Format Details:
Release Date: 11 July 2005
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520020855
Genres: Jazz  
Format Details:
Release Date: 11 July 2005
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520020855
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Artie Shaw led some of the classic big bands of the Swing Era and maintained a consistently innovative approach to making music throughout his career. A virtuoso clarinettist whose technique surpassed that of the "King of Swing", Benny Goodman, Shaw was self taught in the arts of playing and also arranging. His first big band contained a string quartet, but this lineup did not find commercial success so it was jettisoned in favour of a more conventional setup. Hits such as "Frenesi" and "Begin The Beguine" followed along with sides cut by Shaw's band-within-a-band, the Gramercy 5. At the height of the success, Shaw split the band, but was to return with new lineups in subsequent years which included a stellar array of soloists including Roy Eldridge, Hot Lips Page, Zoot Sims and many others. This 4 CD set presents the best across all of Shaw's varied output and contains a booklet telling his colourful story - the story of a musician who never seemed quite satisfied with the uses his vast talent was put to.
Tracklisting
Peggy Lee
Various Artists
Tubby Hayes
Sonny Clark
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Prima & Keely Smith/Sam Butera
Pete Seeger
Various Artists
Various Artists
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw