Clef records founded 1946 1946 founder norman granz status defunct genre jazz country of origin u. But after artie finished his service in the navy, he revived the gramercy five in name, at least, in 1944. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we. A surprisingly wonderful album from artie shaw one that takes his older groove and nicely strips it down for the 50s, and which features some especially great guitar work from tal farlow. Benny goodman had his trio and quartet, tommy dorsey had the clambake seven, and count basie made recordings with just his rhythm section. Artie shaw clarinet, hank jones piano, joe puma guitar, tommy potter bass, irv kluger drums. Artie shaw was an american clarinetist, composer, bandleader and actor. But artie shaw and his gramercy five stands as the most original and fascinating of these bands. Artie shaw and his gramercy five summit ridge drive. Artie shaw and his gramercy five artie shaw and his gramercy five a1. Complete gramercy 5 sessions, an album by artie shaw on spotify. Artie shaw and his gramercy 5, hip to the harpischord. In contrast, artie shaw recorded relatively few sides with his gramercy five. Their studio output comprised a variety of musical styles inside of the swing genre, including ballads, band chants, dance instrumentals, novelty tracks, songs adapted from motion pictures, and, as the second world war approached, patriotic music.
The story of americas music, star dust temptation, and indian love call begin the beguine. Their eight recordings include my blue heaven, smoke gets in your eyes, and a millionseller, summit. Also an author, shaw wrote both fiction and nonfiction. Notebook writings include tune lists for the gramercy 5, quotations, story ideas, and philosophical and political ideas. His original unit from 1940 found the great pianist johnny guarnieri playing harpsichord exclusively and matched shaw s clarinet with trumpeter billy butterfield. Photographs include artie shaw as a child, his son jonathan, and his united states navy band the rangers. While never together as long as goodmans similarly popular small combos, the gramercy five was held in such esteem that any of shaw s small group recordings tend to be passed off as gramercy five performances. John carleton digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Artie shaw and his gramercy five discography usa 45cat. Complete gramercy 5 sessions by artie shaw on spotify. Arthur jacob arshawsky birth name, art shaw, art shaw and his orchestra, art shaw and his new music, artie shaw and his orchestra. Between 1938 and 1944, glenn miller and his orchestra released 266 singles on the monaural teninch shellac 78 rpm format. Artie shaw, in the autumn of 1940, would make that oddsounding concept a realityand produce one of his most enduring hits, a masterpiece of smallcombo jazz, summit ridge drive. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account.
Their eight recordings include my blue heaven, smoke gets in your eyes, and a millionseller, summit ridge drive. John carletondigitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Band pianist johnny guarnieri played harpsichord on the quintet recordings, and al hendrickson played electric guitar. Check out begin the beguine the bluebird recordings in chronological order, vol. The original gramercy five made eight records in 1940, giving up his. Verve 60th anniversary rare albums shmcd reissue series. He named it the gramercy five after his home telephone exchange. Artie shaw and his gramercy five, artie shaw and his gramercy 5, artie shaw s gramercy five, artie shaw e i suoi gramercy five. There is also a script for a television interview with artie shaw. When your hearts on fire smoke gets in your eyes b2. The original gramercy five made eight records in 1940, giving up his band in early 1941. Subsequent reissue action involving the shaw discography has also extended something, that being the life of the gramercy five itself. Artie shaw orchestra musical group search artie shaw orchestra on recordings are available for online listening. Trumpeter roy eldridge became part of the group, succeeding billy butterfield.
The first, which comprises tracks 18 of this cd, was formed in 1940 from members of shaw s current, massive orchestra this is. Play one his later recording, not one of the tunes that he is not associated with like the shekomeko shuffle, for a swing fan and there is a. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. The complete gramercy five sessions artie shaw songs. Artie shaw born may 23, 1910, new york city, new york, usa died december 30, 2004, thousand oaks, california, usa was an american clarinetist and bandleader. Artie shaw and his gramercy five artie shaw and his. Artie shaw and his gramercy five hop skip and jump duration. Artie shaw, the jazz clarinetist and bigband leader who successfully challenged benny goodmans reign as the king of swing with his recordings of begin the beguine, lady be good and star. Artie changed and when you listen to the first and last gramercy five recordings you could be listening to a different musician. Artie shaw and his gramercy five summit ridge drive artie shaw and his gramercy five, include the new gramercy five sessions, recorded 19401954 living era cd ajs 2007 74. His first public appearance leading his own band was in his native new york city on the 24th of may, 1936 and he became one of the biggest names in jazz and popular music during the.
Login or create account my page collection wishlist messages. Married to lana turner 1940, ava gardner 194546, doris dowling 195256, evelyn keyes 195785 also known as. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from artie shaw. His original unit from 1940 found the great pianist johnny guarnieri playing harpsichord exclusively and matched shaws clarinet with trumpeter billy butterfield. Artie shaw and his gramercy five my blue heaven youtube. Bop, cool cd artie shaw and his gramercy five i can.