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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 ...
In the 1940s, he also played harpsichord in the Gramercy Five, a small band led by Artie Shaw; [1] his solos were the first examples of jazz recorded on the instrument. [2] In 1946, Guarnieri's trio was broadcast twice by the BBC Home Service in the UK in a short series highlighting American, British and French jazz artists dubbed as 'Kings of ...
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.
It was written for the 1941 film of the same name. Jazz-oriented artists who recorded the song include Woody Herman, Jimmie Lunceford, Artie Shaw, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford (both solo and with lyricist Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers), Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, and Mel Torme, among many others.
Early recordings included Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra (1926), Louis Armstrong (1930), Nat Gonella (1932), Earl Hines (1932), Artie Shaw (1938), Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday (1938), Ella Fitzgerald (1941), and Anita O'Day (1945). 1926 – "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" is a song composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by ...
Artie Shaw "Now it Can Be Told" w.m. Irving Berlin "Oh! Ma-Ma!" w. (Eng) Lew Brown & Rudy Vallée m. Paolo Citorello "One Day When We Were Young" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II arr. Tiomkin "The One I Love Will Come Along Some Day" w. Gus Kahn m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann. Introduced by Allan Jones in the film Everybody Sing
The first jazz recording was made by Artie Shaw in 1938. [94] The tune was a regular number in the Modern Jazz Quartet's repertoire; it was already considered a standard when the group recorded their first rendition in 1952. [95] [96] "Sweet Lorraine" [97] is a song composed by Cliff Burwell with lyrics by Mitchell Parish.