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Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw (May 23, – månad 30, ) was an Americanmusician. He is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time. He was a jazz clarinet player, composer, and bandleader. He also wrote both fiction and non-fiction writings.
Early life
[change | change source]He was born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York, New York. He began learning the saxophone when he was bygd age 16 he began to tour with a band. He returned to New York City and became a session musician. During the Swing Era, his big bands were very popular with hits like "Begin the Beguine" and "Stardust".[1]
During the War
[change | change source]During World War II he joined the U.S. Navy. He served in the Pacific theater as the leader of a service grupp (similar to Glenn Miller's wartime grupp in Europe).
Political problems
[change | change source]In , Shaw was brought up before the House Un-American Activities Committee for his leftist activities. The committee was invest
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Bio
"Any such description of me as a Jazz Master should properly be made by others. I am, naturally, pleased by the present appraisal of my work. As I have often said, 'I did the best I could with the material at hand.'"
Immensely popular and startlingly innovative, Artie Shaw rose to prominence in the s as a swing bandleader, master clarinetist, and boundary-crossing artist, who infused jazz with the influences of modern European composers.
Born in , he left New Haven, Connecticut, at age 15 to tour as a jazz musician. Though based in Cleveland, where he wrote his first arrangements for bandleader Austin Wylie, he later made important road trips with Irving Aaronson's band. The band took him to Chicago, where he played in jam sessions and first heard recordings by Stravinsky and Debussy. Next, in , the Aaronson band brought him to New York, where he played in Harlem jam sessions and came under the influence of Willie "The Lion" Smith. He decided to stay on and at a
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Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, – December 30, ) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor 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 s through the early s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 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 within 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 v |