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“Danza Lucumi” Composed by Ernesto Lecuona y Casado; arranged by William Grant Still. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on October 8, 1940 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Charles William “Billy” [..]
“Mysterioso” Composed and arranged by Artie Shaw.(*) Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five for Victor in Hollywood on August 2, 1945. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Michael “Dodo” Marmarosa, piano; Barney [..]
“Monsoon” Composed and arranged by Art Shaw. Recorded by Art Shaw and His New Music for Thesaurus Transcription Service on December 15, 1937 in New York. Art Shaw, clarinet, directing: Norman Ayers, first trumpet; Chuck [..]
“Frenesi” Composed by Alberto Dominguez Borras; arranged by William Grant Still. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on March 3, 1940 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Charlie Margulis, first trumpet; Manny [..]
“Shadows” Composed by Frankie Carle; arranged by Jerry Gray. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for RCA Bluebird on November 9, 1939 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing Harry Geller, first trumpet; Bernie [..]
“My Heart Stood Still” Composed by Richard Rodgers; arranged by Jerry Gray. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Bluebird on January 17, 1939 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first [..]
“I’ll Never Be the Same” Composed by Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli; arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on January 9, 1945 in New York. Artie Shaw, directing: [..]
“Nightmare” Composed and arranged by Artie Shaw. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for RCA-Bluebird on September 27, 1938 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck Peterson and Claude [..]
“I Was Doing Allright” Composed by George Gershwin; head arrangement. Recorded live in performance by Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five on Bing Crosby’s NBC Kraft Music Hall radio show on March 15, 1945 in Los Angeles. [..]
“Back Bay Shuffle” Composed and arranged by Teddy McRae and Artie Shaw. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Bluebird on July 24, 1938. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck Peterson [..]
“One Song” Composed by Frank Churchill (music) and Larry Morey (lyric); arranged by Art Shaw and Jerry Gray. Recorded by Art Shaw and His New Music for Brunswick on December 30, 1937. Art Shaw, clarinet, [..]
“Pyramid” Composed by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol; arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Brunswick on June 7, 1938 in New York. Duke Ellington, hand drum, directing: Wallace Jones, [..]
“The Maid With the Flaccid Air” Composed and arranged by Eddie Sauter. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on July 19, 1945 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Stan “Fish” Fishelson, first [..]
“Rosalie” Composed by Cole Porter; arranged by Al Avola. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for RCA Bluebird on January 17, 1939 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck [..]
“Alone Together” Composed by Arthur Schwartz; arranged by Jerry Gray. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Bluebird on January 31, 1939 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck [..]
“Non-Stop Flight” Composed and arranged by Artie Shaw. Recorded in performance by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra on December 1, 1938 from an NBC broadcast emanating from the Blue Room of Hotel Lincoln in New [..]
“Guajira” Composed by Morton Gould; arranged by Hershy Kay. Recorded by Artie Shaw with an orchestra conducted by Walter Hendl for Columbia Records on March 11,1949 in Liederkranz Hall, New York. The story: Many aspects [..]
“I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” Composed by Clarence Gaskill and Jimmy McHugh; arranged by Jerry Gray. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Bluebird on July 24, 1938 in New [..]
“I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” Composed by: Richard Rodgers, music, and Lorenz Hart, lyric; arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on September 13, 1939 in New [..]
“April in Paris” Composed by Vernon Duke; arranged by Bobby Sherwood. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on May 14, 1940 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Harry Geller, first trumpet; Mannie [..]
“Lady Day” Composed and arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on November 23, 1944 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Ray Linn, first trumpet: Jimmy Pupa, George Schwartz [..]
“Dancing in the Dark” Composed by Arthur Schwartz; arranged by Lennie Hayton. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on January 21, 1941 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Billy Butterfield, first trumpet [..]
“Oh, Lady Be Good”(*) Composed by George Gershwin; probably arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Recorded live in performance by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra from a Mutual radio broadcast on March 11, 1937 from the Madhattan [..]
“My Reverie” Composed by Claude Debussy; lyric by Larry Clinton. Recorded by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra for Victor on July 16, 1938 in New York. Larry Clinton, directing: Walter Smith, Ricky Traettino and [..]
“Temptation” Composed by Nacio Herb Brown; arranged by Lennie Hayton. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on September 7, 1940 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Charles William “Billy” Butterfield, first trumpet; [..]
“S’Posin’” Composed by Paul Denniker; head arrangement by Artie Shaw Gramercy Five. Privately recorded by Artie Shaw Gramercy Five in June of 1954 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Hank Jones, piano; Joe Puma, guitar; [..]
“September Song” Composed by Kurt Weill (music). Arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded by Artie Shaw and his Orchestra for Victor on April 5, 1945 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Paul Cohen, first trumpet, Bernie [..]
“Blues” from Lenox Avenue Composed and arranged by William Grant Still. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on December 4, 1940 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Billy Butterfield, George “Jumbo” Wendt and [..]
“Rose Room” Composed by Art Hickman; arranged by Artie Shaw. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Bluebird on January 31, 1939 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck [..]
“St. James Infirmary” Composed by Joe Primrose; arranger Daniel Y. Mendelsohn.(*) Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on November 12, 1941 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Steve Lipkins, first [..]