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Artie Shaw
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NEW YORK, New York
United States

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Member Since9/28/2005
Band Members
InfluencesDebussy, Stravinsky
Sounds LikeBenny Goodman (but I was a better player) and Glenn Miller.
Record LabelRCA
Type of LabelMajor


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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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Carol

Carol DeMatteo



Dec 23 2009 11:53 PM

May warmth and hope be yours this Christmas and always. With in yourself, joyful radiance lies.
let you music fill the air.

Hugs Carol
Annette Hanshaw

Annette Hanshaw



Dec 22 2009 6:48 PM

Dear Artie,
I hope you will be back or a visit! Your friend, always, Annette, "That's All."
I miss you!
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Matos Nancy



Dec 21 2009 7:26 AM

Good Morning,

I just stopped by for a visit and to say "HI".

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CyberAbu



Dec 20 2009 1:27 AM

White Cristmas and Happy New Year, Cyberabu
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Urban Sax



Dec 18 2009 9:10 PM

Thanks for the add
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Dec 16 2009 10:28 PM

Thanks so much for the add, it's so wonderful to meet you ; )
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Matos Nancy



Dec 16 2009 6:20 PM

A cheery Christmas and the New Year hold lots of happiness for you!

Thank you for your add.

Have a great week ahead!

:)
David Murray

David Murray



Dec 15 2009 2:05 PM

Hi! -Great to have you as a space friend.
Enjoy the music and all the free info on my profile!!!!

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Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3



Dec 12 2009 1:31 PM

Thanks for the add! We LOOOOOOVE Artie!
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Petit Swing



Dec 10 2009 11:18 PM

Thanks for the add
Sébastien Paindestre

Sébastien Paindestre



Dec 10 2009 2:43 PM

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Heller4rock



Dec 9 2009 1:39 AM

Hello! Artie Shaw,

Thank you for excepting my invitation.Thank you for having a space for me.It is an honor to have you as a friend.
It is nice to meet you.

Your Friend, Thomas
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Britney Spears



Dec 3 2009 1:57 PM

Good morning,

Thank you for add.

Have a great week ahead!

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the guitar plus me

the guitar plus me



Dec 3 2009 3:16 AM

thanks for the add!
tgpm TOKYO


new video "Christmas At The Zoo (The Flaming Lips cover)" by the guitar plus me
→http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8t20lG__ts

from the Christmas mini album
"CHRISTMAS GIFT CHRISTMAS GRIFT"
(me against the world 01)
1. White Christmas
2. The Christmas Song
3. Christmas At The Zoo
4. Christmas Gift Christmas Grift
5. Aluminum Xmas Trees (acoustic)
6. Silent Night

available on iTunes store etc...





tgpm
João Miguel Valencise

João Miguel Valencise



Nov 26 2009 12:42 PM

THANK YOU FOR THE ADD!
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Nov 26 2009 9:54 AM

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Salem Mahkra



Nov 24 2009 7:29 PM

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David Niven



Nov 24 2009 6:46 PM

Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving holiday.
Annette Hanshaw

Annette Hanshaw



Nov 23 2009 8:51 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, Artie, your friend, always, Annette, "That's All."
Ollivier Fouchard

Ollivier Fouchard



Nov 17 2009 3:08 PM


à défaut de message particulier…
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Ava Gardner



Nov 14 2009 9:26 PM

xoxo Ava

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Nov 1 2009 7:55 PM

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The Group Harmony Alley



Oct 31 2009 10:06 PM

Still one of the greatest, ever, in history. No doubt!

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Streaming on the web at www.wfdu.fm
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A foray in the roots of the R&B/doo-wopp historical experience!
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GiggleWater Doll 1920



Oct 30 2009 12:54 AM

Have a Happy Halloween Artie!
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