Carrie
12-31-2004, 12:32 PM
E!Online (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15614,00.html)
December 31, 2004
by Bridget Byrne
Artie Shaw, jazz clarinetist, swing-era bandleader and husband of numerous famous beauties, including Ava Gardner and Lana Turner, has died. He was 94.
Shaw had reportedly been in declining health for some time and passed away Thursday at his home outside Los Angeles, apparently of natural causes.
A self-confessed perfectionist, both professionally and personally, Shaw's band's recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" topped the charts for six weeks in 1938. His liquid sound made him a rival to the day's other clarinet virtuoso, Benny Goodman, for the title "King of Swing," and his group one of the most popular of the Big Band era.
Full story (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15614,00.html)
December 31, 2004
by Bridget Byrne
Artie Shaw, jazz clarinetist, swing-era bandleader and husband of numerous famous beauties, including Ava Gardner and Lana Turner, has died. He was 94.
Shaw had reportedly been in declining health for some time and passed away Thursday at his home outside Los Angeles, apparently of natural causes.
A self-confessed perfectionist, both professionally and personally, Shaw's band's recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" topped the charts for six weeks in 1938. His liquid sound made him a rival to the day's other clarinet virtuoso, Benny Goodman, for the title "King of Swing," and his group one of the most popular of the Big Band era.
Full story (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15614,00.html)