On the upcoming 100th anniversary of Artie Shaw's birth, Fresh Air remembers one of jazz's greatest clarinetists and big-band leaders with excerpts from a 1985 interview. In the 1930s and '40s, the ...

The Greatest Generation, as well as Boomers, Xers, Ys and Zs will be able to experience the sound of a real big band! On the eve of America's entry into World War II, TIME magazine reported that to ...

This new Artie Shaw Orchestra remains one of the "swingingest" outfits around. Featuring clarinetist Matt Koza, the group hews to the Shaw legacy, and continues with the time-tested formula that has ...

The 82nd season of the Community Concerts Series at Lackawanna College will open Saturday, Oct. 17, with the Artie Shaw Orchestra. The 16-piece big band will be presented in the Mellow Theater at 8 ...

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 ...

A year after the Glenn Miller Orchestra played there, the Artie Shaw Orchestra will play the Fargo Theatre on June 18. The group features big band music like "Begin the Beguine," "Stardust" and ...

It's the best deal in town: Six concerts, ranging from the Capetown Philharmonic to the Artie Shaw Orchestra to Southern Fried Jazz, all for $60. For about 70 years now, the Community Concert series ...

Tickets go on sale at noon March 19 for the Artie Shaw Orchestra’s performance June 23 at the Bell Mehus Auditorium, 201 N. Sixth St., Bismarck. From “Begin the Beguine” to other standards, the Artie ...

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.

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