Artie Shaw
General Info
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Genre: Jazz
Location NEW YORK, New York, US
Profile Views: 129418
Last Login: 5/19/2012
Member Since 9/28/2005
Record Label RCA
Type of Label Major
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Bio
.............. ...... Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an accomplished jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer. He was born in New York City, United States, and began learning the saxophone when he was 15 and, by age 16, had begun to tour with a band. He returned to New York and became a session musician. During the Swing Era, his big band was very popular with hits like "Begin the Beguine", "Lady Be Good", and "Frenesi". Shaw was know for being an innovator in the big band idiom, at the time using unusual instrumentation. His piece "Interlude in B-flat" was one of the earliest examples of what would be later dubbed third stream. He hired Billie Holiday as his band's vocalist, becoming the first white bandleader to hire a full-time black female singer. His band became enormously successful and his playing, dismissed at first, eventually rivaled that of Benny Goodman: Longtime Duke Ellington clarinetist Barney Bigard--himself a talented musician--cited Shaw as his favorite clarinet player. At the height of his popularity, Shaw reportedly earned US$30,000 per week, a very large amount during the Great Depression. During WWII he enlisted in the U.S. Navy (along with his entire band) and served with them in the Pacific theater (similar to Glenn Miller's wartime band in Europe). He spent approximately 18 months playing for navy personnel, sometimes as many as four shows a day. He received a medical discharge. Throughout his musical career, Shaw would take sabbaticals where he would quit the business. He credited his time in the navy as a period of renewed introspection. He began psychoanalysis and began to pursue a writing career. In 1954, Shaw stopped playing the clarinet, citing his own perfectionism, which, he later said, would have killed him. He focused on writing, concentrating on semi-biographical fiction. He wrote The Trouble With Cinderella and was working on The Education of Albie Snow when he died. For the Marx Brothers' movie, The Big Store Shaw co-wrote the song, "If It's You." He also had a significant role in the Fred Astaire film Second Chorus which featured Shaw and his orchestra playing "Concerto For Clarinet" as Fred Astaire danced. A self-proclaimed "very difficult man", Shaw was married eight times; it became a national joke to have been "married as many times as Artie Shaw." Among his wives were Jane Cairns, Margaret Allen, Betty Kern (daughter of songwriter Jerome Kern), author Kathleen Winsor, and actresses Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Doris Dowling and Evelyn Keyes. He had two children. In 1953, Shaw was brought up before the House Un-American Activities Committee for his liberal activities. The committee was investigating a peace activist organization, the World Peace Congress, which it considered a Communist front. Artie Shaw was also a precision marksman, at one point ranking 4th in the United States. In his later years, Shaw lived and wrote in the Newbury Park section of Thousand Oaks, California. In 1981, he organised a new Artie Shaw Band, with clarinetist Dick Johnson as band leader and soloist. Shaw himself would guest conduct from time to time, ending his self-imposed retirement. In 2004, he was presented with a lifetime achievement Grammy Award. He died from natural causes aged 94. -
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Sounds Like
Benny Goodman (but I was a better player) and Glenn Miller.
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10 Songs | Mar 18, 2013
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23 Songs | Nov 21, 2012
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49 Songs | Feb 3, 2012
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24 Songs | Feb 1, 2012
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18 Songs | Feb 1, 2012
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28 Songs | Nov 1, 2011
Comments
- M a r i a n a2 months ago
Hi Whats up ? Hope U Have A Great Week !! xox,Mariana
- ikd-sj6 months ago
'BEGIN THE BEGUINE' awesome holy shit
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- Richard Harris9 months ago
What are YOU LOOKIN' AT Artie?
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS MONTH - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT A FUNNY BABY ...
That's right ~ COME AT ME BRO ...
I've got something for ya ....
I'll hit you so with so many LEFTS that
you'll BEG for a RIGHT!
HAVE A GOOD LAUGH TODAY!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com - Donna Biggins9 months ago
Thanks for the add. We love your work.
Love and respect
John and Donna - Yuhei Fujita10 months ago
thank you for adding me !
Yuhei Fujita , Tokyo
- Richard Harris10 months ago
Have you had a GOOD LAUGH today Artie?
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GEORGE CARLIN'S HUMOR ...
"Near as I can tell, "jack shit" and "didly-squat" are roughly the same amount."
"After the hurricane is gone, where do people put all that plywood?"
"I think I am, therefore, I am. I think."
"I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and find out."
"Why do they bother with a suicide watch when someone is on death row? "Keep an eye on this guy. We're gonna kill him, and we don't want him to hurt himself."
"I don't mind leaving my house as long as I don't have to look at a lot of unattractive Americans in the process. Visors, logo hats, fat thighs, beer bellies, bad haircuts, halter tops, cheap sneakers, camcorders, and unattractive children wearing blank expressions. God these people are ugly. I stay home a lot."
A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Bio:

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an accomplished jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer. He was born in New York City, United States, and began learning the saxophone when he was 15 and, by age 16, had begun to tour with a band. He returned to New York and became a session musician. During the Swing Era, his big band was very popular with hits like "Begin the Beguine", "Lady Be Good", and "Frenesi". Shaw was know for being an innovator in the big band idiom, at the time using unusual instrumentation. His piece "Interlude in B-flat" was one of the earliest examples of what would be later dubbed third stream. He hired Billie Holiday as his band's vocalist, becoming the first white bandleader to hire a full-time black female singer. His band became enormously successful and his playing, dismissed at first, eventually rivaled that of Benny Goodman: Longtime Duke Ellington clarinetist Barney Bigard--himself a talented musician--cited Shaw as his favorite clarinet player. At the height of his popularity, Shaw reportedly earned US$30,000 per week, a very large amount during the Great Depression. During WWII he enlisted in the U.S. Navy (along with his entire band) and served with them in the Pacific theater (similar to Glenn Miller's wartime band in Europe). He spent approximately 18 months playing for navy personnel, sometimes as many as four shows a day. He received a medical discharge. Throughout his musical career, Shaw would take sabbaticals where he would quit the business. He credited his time in the navy as a period of renewed introspection. He began psychoanalysis and began to pursue a writing career. In 1954, Shaw stopped playing the clarinet, citing his own perfectionism, which, he later said, would have killed him. He focused on writing, concentrating on semi-biographical fiction. He wrote The Trouble With Cinderella and was working on The Education of Albie Snow when he died. For the Marx Brothers' movie, The Big Store Shaw co-wrote the song, "If It's You." He also had a significant role in the Fred Astaire film Second Chorus which featured Shaw and his orchestra playing "Concerto For Clarinet" as Fred Astaire danced. A self-proclaimed "very difficult man", Shaw was married eight times; it became a national joke to have been "married as many times as Artie Shaw." Among his wives were Jane Cairns, Margaret Allen, Betty Kern (daughter of songwriter Jerome Kern), author Kathleen Winsor, and actresses Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Doris Dowling and Evelyn Keyes. He had two children. In 1953, Shaw was brought up before the House Un-American Activities Committee for his liberal activities. The committee was investigating a peace activist organization, the World Peace Congress, which it considered a Communist front. Artie Shaw was also a precision marksman, at one point ranking 4th in the United States. In his later years, Shaw lived and wrote in the Newbury Park section of Thousand Oaks, California. In 1981, he organised a new Artie Shaw Band, with clarinetist Dick Johnson as band leader and soloist. Shaw himself would guest conduct from time to time, ending his self-imposed retirement. In 2004, he was presented with a lifetime achievement Grammy Award. He died from natural causes aged 94.



























