Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw, the world famous clarinet-playing bandleader who became popular during the Swing Era, was immersed as a performer for 30 years. This musical biography, incorporate reviews and interview quotes, is a detailed account of Shaw's musical career and recorded output. The discography lists all known recordings and preferred issues of them.

Vladimir Simosko (M.L.S., Rutgers University) is Music Librarian at the University of Manitoba and former Curator of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. He is the author of a critically-acclaimed biography of Eric Dolphy (Smithsonian Institution Press) and Serge Chaloff (Scarecrow Press, 1998).