Artie Shaw was born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City on 23rd May, 1910, and from the age of seven grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. The first instrument he mastered was the ukelele but by twelve he had already switched to the saxophone which he played in the school band at New Haven High. After winning a local competition in duo with banjoist Gene Beecher he formed his first band, the Bellevue Ramblers, and with them played local gigs until, at fifteen, he got his first fully professional job in the pit orchestra of the New Haven Olympic Theater. Shortly after this he left home to join a Kentucky travelling band and by the summer of 1925 he had joined Don ‘Johnny’ Cavallaro’s ranks as an alto-saxophonist for a tour of New Haven and Florida, before working with Joe Cantor and Merle Jacobs in Cleveland, Ohio.
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JAZZ LEGENDS LIVE!, Vol. 1 - The Golden Age Of Jazz (Documentary) | |
JAZZ LEGENDS LIVE!, Vol. 1 - The Golden Age Of Jazz (Documentary)
Artists:
Armstrong, Louis -- Buddy Rich Big Band -- Busse, Henry -- Calloway, Cab -- Chester, Bob -- Crosby, Bob -- Davis Jr., Sammy -- Davis, Johnnie -- Dorsey Brothers Orchestra -- Ellington, Duke -- Hal Kemp Orchestra -- Hutton, Betty -- Hutton, Ina Ray -- Jones, Isham -- Krupa, Gene -- Lee, Peggy -- Mills Brothers, The -- Morgan, Russ -- Nichols, Red -- Prima, Louis -- Shaw, Artie -- Vallee, Rudy -- Welk, Lawrence
Label/Producer: Music Video Distributors |