Description:
2 CD set. Essential Artie Shaw is an appropriate title for this double disc collection of Artie Shaw's music. The temperamental, progressive bandleader and clarinetist was one of the top figures in swing, and his arrangements and recordings of classic songs Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine," for example are definitive documents of the era. Shaw's own prowess as an instrumentalist, and his innovative techniques his use of exotic melodies "Frenesi" and orchestral strings "Temptation", for instance further heighten his appeal. All of these qualities and more are represented on this comprehensive, superbly compiled set. |
 Begin The Beguine
Special Delivery Stomp
Non Stop Flight
Deep Purple
Oh! Lady Be Good
Scuttlebutt
Shoot The Likker To Me, John Boy
St. James Infirmary Blues (Parts I & Ii)
Georgia On My Mind
April In Paris
Any Old Time
All The Things You Are
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (From "The New Moon")
Back Bay Shuffle
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Tabu
Blues In The Night
Concerto For Clarinet, Parts 1 And 2
Frenesi
Summit Ridge Drive
Take Your Shoes Off, Baby (And Start Runnin' Through My Mind)
It Had To Be You
Don't Take Your Love From M
Indian Love Call (From "Rose Marie")
Dancing In The Dark (From "The Band Wagon")
Deep In A Dream
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Star Dust
A Room With A View
Temptation
Streamline
Traffic Jam
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Yesterdays (From "Roberta")
You're A Lucky Guy
Alone Together
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
Nightmare |
Personnel: George Arus, George Auld, Al Avola, Claude Bowen, Billy Butterfield, Jack Cave, Ray Conniff, Tom DiCarlo, Roy Eldridge, Nick Fatool, Helen Forrest, Johnny Guarnieri, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Jack Jenney, Jerry Jerome, Max Kaminsky, Bernard Kessel, Dodo Marmarosa, Hot Lips Page, Page, Tony Pastor, Bernie Privin, Buddy Rich, Bobby Sherwood, Charlie Spivak, George Wendt, George Wettling, Stan Wrightsman, more |
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