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Author: wjk
Date: 2004-08-26 07:22
I invested in the 5 CD set "Portrait" by Artie Shaw--I am speechless at his greatness. The liner notes by him are very interesting--he did not select many of his "greatest hits."
Where can I find sheet music/transcriptions of his solos?
Thanks
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-26 13:49
wjk,
The Artie Shaw Clarinet Method book, which is no longer in print unfortunately, includes about a half dozen transcriptions of his solos with pianio accompaniment if you get the right edition (I have four of these and one of them was published without the transcriptions).
The music for the Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto music for clarinet and piano accompaniment is readily available from music publishers.
The Artie Shaw biography written by Vladimir Simosko is very interesting too.
Regards,
Hans
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Author: jmsa
Date: 2004-08-26 14:16
While on the subject of Artie Shaw I just had to add how hard it is to understand how someone that played so amazingly great could just quit in his prime.
jmsa
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-08-26 14:23
Personally I don't know the facts about why he dropped out but certainly we've heard how difficult "life on the road" is. Multiple marriages and divorces don't help one's outlook on life either. A hectic lifestyle can become a bit "much", don't you think?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-08-26 14:36
Attachment: Artie Shaw p1.JPG (124k)
Attachment: Artie Shaw p2.JPG (167k)
Here is the (hard to find) article on Artie Shaw from the Smithsonian.
Who would have known that he used a plastic reed on his famous recording of Stardust? ...GBK
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-26 16:06
Artie played for close to 30 years. I can understand how this could get boring.
Add to that crazed fans overturning his car with him in it, fans (?) making obscene remarks to him about Lana Turner, fans scratching his face and ripping his clothes off, fans smashing into his clarinet while dancing on stage, persecution by the McCarthy anti-communism movement, music industry conflict, and losing the hearing in one ear from being bombed in WW II. IMO that would be enough for most people to want to quit.
I wish I could have heard him play live though.....
Post Edited (2005-08-29 18:23)
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Author: sbbishop
Date: 2004-08-26 16:36
Glenn,
Thank you for the links to the articles on Artie Shaw. Very interesting reading.
Stephen
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Author: wjk
Date: 2004-08-26 17:16
Artie Shaw's book "The Trouble with Cinderella" is also fascinating reading.
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Author: FrankM
Date: 2004-08-29 02:24
GBK....Thanks for the two articles on Artie Shaw.....in the one article he mentions being very proud of his last recordfing session which wasn't released until 1986.....does anyone know the titles of those sessions? Most of the things I've browsed through look like big band stuff from the war years... Thanks.
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Author: wjk
Date: 2004-08-29 14:31
Of all the Artie Shaw recordings I've listened to, I'm most impressed with the 5 CD set "Portrait." Artie selected the tunes, and he provides written commentary. A very worthwhile investment.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-08-29 14:53
Please add my TKS [for this thread and the info here] also, having been a fan/admirer for many years of his playing AND his selection of musicians to play such a wide variety of charts so well. I treasure my 3 33's of his, and continue to look at estate sales, hopefully to find more! For those who may have wondered at my silence, for the past 3 weeks, 'twas due to an old heart, hospital "visitations", a 4 bypass job, and a couple weeks of recuperation. Doing very well, some modification of activities, TK you. Glad to be back here. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-29 15:38
Don, We are very glad to have you back.
Below, from the discography in the biography entitled "Artie Shaw" by Vladimir Simosko:
Artie Shaw and his Gramercy 5, 1953-54
Early December 1953
Besame Mucho
That Old Feeling
Tenderly
Stop and Go Mambo
Sunny Side Up
Imagination
late February - early March 1954
The Sad Sack
I've Got A Crush on You
Sequence in B-flat (The Chaser)
Tenderly
When the Quail Come Back to San Quentin
Sunny Side Up
Autumn Leaves
Pied Piper Theme
Dancing in the Dark
That Old Feeling
Someone to Watch Over Me
Stop and Go Mambo
Besame Mucho
Love of My Life
Grabtown Grapple
I Can't Get Started
Lugubrious
Imagination
Crumbum (as Mysterioso)
Begin the Beguine
Don't Take Your Love from Me
Cross Your Heart
Back Bay Shuffle
How High the Moon
Star Dust
Summit Ridge Drive
Scuttlebut
Frenesi
June 1954
Rough Ridin'
My Funny Valentine
Dancing on the Ceiling
Too Marvelous
Yesterdays
S'posin'
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
September Song
Shaw is quoted as saying that considerable material from these sessions has not been issued and that the last quintet disbanded in early July 1954. He then toured briefly with a pickup group in late July and stopped performing on clarinet permanently.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-08-29 16:16
20 of the tracks that Hans has listed above (13 from the Feb/Mar 1954 NYC sessions and 7 from the June 1954 Hollywood sessions) have been released in a 2 CD set from Musical Jazz Heritage (part of the Musical Heritage Society) #523018W ...GBK
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-29 19:51
I was short of time to write earlier, but here is some more information on the last Gramercy 5 recordings listed above (with the same reference as my previous post) for those interested in the details:
Personnel
Dec., 1953 and late February - early March, 1954:
Artie Shaw (cl), Joe Roland (vibes), Hank Jones (p), Tal Farlow (g), Tommy Potter (b), Irv Kluger (d)
June, 1954
Artie Shaw (cl), Hank Jones (p), Joe Puma (g), Tommy Potter (b), Irv Kluger (d)
Gramercy 5 was a New York telephone exchange, hence the number "5", which did not refer to the size of the group . The size of the group with this name ranged over the years from quintets to septets.
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Author: Rivers
Date: 2004-08-29 21:29
I have a CD with 15 cuts titled "Artie Shaw_The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions (BlueBird 7637-2-RB)
1. Special Delivery Stomp
2. Summit Ridge Drive
3. Keeping Myself for You
4. Cross your Heart
5. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
6. When the Quail Come Back to San Quentin
7. My Blue Heaven
8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
9. The Grabtown Grapple
10. The Sad Sack
11. Scuttlebutt
12. The Gentle Grifter
13. Mysterioso (take 1)
14. Mysterioso (take 2)
15. Hop, Skip and Jump
The liner notes say the recordings were made Sept 1940, Dec 1940, Jan 1945, Jul 1945 and Aug 1945
Seems to be earlier than 1953 et al.....
I am not an Artie Shaw expert by any means...just curious why these are labeled Gramercy 5 and recordered earlier that 1950.
Rivers
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-30 01:03
Rivers,
From Vladimir Simosko's biography "Artie Shaw" cited above, the Gramercy 5 groups included:
1940-1941 version
1945 version
1949 version
1950 version
1953-1954 version
The first Gramercy 5 record date was Sept. 3 1940.
The biography describes the 1945 Gramercy 5 records as "among the best of Shaw's career".
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Hans
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Author: wjk
Date: 2004-08-30 03:49
Another pleasure of the later Shaw recordings---the incredible guitar of Tal Farlow and Joe Puma. Mosaic has a new CD set of Tal Farlow recordings---check him out if you are not familiar with him.
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Author: ken
Date: 2004-08-30 04:02
To partially answer WJK's question, a particular place Shaw unpublished pro and home-spun arrangements live are the library shelves of college and military bands (however, mostly medleys). There are some darn good ones out there I can attest to (I've written a few myself) but very few note-for-note, and complete lifts of lesser known charts.
Similar to the Parker Omni Book (and others) the real cool project would be a solo compilation-transcription of all his solos ... I've written out a few, and they are just as COOL on paper. But, I've definitely thought for years (like probably 15,000 other Shaw enthusiasts) of scribbling out as many of his solos and keeping them in a personal reference binder. I've seen and heard of a partial book of his solos out there but can't recall the title(s). v/r Ken
Unrelated: Oh goodness, TV news just announced singer Laura Brannigan died today (Hit: "Gloria"); she was only 47, something about a brain aneurism...
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-08-30 04:15
ken wrote:
> Unrelated: Oh goodness, TV news just announced singer Laura
> Brannigan died today (Hit: "Gloria"); she was only 47,
> something about a brain aneurism...
Sadly, she died on Thursday at her home. She lived about 10 minutes away from us and my wife (who is an ambulance volunteer) heard the ambulance call on radio...GBK
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