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Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 [1] – December 30, 2004) [2] was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", [ 3 ] Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s.
Acknowledged as the most cerebral of the dance bandleaders, [3] throughout his career, Artie Shaw had an uneasy relationship with popularity. [1] Preferring to record songs for perceived artistic value rather than cater to popular demand, in 1938, his second band (after "Art Shaw and His New Music" in the middle 30s) struck massive success with "Begin the Beguine", a number-one hit for six ...
Nightmare, a horror fiction magazine edited by John Joseph Adams; ... "Nightmare", by Artie Shaw, 1938 "Nightmare", by Black Sabbath from The Eternal Idol, 1987
Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen and Hal Borne, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
A new 4K resolution print of Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got was slated to screen in the TIFF Classics program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, in advance of being permanently archived in the collection of the Film Reference Library. [12] The screening took place on 9 September 2023. [13]
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got was released in 1985. [5] The film, which profiled Artie Shaw, was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986, [6] and a co-winner with Down and Out in America of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987. [7]
Since a large proportion of Jazz is devoted to the swing era, two white bandleaders, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, are also given prominence—as, later on, is Dave Brubeck. But even some critics who have spent their lives arguing for a proper recognition of jazz's African-American essence believe that Burns—with the encouragement of Marsalis ...
Richard Brown Johnson (December 1, 1925 – January 10, 2010 [1]) was an American big band clarinetist, best known for his work with the Artie Shaw Band. [1] From 1983 until his death he was the leader of the Artie Shaw Orchestra. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, he also played the alto saxophone and flute.