hit in 1943.
3 days ago · Artie Shaw. Artie Shaw, an iconic figure in the history of jazz and swing music, was a virtuoso clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. Renowned for his technical brilliance, improvisational ...
4 days ago · In February 1940, Turner garnered significant publicity when she eloped to Las Vegas with 28-year-old bandleader Artie Shaw, her co-star in Dancing Co-Ed. Though they had only briefly known each other, Turner recalled being "stirred by his eloquence", and after their first date the two spontaneously decided to get married.
1 day ago · (Above left: Les Clarke, Herbie Steward, Chuck Gentry, Lou Fromm and Imogene Lynn “cooking” in Artie Shaw’s Beverly Hills kitchen – November 1944.) Steward was a part of an band that was put together in the summer of 1947 for a gig by veteran swing trumpeter Tommy Di Carlo to play at a place called Pete Pontrelli’s Figueroa Ballroom.
3 days ago · They were enthusiastic teachers about Big Band Music: Perry a Tommy Dorsey fan, David Artie Shaw. Perry an Engineering professor, quiet and reflective, David a sales executive, quick with a joke - - both made you feel you were a close friend.
