Thursday, May 23, happens to be the 114th birthday anniversary of famous jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw. What better way to celebrate a larger-than-life American musician than to play his exhilarating ...
Clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, who sold 100 million records before quitting the music business half a century ago, died on December 30, 2004, at his home in Thousand Oaks, California. He was ...
Artie Shaw, who died yesterday at age 94 at his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., was a clarinetist and bandleader who swiped Downbeat magazine’s “King of Swing” moniker from Benny Goodman in 1938.
Clarinetist, composer and bandleader Artie Shaw was a true American original. He was also a reluctant celebrity. Coming up, we'll hear Shaw's 1940 Concerto for Clarinet, in concert from the Hot ...
Jazz fans may never stop debating the virtues of Artie Shaw versus Benny Goodman, two charismatic performers who came to epitomize the big-band era. But Shaw, who died last week at age 94, early on ...
Outspoken, manipulative, independent thinking and oftentimes controversial, Artie Shaw (1910-2004) was one of the most popular stars of the Swing Era, who famously broke the color barrier by hiring ...
A year after the Glenn Miller Orchestra played there, the Artie Shaw Or-chestra will play the Fargo Theatre on June 18. The group features big band music by the late clarinet-playing band leader, who ...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at his home. He was 94. Shaw had been in ...
Jazz fans may never stop debating the virtues of Artie Shaw versus Benny Goodman, two charismatic performers who came to epitomize the big-band era. But Shaw, who died last week at age 94, early on ...
When the younger jazzmen did away with Dixieland and big-band swing and dove into the cool depths of bop and progressive jazz, they also left behind the sweet, lucid sound of the clarinet. Once known ...