Artie Shaw Orchestra

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big band

The Artie Shaw Orchestra was a prominent big band of the swing era led by clarinetist Artie Shaw, known for its sophisticated arrangements and hit recordings like "Begin the Beguine."

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Surface form Occurrences
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 2
Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big band ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Artie Shaw and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Benny Goodman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Miller Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork dance band music ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasInstrumentalFocus clarinet ⓘ
hasInstrumentalSection brass section ⓘ
reed section ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
hasMember Artie Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Billy Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buddy Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgie Auld NERFINISHED ⓘ
Helen Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mel Tormé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Conniff NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Mel-Tones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Pastor NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Benny Goodman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor innovative orchestrations ⓘ
sophisticated arrangements ⓘ
virtuosic clarinet solos by Artie Shaw ⓘ
leader Artie Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent achieved major hit with Begin the Beguine in 1938 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Back Bay Shuffle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Begin the Beguine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frenesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moonglow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stardust NERFINISHED ⓘ
Summit Ridge Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Traffic Jam NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf swing era ⓘ
recordedVersionOf Begin the Beguine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frenesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stardust NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dance-oriented swing ⓘ
use of strings in some arrangements ⓘ

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Artie Shaw → formedBand → Artie Shaw Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Artie Shaw → formedBand → Artie Shaw Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five
Blues in the Night → hasNotableRecordingBy → Artie Shaw Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Benny Goodman Orchestra → influenced → Artie Shaw Orchestra ⓘ
Roy Eldridge → memberOf → Artie Shaw Orchestra ⓘ