Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - The Chronological Classics: 1936 (1995)

Tracklist 00:00 The Japanese Sandman 02:30 Thou Swell 05:41 I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time Artist: Artie STitle: The Chronological Classics: 1936 Year Of Release: 1995 Label: Classics [855] Genre: Jazz, Swing, Big Bandhaw & His Orchestra Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as “one of jazz’s finest clarinetists“, Shaw led one of the United States’ most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine.“ Before the release of “Beguine,“ Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist within short order. The record eventually became one of the era