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Artie Shaw |
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Name: Artie Shaw
| Nee: |
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky |
| Born: |
23 May 1910 |
| Origin: |
New York City, New York, United States |
| Instruments: |
Clarinet |
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| Artie Shaw was born in New York and began learning the
saxophone when he was 15 and by age 16 he began to tour with a band. He returned to New York City and became a session musician. During the Swing Era, his big band was very popular with hits like 'Begin the Beguine'.
During WWII he enlisted in the U.S. Navy (along with his entire band) and served with them in the Pacific theater (similar to Glenn Miller's wartime band in Europe). He spent approximately 18 months playing for navy personnel, sometimes as many as four shows a day. He received a medical discharge. |
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