Artie Shaw - The Very Best of Artie Shaw
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Artist: Artie ShawEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2011-03-30
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Any Old Time
- Rosalie
- Deep Purple
- Everything Is Jumpin'
- Summertime
- Star Dust
- Chantez-les Bas
- My Blue Heaven
- Two In One Blues
- Nocturne
- 'S Wonderful
- Concerto For Clarinet (Parts 1 & 2)
- Begin The Beguine
- I Cover The Waterfront
- To A Broadway Rose
- Nightmare
- The Maid With The Flaccid Air
- Diga Diga Doo
Music reviews of The Very Best of Artie Shaw
Music Review: Artie Shaw by Artie Shaw
Rating: 5 Stars
This wonderful CD entitled The Very Best Of Artie Shaw contains 18 great hits hand picked by Shaw himself. Shaw was a prolific recording artist with a crew that could swing like no other! This CD proves it.
The CD opens with "Any Old Time" featuring Billie Holiday singing with Artie Shaw on clarinet with his crew knocking 'em dead! This beautiful ballad starts the track set with strength and it holds your attention well. "Rosalie" follows "Any Old Time;" this song has Tony Pastor doing the vocals and the melody is every bit as classic as the one for "Any Old Time." It REALLY swings and you are bound to enjoy this if this is your kind of music! Awesome! Moreover, "Deep Purple" is sung flawlessly by the great Helen Forrest as Artie and His Orchestra provide a marvelous musical arrangement.
Other gems on this CD include the classic standard called "Star Dust" by Carmichael and Parish; Artie's horns and strings do a lot to enhance the beauty of this number as they perform a sensitive yet strong musical arrangement. "My Blue Heaven" gives us another instrumental track recorded at The Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City in 1939; and this number shines like a golden nugget in the brightest light ever! "'S Wonderful" gets the royal treatment with Artie once again on clarinet and Roy Eldridge on trumpet. The sound quality on this track is particularly good, too.
I also like this CD because there are three tracks recorded and broadcast live from The Hotel Pennsylvania in New York: "Everything Is Jumpin';" "My Blue Heaven" and "Diga Diga Doo." These tracks give us a certain spontaneity and zest that you don't always hear in a recording made in a studio.
"Begin The Beguine" is yet another classic instrumental penned by Cole Porter; and Artie Shaw and His Orchestra do a wonderful job of delivering this number.
The CD ends with the very upbeat "Diga Diga Doo;" this number will make you want to jump up and dance anywhere you happen to be! Dave Barbour is on the guitar but the horns carry the bulk of this melody.
The liner notes include all the song credits and Loren Schoenberg contributes an extensive, informative essay about Artie's career and personal life. The art work is very good; but on several of the tracks there is some surface noise. I had hoped not to suffer from any surface noise on a CD in this day and age; the remastering job was not well done. Therefore I must take off a star to make this a four star review.
Artie Shaw remains one of the greatest talents of the entire 20th century. His artistry can never be truly forgotten. I highly recommend this CD for Artie Shaw fans and fans of classic swing music. People who enjoy classic pop vocals will also enjoy the tracks that feature Billie Holiday, Tony Pastor and Helen Forrest.
Enjoy! Great work, everyone!!!
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