For more than a year now, the Selmer clarinet Artie Shaw played on his classic 1938 recording of "Begin the Beguine" has been preserved in the National Museum of American History, a gift made when ...

Artie Shaw, the brilliant clarinetist and bandleader who epitomized the Big Band era with hits such as "Begin the Beguine" and "Stardust" before abandoning the music world for writing and other… By ...

There's something chilling about the Artie Shaw story. The Garbo of jazz, Shaw walked away from his career at the peak of his talent, never playing his clarinet in public again or producing new music ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of “Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at his home. He was 94. Shaw had been in declining ...

Theme (Nightmare); Tabu; Little Jazz; Summit Ridge Drive; Lucky Number; Begin The Beguine; Theme (Nightmare); My Heart Stood Still; On The Atcheson, Topeka And The Santa Fe; Scuttlebutt; Gotta Be This ...

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. side 1: Frensi; side 2: Begin the Beguine (Victor 27546). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1938. Side 2 was recorded in 1940. Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 2 ...

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. side 1: Indian Love Call; side 2: Begin the Beguiune (Bluebird B-7746). 78 rpm. Originally recorded and released in 1938. This recording was re-repressed and released in ...