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| Born: May 23, 1910 in New York, NY | Avg.User Rating: 97 Ratings |
| Died: Dec 30, 2004 in Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Genre: Jazz |
| Styles: Swing, Big Band, Sweet Bands |
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| Biography: One of jazz's finest clarinetists, Artie Shaw never seemed fully satisfied with his musical life, constantly breaking up successful bands and running away from success. While Count Basie and Duke Ellington were satisfied to lead just one orchestra during the swing era, and Benny Goodman (due to illness) ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1940 Label: Hep Critics' Rating:  Although there are many releases featuring radio broadcasts from Artie Shaw's very popular 1939 orchestra, relatively few exist from his next two bands, the outfits from 1940 and 1941. This particular ...Read full reviewReleased: 1950 Label: Ajazz Critics' Rating: With the collapse of his short-lived bop big band in early 1950, Shaw went back into semiretirement. His recordings, heard on this LP (the second in a valuable seven-volume series), finds him with studio ...Read full review
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