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Artie Shaw

アーティ・ショウ　/　あーてぃ・しょう

American film actor

May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
film actor
bandleader
composer

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.

Overview

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists," Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film actor / bandleader / composer / conductor / clarinetist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Hillhouse High School
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2004 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
NEA Jazz Masters

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

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

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