I love Jimmy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, but my favorite Big Band clarinetist is Artie Shaw. His solos are highly innovative and tasteful, and he had subtle and sophisticated mastery of the licorice stick.
absolutely love this recording, Artie is great, sax section is superb and the arrangement is top shelf. i listen it over and again and will never get tired of it
Great Pictures, especially The Whole Orchestra, with Tony Pastor (One Of, If Not, Artie's Best Friend(s) and his Right Hand Man in 38-39 Classic Orchestra). Thanks for all of the Memories, especially, since he was My Idol, playing Clarinet, the fact My Tone And Style are Exactly Like His, and more than anything, he died on My Birthday.
Sinatra sings this with lovely touches.It really is a nice song with a slow melodic run up to the final crescendo.It never seems to get the accolades of great songs like "here's that rainy day" or "Don't worry 'bout me" yet in Francis Albert's hands it is just as wonderful.I find anything to do with Artie Shaw 's life is so interesting as he was a most complex,and talented man.
@@andyhowlett2231 True, but its arrangement is in a more forward looking, almost cool, vein than what is generally considered to constitute the high point of the swing era.
He probably literally was one, IQ 150+. Source: I are one. He went from music to competitive shooting, me, I went from competitive shooting to music. What a time to be alive.
Roberto, are you sure of that.The date of the album,underneath the video,says 1950,so if it is not Artie,who is the clarinet player.I think in 1950 Artie was still playing but didn't he retire for good (from playing) in 1954.Any info would be interesting.
@@djangorheinhardt: Reviewing bibliography, what you say is true and I was in error (and quite fat). Shaw definitely leaves his orchestra in 1954 playing himself "because he couldn't do it with the skill he used to do". The reorganization of another of his orchestras was in 1981, but he never played. In his place the role was played by Dick Johnson (1925-2010), who played clarinet and alto saxophone. I apologize for the error. Thank you!!!
@@djangorheinhardt This is definitely Artie Shaw, just from 1950. The confusion is that this same arrangement was also played by the band when Artie was directing it decades later, and you might be able to find that on TH-cam as well... just not quite the same clarinet playing.
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After all these years it is still perfection marvellous I'm 82 and still listening thank god
It shows how damn good this is when we’re still listening eighty years on.
I was thinking the same. and I grew-up in the 80's on El Debarge, and Michael Jackson.
agreed.
Fantastic in a word!!! Artie Shaw played the smoothest clarinet by far. Always loved his smooth sound. Just great, great music. Pure joy!!!
Listen & cry. It is just so beautiful. Thank you Artie.
Pure magic what a talent comes a long once in a lifetime
I love Jimmy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, but my favorite Big Band clarinetist is Artie Shaw. His solos are highly innovative and tasteful, and he had subtle and sophisticated mastery of the licorice stick.
Artie's arrangements and performance were on a whole other level.
Wish we an Artie around right now he invented the clarinet glad I was around too appreciate his talent
What marvelous sound! I love that era!
absolutely love this recording, Artie is great, sax section is superb and the arrangement is top shelf. i listen it over and again and will never get tired of it
I feel the same way about Begin the Beguine.
Great Pictures, especially The Whole Orchestra, with Tony Pastor (One Of, If Not, Artie's Best Friend(s) and his Right Hand Man in 38-39 Classic Orchestra). Thanks for all of the Memories, especially, since he was My Idol, playing Clarinet, the fact My Tone And Style are Exactly Like His, and more than anything, he died on My Birthday.
Classic song and brilliant rendition.
Truly great, classic song from Rodgers and Hart that shows the Shaw band swinging it gently - just beautiful!
Such a talented man--I love seeing all the pictures, too!😊⛪
He played series of notes like no other.
Oh yes...
Fab, my Mum Dad use to dance to this
Lovely
We love his band and “music’s”
beautiful sounds
Beautiful! beautiful This song remembers me, the film The English Patient.
Beautiful!
Sinatra sings this with lovely touches.It really is a nice song with a slow melodic run up to the final crescendo.It never seems to get the accolades of great songs like "here's that rainy day" or "Don't worry 'bout me" yet in Francis Albert's hands it is just as wonderful.I find anything to do with Artie Shaw 's life is so interesting as he was a most complex,and talented man.
Love to listen to this masterpiece
He played that licorice stick like no other. I feel honored that I listened to one of his last interviews on KFI one sleepless night.
Semplicemente FANTASTICO
I was born in the wrong generation. This is fabulous!! thanks for posting...…….
Me too!
Me too.. meow 😺 🥁🎼🤩🐈🍷🤪
The swing era was the peak of the music developement.
I agree with you 100%!
Yes. The talent, the understanding of melody and the appeal of a careful arrangement. Sheer beauty.
This was recorded some time after the swing era was over.....
@@basilpeewit3350 It may have been recorded later, but it's still swing and it was written in 1937.
@@andyhowlett2231 True, but its arrangement is in a more forward looking, almost cool, vein than what is generally considered to constitute the high point of the swing era.
love !!!! Again or Again !!! ❤️❤️
One word ,class
Love it. Thanks
SUPERB.....
why don't they play great music like this any more ? patty&timmy dancning to this in 1954 ! tenderly
Hear this and you may be happy
Remember Dion and the Belmonts version. This is beautiful
Shaw was such a genius!
He probably literally was one, IQ 150+. Source: I are one. He went from music to competitive shooting, me, I went from competitive shooting to music. What a time to be alive.
THE WONDERFULL ERA OF GOOD JAZZ..
UNHAPLLY I DID NOT LIVE IN THIS TIME.
戦時中こんな素晴らしい音楽演奏してた国と戦争しても勝つ訳ないよ。
懐かしいメロディー、子供のころ進駐軍放送で流れてました。
Dean Martin loved to sing this classic, AND George Michael covered it. A long, long, long way from the original version in Babes in Arms.
Beautiful music for Foxtrot Dance (F)
Hi Dad, hi Mum! Still dancing? Ancora a ballare :-)
Арти шоу это что то как выразить? Как сказать? И что сказать? Вообщем любители алиссики должны меня понять -----
唯一言素晴らしい！
The only recording of the song by Shaw was in sept.1950. .this one seems very modern...
The orchestra is conducted by Artie but he didn't play... I think this is about the '70's o later
Roberto, are you sure of that.The date of the album,underneath the video,says 1950,so if it is not Artie,who is the clarinet player.I think in 1950 Artie was still playing but didn't he retire for good (from playing) in 1954.Any info would be interesting.
@@djangorheinhardt: Reviewing bibliography, what you say is true and I was in error (and quite fat). Shaw definitely leaves his orchestra in 1954 playing himself "because he couldn't do it with the skill he used to do".
The reorganization of another of his orchestras was in 1981, but he never played. In his place the role was played by Dick Johnson (1925-2010), who played clarinet and alto saxophone.
I apologize for the error. Thank you!!!
@@djangorheinhardt This is definitely Artie Shaw, just from 1950. The confusion is that this same arrangement was also played by the band when Artie was directing it decades later, and you might be able to find that on TH-cam as well... just not quite the same clarinet playing.
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I'm not saying it's like passing to me The Baton, but, who knows God's Plan.