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Artie Shaw
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American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)
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Artie Shaw, born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City in 1910, was an American bandleader, composer, conductor, and film actor. Primarily associated with the jazz and swing genres, he performed on the clarinet, alto saxophone, and soprano saxophone. His career included participation in World War II and work with record labels such as RCA Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, and Musicraft Records. Shaw was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the NEA Jazz Masters award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Shaw’s notable works include *In the Beginning*, *Instrumental Side of Artie Shaw*, *1945 Spotlight Bands Broadcasts*, and *Begin the Beguine, Volume 2*. He was married to Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Kathleen Winsor, and Doris Dowling. He died in Thousand Oaks in 2004 from natural causes due to diabetes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 2004
- Works
- 28
Top works
- In the Beginning
- Instrumental Side of Artie Shaw
- 1945 Spotlight Bands Broadcasts
- Begin the Beguine
- Volume 2
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies — Self (archive footage)2017
- Judy Garland: By Myself — Self - Musician / Bandleader (voice)2004
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine2003
- Jazz — Self (archive footage)2001
- Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got — Self1985
- The Long Night of Lady Day1984
- Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet — Self1982
- The Crash of Flight 401 — Elderly Passenger1978
- McCloud1970
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1910
- Active to
- 2004
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 378,228
- Total plays
- 2,757,796
Tags
Arthur Arshawsky (23 May 1910 – 30 December 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an accomplished jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and author. He was born in New York City (but grew up in New Haven, Connecticut) and began learning the saxophone when he was 15 and by age 16, had begun to tour with a band. He reached Hollywood the first time, as a sideman with Irving Aaronson's band in 1931, performing at the famous Orange Blossom Room (site of the first Academy
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
- Glide: A New Approach for Rapid, Accurate Docking and Scoring. 1. Method and Assessment of Docking Accuracy
· 2004 · cited 9,076x
- Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition
· 2019 · cited 8,974x
- The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project
· 2013 · cited 8,286x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,794x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “It became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat.”
- “You run into a party and [a] woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw — Ava Gardner — and says, "I like you and why don't we get together?" What are you going to say, "No"? You'd have to be an idiot. She was an incredible creature.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Arthur Jacob Arshawsky , ( 1910-05-23 ) May 23, 1910, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- December 30, 2004 (2004-12-30) (aged 94), Thousand Oaks, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz swing
- Occupations
- Musician bandleader composer author
- Instruments
- Clarinet saxophone
- Years active
- 1925–1954
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Artie Shaw | King of the Clarinet
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Encyclopedic overview
Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists," Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist in short order. The record eventually became one of the era's defining recordings. Musically restless, Shaw was also an early proponent of what became known much later as Third Stream music, which blended elements of classical and jazz forms and traditions. His music influenced other musicians, such as Monty Norman in England, whose "James Bond Theme" features a vamp possibly influenced by Shaw's 1938 recording of "Nightmare."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Artie Shaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.