Once the Swing era took hold, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey all recorded the song. Wilson, Jeff. To continue playing would be a disservice. His tone, his choice of notes, and his virtuosity all seemed to come together in one lyrical moment, rarely matched by other musicians. During World War 2, Artie Shaw enlisted in the US Navy and later formed a band, which served in the Pacific area (similar to Glenn Miller’s wartime band in Europe). People rave about Artie's recording of 'Stardust' made in 1940 with his band with strings. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." "Artie Shaw, Without Music". The film garnered him two Oscar nominations for Best Score and Best Song ("Love of My Life"). The band was showcased on the Burns and Allen program every week. He continued to record for RCA Victor, as he had before the war, and limited the band's personal appearances to military bases in California. In a televised interview in the 1970s, Shaw derided the "asinine" songs of Tin Pan Alley that were the lifeblood of popular music and which bands, especially the most popular (such as his own) were compelled to play night after night. Martin Scorsese also used the Shaw theme song, "Nightmare", in his Academy Award-winning Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator. Artie Shaw, the well known clarinet player and Big Band leader came to Townsville. It did not include any strings and was based in Hollywood, California, where Shaw was living. The song's original recording was by Hoagy Carmichel and his orchestra also in 1927. The documentary ends with Shaw rehearsing his new band with co-leader Johnson present and rolls to credits perhaps quite fittingly with the band taking a final segue to Shaw's theme song Nightmare. [13] He acted on the show as a love interest for Gracie Allen, although he disliked having to be a part of the celebrity culture of the period.[14]. In 2004, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [4] Shaw grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, where his natural introversion was deepened by local antisemitism. Find great deals on eBay for artie shaw. He generally did not stick around long enough to reap his bands' successes through live performances of their recorded hits. Arthur Jacob Arshawsky was born on May 23, 1910, in New York City, he was the son of Sarah (née Strauss) and Harold "Harry" Arshawsky, a dressmaker and photographer. He felt the titles should be reversed. It was a collection of music arranged by some of the foremost composer/arrangers of the period, much of which was sketched out by Shaw himself and filled in and completed by his orchestrator/arranger collaborators, among them Jerry Gray, William Grant Still, Lennie Hayton, Ray Conniff, Eddie Sauter, and Jimmy Mundy, to name a few. He was the headliner of a radio series with comedian Robert Benchley as emcee. Artie Shaw, Soundtrack: Second Chorus. 2:46 C Shaw did many big band remote broadcasts. The film garnered him two Oscar nominations for Best Score and Best Song ("Love of My Life"). [11], The long series of musical groups Shaw formed included Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Helen Forrest, Mel Tormé, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney, Tal Farlow, Dodo Marmarosa, and Ray Conniff. “Stardust” looms large in the Sinatra legend — it was the first song he ever sang with Harry James’ orchestra, and he would record it several times over the course of his storied career. After 18 months playing for Navy personnel, (sometimes as many as four concerts a day in battle zones, including Guadalcanal), Shaw returned to the U.S. in a state of physical exhaustion and received a medical discharge. [5] Shaw broadcast on CBS from November 20, 1938 until November 14, 1939. The 58-year-old Johnson, an accomplished woodwind and saxophonist and native of Brockton, Massachusetts, was no stranger to jazz having recorded numerous albums of his own and had idolized Shaw's playing throughout his life. The family was Jewish; his father was from Russia, his mother from Austria. [27], In 1980, Shaw donated his papers, most of which amounted to his music library of over 700 scores and parts and approximately 1,000 pieces of sheet music, to Boston University. In 1935, he first gained attention with his "Interlude in B-flat" at a swing concert at the Imperial Theater in New York. Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. [2], Shaw also recorded with small jazz groups drawn from within the ranks of the various big bands he led. \"Stardust\" was a song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish in 1927. 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