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Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet - His Life and Times (Paperback)
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Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet - His Life and Times (Paperback)
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Loot Price R428
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During America's Swing Era, no musician was more successful or
controversial than Artie Shaw: the charismatic and opinionated
clarinetist-bandleader whose dozens of hits became anthems for "the
greatest generation." But some of his most beautiful recordings
were not issued until decades after he'd left the scene. He broke
racial barriers by hiring African American musicians. His frequent
"retirements" earned him a reputation as the Hamlet of jazz. And he
quit playing for good at the height of his powers. The handsome
Shaw had seven wives (including Lana Turner and Ava Gardner).
Inveterate reader and author of three books, he befriended the
best-known writers of his time. Tom Nolan, who interviewed Shaw
between 1990 and his death in 2004 and spoke with one hundred of
his colleagues and contemporaries, captures Shaw and his era with
candor and sympathy, bringing the master to vivid life and
restoring him to his rightful place in jazz history. Originally
published in hardcover under the title Three Chords for Beauty's
Sake.
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