Artie Shaw
Author
Publisher
Sepia Records Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
None
Description
This 2-CD set collects, for the first time all together and in great sound, 47 of legendary clarinetist Artie Shaw's issued recordings for Decca, made between 1949 and 1955 which include with his big band, Gramercy 5, and as accompanist to vocalists. These recordings have never been available as a collection on CD before.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Cornetist/pianist/composer Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz₂s man who got away - the James Dean, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain of his day. Born in Davenport, Iowa into an upper-middle-class family, Beiderbecke became a legend even in his short lifetime, bringing amazing new energy and unprecedented maturity to the music and influencing generations of musicians. After a bout battling alcoholism, Bix died in Sunnyside, Queens on August...