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Shaw began playing in high school and turned professional in 1925. These see far less use than the other stalwarts of the pedagogical genre uhl, cavallini, jean. Artie shaw was reluctant to talk about clarinet technique, and throughout the long course of his musical retirement, tended to stress an indifference to the clarinet itself. The focus of the disc is mainly instrumentals, both in smallgroup and orchestral settings, with a few tracks spotlighting the vocals of helen forrest, hot lips page, tony pastor, and billie holiday.
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Some of these licks are from benny goodman, artie shaw, and eddie daniels. That recording was made in the early months of shaws conventional swing bands existence. Alfred musicartie shaws jazz technic, book 1 scales. He was one of the few outstanding jazz musicians whose commitment to jazz was uncertain. Dont skip this one just because artie shaw dates back to the big band era.
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