Pictures of
Artie Shaw

American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
(1910-2004)



The Artie Shaw orchestra's greatest songs included:

1938-39: "Any Old Time", "Rosalie", "Deep Purple", "Everything Is Jumpin'", "My Blue Heaven", "Begin the Beguine," "Nightmare", and "Diga Doo".

1940-42: "Star Dust," "Chantez-Les Bas," "Two in One Blues," "Nocturne," "Concerto for Clarinet (Parts 1 & 2)," "I Cover the Waterfront," and "To a Broadway Rose".

1944-45: "Summertime," "'S Wonderful," and "The Maid with the Flaccid Air".

Movie screenshot of Artie Shaw from the film, Second Chorus (1940).




Artie Shaw and his band playing "Everything's Jumping". Screenshot taken from the film, Second Chorus (1940)




Movie screenshot of Artie Shaw performing his "Concerto for Clarinet" in 1940.







Artie Shaw, ca 1947.

Photo: William P. Gottlieb.





Author: David Paul Wagner
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Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of performances of Artie Shaw.