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18 de ago. de 1994 · Born 1910 in New York City. Arthur Arshawsky (aka Artie Shaw) was the son of Harry Arshawsky and Sarah Strauss. His mother was originally from Austria, and his father was originally from Russia. They lived in a predominately Jewish neighborhood on the lower East Side until Artie reached the age of seven when the family moved to New Haven ...
19 de may. de 2010 · In the 1930s and '40s, Artie Shaw's band ranked with the Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller bands in popularity. We remembers one of jazz's greatest clarinetists with excerpts from a 1985 interview.
Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky: Nueva York, 23 de mayo de 1910 - Thousand Oaks, 30 de diciembre de 2004) fue un clarinetista y director de orquesta de jazz estadounidense. Biografía [ editar ] Nacido en el seno de una familia judía, Arthur Arshawsky se educó en New Haven ( Connecticut ).
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, better known as Artie Shaw, was born May 23, 1910 in New York City. At an early age Shaw and his family moved to New Haven Connecticut. Artie Shaw is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of the century. As a jazz clarinet player he was known as ‘King of the Clarinet’. Shaw was also a composer, bandleader ...
Artie Shaw was married eight times including to two of the most popular and beautiful actresses in their day; Lana Turner (1940) and Ava Gardner (1945-46). Shaw broke the racial divide by becoming the first white bandleader to hire a featured African-American vocalist when he brought Billie Holiday on board in 1938.
A Timeline of Artie Shaw’s Life. May 23, 1910: Arthur Arshawsky (Artie Shaw) Born in New York City. 1923: Began playing alto sax. 1924: Shaw played with the New Haven High School Band and led a local group, the Bellevue Ramblers. 1924: Changed his name from ‘Arthur Arshawsky’ to ‘Art Shaw’ to become a professional musician.
1 de oct. de 2017 · Success at Every Turn. Artie Shaw was a unique figure in jazz history. A competitor of Benny Goodman both as a clarinetist and a bandleader, Shaw led no less than seven different orchestras during 1936-49. While he disliked having to play for dancers, was not fond of dealing with the public, and seemed to constantly be running away from fame, he found success at almost every turn, at least ...
