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Artie Shaw
Highlights From Artie Shaw Selfportrait

Compil. US 2001 on Bluebird label
Jazz (Big Band)

Recording dates: 1: September 27, 1938 - New York City 2: September 17, 1937 - New York City 3: July 24, 1938 - New York City 4: August 19, 1939 - Broadcast performance from the Summer Terrace of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston 5: March 3, 1940 - Los Angeles 6: October 7, 1940 - Los Angeles 7: September 6, 1941 - Broadcast performance from the Steel Pier, Atlantic City, N.J. 8: January 21, 1942 - New York City 9: January 9, 1945 - New York City 10: April 17, 1945 - Los Angeles 11: June 13, 1946 - Los Angeles 12: (probably) December, 1949 - New York City 13: circa June 1954, Los Angeles 14: late February and early March, 1954 - New York City © 2001 BMG Entertainment. Manufactured and distributed by BMG Distribution, a unit of BMG Entertainment.

     
Musicians
PortraitArtie Shaw cl, 1910-2004 US
leader, album by, arranged by, clarinet, written by
PortraitPaul Brizzi ,
technician, cedar restoration
PortraitArtie Shaw And His Orchestra , US
performer on track
PortraitGeorge Koenig sax, as, 1911-1999 US
alto saxophone
PortraitHank Freeman sax, as, 2000-2000 US
alto saxophone
PortraitSid Weiss b, 1914-1994 US
bass
PortraitCliff Leeman dr, 1913-1986 US
drums
PortraitAl Avola g, 1914-2000 US
guitar
PortraitLes Burness p, *1911 US
piano
PortraitRonnie Perry sax, ts, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitTony Pastor voc, sax, ts, 1907-1969 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitGeorge Arus tb,
trombone
PortraitHarry Rodgers tb,
trombone
PortraitRussell Brown tb,
trombone
PortraitChuck Peterson tr, 1915-1978 CA
trumpet
PortraitClaude Bowen tr, US
trumpet
PortraitJohn Best tr, 1913-2003 US
trumpet
PortraitArt Shaw And His New Music ,
performer on track
PortraitLes Robinson as, sax, 1914-2005 US
alto saxophone
PortraitBen Ginsberg b,
bass
PortraitFred Petry ts,
tenor saxophone
PortraitCharlie Spivak tr, 1905-1982 US
trumpet
PortraitMalcolm Crain tr, US
trumpet
PortraitTom DiCarlo tr, b,
trumpet
PortraitLeo Watson voc, 1898-1950 US
vocals
PortraitTed Vesely tb, 1973-1973 US
trombone
PortraitBillie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US
vocals
PortraitBuddy Rich dr, 1917-1987 US
drums
PortraitBob Kitsis p, 1917-2004 US
piano
PortraitGeorgie Auld ts, 1919-1990 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitLes Jenkins tb,
trombone
PortraitBernie Privin tr, 1919-1999 US
trumpet
PortraitBlake Reynolds as, sax,
alto saxophone
PortraitBud Carleton sax,
alto saxophone
PortraitWilliam Grant Still , 1895-1978 US
arranged by
PortraitJoseph Krechter cl,
baritone saxophone, woodwind
PortraitJud DeNaut ,
bass
PortraitIrving Lipschultz vn,
cello
PortraitJulius Tannenbaum vc, US
cello
PortraitCarl Maus dr, US
drums
PortraitMarty Ruderman fl, US
flute
PortraitJohn Cave frh,
french horn
PortraitBobby Sherwood voc, tr, g, 1914-1981 US
guitar
PortraitPhil Nemoli ob,
oboe
PortraitStan Wrightsman p, 1910-1975 US
piano
PortraitDick Clark ts, sax,
tenor saxophone
PortraitJack Stacey as, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBabe Bowman tb,
trombone
PortraitBill Rank tb, 1904-1979 US
trombone
PortraitRandall Miller tb,
trombone
PortraitCharlie Margulis tr, 1902-1967 US
trumpet
PortraitGeorge Thow tr, voc, US
trumpet
PortraitManny Klein tr, 1908-1994 US
trumpet
PortraitDavid Sterkin vl, US
viola
PortraitJack Ray vl,
viola
PortraitStanley Spiegelman vl,
viola
PortraitAlex Law vn,
violin
PortraitDave Cracov vn,
violin
PortraitHarry Bluestone vn, 1907-1992 GB
violin
PortraitJerry Joyce vn,
violin
PortraitMark Levant vn,
violin
PortraitPeter Eisenberg vn,
violin
PortraitRobert Barene str,
violin
PortraitSid Brokaw vn, vib, as,
violin
PortraitNeely Plumb sax, as, 1912-2000 US
alto saxophone
PortraitLennie Hayton p, 1908-1971 US
arranged by
PortraitFred Goerner vc,
cello
PortraitNick Fatool dr, 1915-2000 US
drums
PortraitAl Hendrickson g, 1920-2007 US
guitar
PortraitJohnny Guarnieri p, 1917-1985 US
piano
PortraitBus Bassey ts, sax, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitJerry Jerome sax, ts, 1912-2001 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitJack Jenney tb, 1910-1945 US
trombone
PortraitVernon Brown tb, 1907-1979 US
trombone
PortraitBilly Butterfield tr, 1917-1988 US
trumpet
PortraitGeorge Wendt cor, US
trumpet
PortraitJack Cathcart tr, US
trumpet
PortraitAllan Harshman vl,
viola
PortraitKeith Collins ,
viola
PortraitAlex Beller vn, US
violin
PortraitBill Brower ,
violin
PortraitBob Morrow vn,
violin
PortraitGene Lamas vn,
violin
PortraitTed Klages vn, *1911 US
violin
PortraitTruman Boardman vn,
violin
PortraitCharlie DiMaggio sax, US
alto saxophone
PortraitArtie Baker ts, cl, US
baritone saxophone
PortraitEd McKinney ,
bass
PortraitEdgardo Sodero vc,
cello
PortraitGeorge Taliarkin ,
cello
PortraitDave Tough dr, 1907-1948 US
drums
PortraitMike Bryan g, 1916-1972 US
guitar
PortraitMickey Folus ts,
tenor saxophone
PortraitMorey Samuel tb,
trombone
PortraitRay Conniff tb, 1916-2002 US
trombone
PortraitHot Lips Page tr, voc, 1908-1954 US
trumpet
PortraitLee Castle tr, 1915-1990 US
trumpet
PortraitMax Kaminsky tr, 1908-1994 US
trumpet
PortraitSteve Lipkins tr, 1917-2011 US
trumpet
PortraitLeonard Atkins vn, vl, US
viola
PortraitMorris Kohn ,
viola
PortraitSam Rosenblum vn,
viola
PortraitBernard Tinterow vn,
violin
PortraitBill Ehrenkranz ,
violin
PortraitIrving Raymond ,
violin
PortraitLeo Pevsner ,
violin
PortraitLeonard Posner vn, 1918-2003 US
violin
PortraitMaz Berman ,
violin
PortraitRaoul Poliakin vn,
violin
PortraitPaul Jordan p, US
arranged by, written by
PortraitLeo Persner ,
violin
PortraitLes Clarke as,
alto saxophone
PortraitTom Mace ts, as,
alto saxophone
PortraitBuster Harding p, 1912-1965 CA
arranged by, written by
PortraitChuck Gentry sax, bs, 1911-1988 US
baritone saxophone, woodwind
PortraitMorris Rayman b, 1913-1994 US
bass
PortraitLou Fromm dr, *1919 US
drums
PortraitBarney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US
guitar
PortraitDodo Marmarosa p, 1925-2002 US
piano
PortraitHerb Steward ts, as, 1926-2003 US
tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
PortraitJon Walton ts, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitCharles Coolidge tb,
trombone
PortraitPat McNaughton tb,
trombone
PortraitGeorge Schwartz tr,
trumpet
PortraitPaul Cohen tr,
trumpet
PortraitRoy Eldridge tr, 1911-1989 US
trumpet
PortraitTony Faso tr, 1923-1990 US
trumpet
PortraitLou Prisby as,
alto saxophone
PortraitRudolph Tanza as,
alto saxophone
PortraitEddie Sauter xyl, tr, 1914-1981 US
arranged by
PortraitRalph Rosenlund sax, US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBob Swift tb, US
trombone
PortraitGus Dixon tb,
trombone
PortraitOllie Wilson tb, US
trombone
PortraitBernie Glow tr, 1926-1982 US
trumpet
PortraitSonny Burke b, voc, *1914 US
arranged by
PortraitArtie Shapiro b, 1916-2003 US
bass
PortraitCy Bernard vc, US
cello
PortraitEdgar Lustgarten vc,
cello
PortraitDave Barbour g, 1912-1965 US
guitar
PortraitMilt Raskin p, 1916-1977 US
piano
PortraitElmer Smithers tb,
trombone
PortraitJoe Howard tb, 1919-1995 US
trombone
PortraitSi Zentner tb, 1917-2000 US
trombone
PortraitClyde Hurley tr, 1916-1963 US
trumpet
PortraitRay Linn tr, 1920-1996 US
trumpet
PortraitZeke Zarchy tr, *1915
trumpet
PortraitPaul Robyn vl, US
viola
PortraitDan Lube vn,
violin
PortraitGeorge Kast vn, US
violin
PortraitHarold Halbert ,
violin
PortraitJan Russell ,
violin
PortraitMarshall Sosson vn, 1910-2002
violin
PortraitMischa Russell vn,
violin
PortraitSam Freed vn, US
violin
PortraitDon Raffell sax, 1919-2003 US
woodwind
PortraitHarold Lawson sax,
woodwind
PortraitSkeets Herfurt sax, 1911-1992 US
woodwind
PortraitFrank Socolow ts, as, 1923-1981 US
alto saxophone
PortraitJohn Bartee ,
arranged by, written by
PortraitDanny Bank bs, bcl, 1922-2010 US
baritone saxophone
PortraitDick Niveson eb, b, US
bass
PortraitIrv Kluger dr, vib, US
drums
PortraitJimmy Raney g, 1927-1995 US
guitar
PortraitGil Barrios p, *1928
piano
PortraitAl Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitZoot Sims ts, 1925-1985 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBart Varsalona tb, 1918-1984 US
trombone
PortraitFreddy Zito tb,
trombone
PortraitPorky Cohen tb, 1924-2004 US
trombone
PortraitSonny Russo tb, 1929-2013 US
trombone
PortraitDale Pierce tr, US
trumpet
PortraitDon Fagerquist tr, 1927-1974 US
trumpet
PortraitDon Paladino tr, US
trumpet
PortraitVictor Ford tr, US
trumpet
PortraitArtie Shaw And His Gramercy Five , *1940 US
performer on track
PortraitTommy Potter b, 1918-1988 US
bass
PortraitJoe Puma g, 1927-2000 US
guitar
PortraitHank Jones p, 1918-2010 US
piano
PortraitTal Farlow g, 1921-1998 US
guitar
PortraitJoe Roland vib,
vibraphone
Producers
Janet DeMatteis art direction, creative direction
Orrin Keepnews compilation producer
Randi Alyssa Sherman coordinator, production coordinator
Christian Calabrò design
Joshua Sherman executive-producer
Richard M. Sudhalter liner notes
Dennis Ferrante remastered by, digital remastering, technician, audio enhancement
Cynthia Sesso research, photo research
Van Webster technician, additional transfers from broadcast source material
Composers
Artie Shaw
Edward Eliscu
Gus Kahn
Vincent Youmans
Alberto Dominguez
Hoagy Carmichael
Mitchell Parish
Billy Higgins
W. Benton Overstreet
Paul Jordan
Buster Harding
DuBose Heyward
George & Ira Gershwin
Cole Porter
John Bartee
Manuel Rojas
Rodgers & Hart
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1NightmareArtie Shaw And His OrchestraArtie Shaw2:48
2Free WheelingArt Shaw And His New MusicArtie Shaw3:05
3Any Old TimeArtie Shaw And His OrchestraArtie Shaw3:09
4CariocaArtie Shaw And His OrchestraEdward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans4:04
5FrenesiArtie Shaw And His OrchestraAlberto Dominguez3:02
6Star DustArtie Shaw And His OrchestraHoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish3:29
7There'll Be Some Changes MadeArtie Shaw And His OrchestraBilly Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet4:17
8Two In One BluesArtie Shaw And His OrchestraPaul Jordan3:30
9Bedford DriveArtie Shaw And His OrchestraBuster Harding3:18
10SummertimeArtie Shaw And His OrchestraDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin4:59
11Begin The BeguineArtie Shaw And His OrchestraCole Porter3:15
12Afro-CubanaArtie Shaw And His OrchestraJohn Bartee, Manuel Rojas3:45
13Bewitched, Bothered And BewilderedArtie Shaw And His Gramercy FiveRodgers & Hart4:10
14ScuttlebuttArtie Shaw And His Gramercy FiveArtie Shaw6:14
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