The Essential Artie Shaw

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 2
Released: August 16, 2005
Originally Released: 2005
Label: RCA

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Begin The Beguine
2.Special Delivery Stomp
3.Non Stop Flight
4.Deep Purple
5.Oh, Lady Be Good
6.Scuttlebutt
7.Shoot The Likker To Me, Johnny Boy
8.St. James Infirmary Blues Pts. 1 & 2
9.Georgia On My Mind
10.April In Paris
11.Any Old Time
12.All The Things You Are
13.Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
14.Back Bay Shuffle
15.(When Your Heart's On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
16.Tabu
17.Blues In The Night
18.Concerto For Clarinet Pts. 1 & 2

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Frenesi
2.Artie Shaw & His OrchestraSummit Ridge Drive
3.Take Your Shoes Off, Baby
4.It Had To Be You
5.Don't Take Your Love From Me
6.Indian Love Call
7.Dancing In The Dark
8.Deep In A Dream
9.I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
10.Star Dust
11.Room With A View
12.Temptation
13.Streamline
14.Traffic Jam
15.What Is This Thing Called Love?
16.Yesterdays
17.You're A Lucky Guy
18.Alone Together
19.These Foolish Things
20.Nightmare

Product Description:

Personnel: Artie Shaw (clarinet); Artie Shaw; Tony Pastor (vocals, tenor saxophone); Tony Gottuso, Jimmy Shirley (guitar); Jerry Jerome, Dick Clark (tenor saxophone); Johnny Best (trumpet); Jack Jenney, Vernon Brown (trombone); Bob Kitsis (piano); George Wettling, Nick Fatool (drums); Hot Lips Page (vocals, trumpet); Helen Forrest, Lena Horne, Leo Watson, Billie Holiday (vocals); Al Hendrickson (guitar, electric guitar); Barney Kessel (guitar); Harry Bluestone (violin); Les Robinson (alto saxophone); Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone); Manny Klein, Henry "Red" Allen, Max Kaminsky, Roy Eldridge, Billy Butterfield (trumpet); George Arus, Ray Conniff (trombone); Johnny Guarnieri (piano, harpsichord); Dodo Marmarosa, Skitch Henderson, Les Burness (piano); Buddy Rich (drums).

Liner Note Author: Lloyd Rauch.

Recording information: Chicago, IL (12/23/1936-08/02/1953); Hollywood, CA (12/23/1936-08/02/1953); New York, NY (12/23/1936-08/02/1953).

Arrangers: Artie Shaw; Jerry Gray; Lennie Hayton; William Grant Still .

ESSENTIAL is an appropriate title for this double-disc collection of Artie Shaw's music. The temperamental, progressive bandleader and clarinetist was one of the top figures in swing, and his arrangements and recordings of classic songs (Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine," for example) are definitive documents of the era. Shaw's own prowess as an instrumentalist, and his innovative techniques--his use of exotic melodies ("Frenesi") and orchestral strings ("Temptation"), for instance--further heighten his appeal. All of these qualities and more are represented on this comprehensive, superbly compiled set.