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My Take
Artie Shaw is a figure I find genuinely fascinating, partly for the music and partly for the restlessness behind it. Widely called one of jazz's finest clarinetists, he led one of America's most popular big bands right through the late 1930s and early 40s, the absolute peak of the swing era. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and NEA Jazz Masters honor confirm what the records already tell you. What pulls me in, though, is that he was also a writer of fiction and non-fiction, a clarinetist who walked away from fame more than once. A virtuoso who kept questioning his own success feels rare and very human to me.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Artie Shaw
- Name (Japanese)
- アーティ・ショウ
- Reading
- あーてぃ・しょう
- Born
- May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- film actor / bandleader / composer / conductor / clarinetist
2. Background
- High school
- Hillhouse High School
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- NEA Jazz Masters
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.artieshaw.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6
Frequently asked questions
When was Artie Shaw born?
May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004.
Where is Artie Shaw from?
Artie Shaw is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Artie Shaw do?
Artie Shaw works as film actor, bandleader, composer, conductor, clarinetist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.