Artie Shaw - Greatest Hits [HQ Audio]

Tracklist:
01 Stardust 00:00
02 Moonglow 03:22
03 Nightmare 06:32
04 Blues 08:57
05 Scuttlebutt 11:27
06 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 14:34:
07 La Paloma 17:41
08 A Room With A View 20:46
09 Blues In The Night 24:10
10 A Foggy Day 27:19
11 Ziguener 30:28
12 Rosalie 39:52
13 Temptation 42:30
14 The Man I Love 45:27
15 Cream Puff 48:32
16 I Can't Get Started 51:18
17 My Heart Stood Still 54:35
18 What Is There To Say 57:16 Subscribe bit.ly/2mictQ3

[@jerrymcintyre8253]

Jerry McIntyre ........age '90'. I am so glad to know there is a '45' or old who found this music Delightful. My friends and I grew up dancing to Artie Shaw, Harry James, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dodrsey, etc.,etc. Most people who are only forty five have never even HEARD of these great band leaders. I hope it catches on. How nice it would be if the great Swing Bands could make a come back.

[@bking12762]

My Dad in law is 90 also and we love listening to big bands. He is from Iowa and loves to tell stories of seeing big bands in the 40s and 50s.

[@sadie4538]

My sisters and I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and later in Mexico. We loved to listen to "The Swingin' Years" with Chuck Cecil (sp?). Two of my mom's brothers were professional musicians who played saxophones in the 30s and 40s in Mexico City. I guess we must've inherited the appreciation from them. So glad we did. This music is tops!

[@user-lm8fx6kc1b]

I'm 55 and I listen and love it

[@ChildrenOfTheVibe]

29

[@prestonsmith9450]

My gal is in her 20s and will always tell me how Stardust is one of her favorite songs whenever it comes on.

[@glenandrews2839]

I am 64, born in '59. I grew up in 60s and 70s rock n roll @ country. This was my dads and grandmothers music. I have always loved the old jazz of the "big bands". My son, 36 yrs old now, was a drummer for a little band in the 90s. I also hope this music gets revived. Be a shame for the world to forget and lose such talent!!❤😊

[@Kairos318]

Had the pleasure of seeing Artie Shaw perform at the Hollywood Bowl in the 1980s. I was in college at the time and convinced a couple of friends to go, and they loved it. We were the youngest in the audience by many years, but had a blast - and the folks around us were surprised to see guys our age there. Good memory.

[@henaretaare8576]

I love Artie shaw and Billie Holiday

[@bohemem2798]

la musique n'a pas d'âge !! bravo !

[@mandiphillips1402]

Actually, Artie never played again in public after 1954, but he did start up a new “Artie Shaw Orchestra” in 1983, featuring a guy named Dick Johnson on clarinet. Must’ve been who you saw.. even tho it wasn’t Artie himself, it was still his music! As far as I kno this band is still playing, but has a new clarinetist by the name of Matt Koza. :))

[@kfl611]

When I was young, in the early 1980s, Benny Goodman was playing at the theatre by my house, I wanted to go so badly but had absolutely no money, and some how forgot he was playing. I never got to see him. I should have borrowed the money and gone, it would have been a once in a lifetime event. Oh well, live and learn. My mom worked in a night club in the early 1950's and she said Harry James used to play, she said once they closed up, everyone had a lot of fun, listening to them playing adhoc..........My mom found that night club a little too racy after a while and moved on........Good thing she did as she met my dad in another nightclub.........ha ha ha......

[@warrenchambers4819]

@@kfl611 loved how you ended that made me laugh.

[@johntidwell813]

Can't beat Shaw. He's one of the greatest. I'm 92 and I've heard all of them.

[@tedjones4615]

Very true John

[@jimmusgrove9307]

7 months later, I hope you're still here - kicked back with a glass of brandy & listening to great music.

[@artdecotimes2942]

First car/ automobile if I may ask Mr Tidwell?

[@davidmaslow399]

I hear You John!

[@sapereaude3748]

This is about our moms and dads. My dad played clarinet for a military band in 1944 and then got shipped out to the Pacific. He was at the landing of Okinawa where he experienced brutal fighting and was lucky to escape with hearing loss in one ear and chronic athlete's foot. Fighting northward on the island took it out of him and the other guys. However, when it was over, they settled in. He became an MP and in his off hours, he and the guys listened to Artie Shaw and all the big band music the military could send their way. My dad died at 90 in 2015... his clarinet and Artie Shaw were not far from where night finally closed in for the last time.

[@grant1352]

Thanks for sharing, I really appreciate the sacrifice your Dad made fighting for our freedoms best wishes for 2021 From Grant Melbourne Australia

[@raulbarraza403]

@@grant1352 fighting for freedom jajajaja nice joke

[@iriscoffey4985]

How lovely the way you speak of him you might like to know I am writing about my parent's romance and my mom's career in the Navy

[@sapereaude3748]

@@iriscoffey4985 .. an irresistible subject, the Navy and men and women. Be certain to publish it.

[@davehildebrand6960]

My Father was bitten by a mosquito while on guard duty down in the Phillippines and caught malaria -- he ended up in the infirmary just before the invasion of Correggidor -- had that not happened, I probably wouldn't have happened either.

[@jerryallen6230]

Big band lives forever… what a sound!

[@pondgazer1]

So grateful to my dad (born in 1928) who loved Artie Shaw and passed on that love to me. Music of today just doesn't compare; thank goodness they were able to record in back then. Thank you for posting.

[@invitada7212]

Great music. My Dad passed on that love to me. Good music.

[@aidennewell4034]

Hello Deborah, How are you doing?

[@leturlupin1437]

En France je ne pense pas que les gens sauf quelques initiés le connaissaient je le découvre depuis un certain temps c'est formidable, lorsque j'étais enfant, j'ai connu ce genre de grandes formations, je n'aimais pas trop, trop de bruit, trop de musicien. Je suis capable de traduire ce que vous dites, mais je ne peux plus écrire en anglais, il est vrai que j'ai plus de 80 ans

[@alive.off-grid]

I remember this music from when I was young. My mother and father used to play this through the house on the weekends. I come in from the barn and I would hear the sweet Sound of the cornet the trombone the brass. The sound of real music.

[@wernerkuntzsch9468]

son trop faible

[@kfl611]

Truly timeless !

[@donalddenton8135]

When the world is aflame with civil unrest, these songs soothe the soul

[@davids7627]

Well the world is nowhere near as aflame as it was during WWII when Artie Shaw released many of these wonderful tunes. People really did need something to soothe them then.

[@donalddenton8135]

@@davids7627 For sure...and we had people who understood the real challenges that lay before them. Nowadays we have mostly entitled wimps who have never gotten a "B" in their life and who have never had to work hard for meager results. Performers had real talent.

[@spacewaves94]

Flames still cookin, record still spinnin’

[@robertgardner1498]

Soothe nothing... the very elixir of life.... who could breather without the very air that is Goodman & Shaw? The REmakes of the music of this time don't have near the spirit, the timber of a soul that the originals had. Please... bring it back so we can all feel again.

[@nitapodayko7442]

@@davids7627 aaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[@howardsmith341]

As a 88 Year old Fan, it still sends Shivers up my Spine. Fantastic Music, all of the "Big Bands".

[@wilsdomain]

Yes, sir! Big Band music is... TIMELESS! Please continue listening to Fantastic Music, my fellow Big Band music lover.🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ammtimes]

Kitty Lez

[@ammtimes]

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[@gondadebest1046]

Tbietgïlyecsþtur@@wilsdomain

[@petermaxmueller2114]

I learned about big bands in an "old guy" tavern in my neighborhood. It was the mid 1970's and I was in my 20's. They tolerated me because I was a veteran and adopted me as a kind of pet hippie. They even accepted me smoking in the parking lot in the back of the building. Owner was a Russian immigrant who appreciated me bringing him snapping turtles and eels, that he prepared in a makeshift kitchen on the back porch. But...... back to the music. The jukebox was filled with Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Harry James, the Dorseys, Kay Starr, et al. Their more modern selections were Sinatra, Tony Brennett, and such. Artie Shaw was my personal favorite. Had a lot of fun there, learned to dance old school style and met some interesting characters from two earlier generations. Best music ever created, I M H O.

[@tat3917]

The old saying was, "Benny Goodman may be the King of Swing, but Artie Shaw is the King of the Clarinet."

[@johnlight6162]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!! You got that RIGHT brother !!!!

[@michigantrainzandrailfanni6421]

incorrect

[@ardalla535]

When I compare this music to what we have now, I cry. And I'm way too young to remember this as it was. Just hearing these old recordings, the truth is obvious.

[@peterpiece2102]

You are right! ☝👍I feel it same.

[@tinture2822]

This is music we have now.

[@Fire_Axus]

stop getting so emotional

[@sarahgodwin-xd1wr]

Yes , sadly, you are so right!!! This is real music played with heart and soul !! And like you I am way too young, too , as in I wasn't even born yet. !! I just love listening to all types of music, and I don't care how old it is !!! Artie Shaw lived to be in his nineties!! I had an older brother who had lots of big band music on a collection of 78's records and I listened to them when I was pre-kindergarten. !!!

[@glenntaylor3284]

Artie Shaw played a sweet clarinet, but more importantly he played music.

[@oscarcasarin8250]

Best clarinet ever!

[@scotnick59]

he would agree with you 100% : glad you know and recognize this fact!

[@peterpiece2102]

You'r right.

[@happycampers7102]

25 years old and in love with this music 💛

[@ronnymatthews4133]

Yess! U iz Rrockin' with that Mmusic!❤😂❤😂Enjoy it FORevvverrr❤😂❤😂

[@Fire_Axus]

your feelings are irrational

[@joeydepalmer4457]

more than just the music. it was the clothes, the cars, the night live, the movies and thats just a little. just missed it by 25 - 30 years but still listened to it in the 70s because of the old folks at the teenager's hang outs (which they started hanging out there themselves as teens)

[@bbster73]

now can you imagine me at 83 playing in south Florida with guys older than i in a 17 piece big band enjoying these songs playing for the SENIOR CENTERS, Nursing homes ETC ?

[@navywoman7709]

Wow! This must be an awesome experience, enjoy❣️

[@iriscoffey4985]

age is a state of mind and love is eternal your exact age is your own biz. People when they know pigeon hole you.

[@brianoyler4777]

More power to you...I would love to hear your band. I live in Chicago.

[@kevinparker6938]

I was born in 1941 and this is still the best music ever, I'm still sat here listening, thank god

[@Mr.Robert1]

Only 20 years older than me. Plenty of time.

[@conorbanks7937]

I'm a guy who struggles with fairly chronic anxiety and this is one of the things that actually drives the anxiety, if not exactly away, then at least back far enough where I don't have it so constantly pressing on my mind. Definitely a God send. Thank you!

[@drcaerin9105]

I empathise. I can honestly say that, if it was not for my music, I would not be here to hear this. Keep the faith Brother.

[@vladimirru13]

You made an excellent point here, Conor. I've had chronic anxiety since I was around 19 (I'm now 66). Music has brought me much joy that I otherwise wouldn't have had.

[@johnlight6162]

Second all of this, better than Xanax

[@andreasmith3439]

thats so relatable for me, i discovered that this and other music of this time relives my anxiety while driving a lot.

[@tomshaw661]

try a puff of sweet bud.

[@philipgermani1616]

Age 64 here. Not raised on this music, but have "adopted" it throughout my life. It's incomparable!

[@walterclark7357]

YOU COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER ADOPTION.

[@patrickpartridge5350]

As a 64 year old musician and son of a WW 2 veteran, I enjoy and appreciate the talent of the musicians in the swing and big band era. Too bad most of the youngsters today don't have the patience to stick to learning a musical instrument. Thanks for posting A. Shaw.

[@jamesbarr5170]

As someone ten years older than yourself, I can assure you that `most of the youngsters in my youth didn`t ` have the patience ( nor the money) to stick to learning a musical instrument.`

[@ChristianKubota]

My grandfather, my dad AND I ...giving thanks to u.

[@dukemd69]

I'm 80 and in my glory...all over again. Thank you....and KZbin too.

[@cathieludemann5879]

Only in my 70's but totally agree. Have adored Artie since I was little, and I am just as enthralled today.

[@user-io5fq3jv8q]

My parents danced to this music after the War, when my Father came home from the Pacific after VJ Day. They were married in 1948, and together over 60 years until Mother died.

[@jeromemartinez6415]

Best ever to play the licorice stick!

[@sharonwilling8837]

Artie Shaw - a man made of music. We're so fortunate to live in a time when we can have him in our lives, though he's no longer physically with us. Thanks for keeping him with us!

[@TheJmh19]

Especially at a time like this I wish for a country I never knew. hope it comes back. beautiful music...

[@marcopollo8443]

A música é uma linguagem Universal, sem conhecer as letras , adorei a seleção músical!!!

[@brianoyler4777]

kimberlie h, well, these are the choices the generations have made since the big bands were number 1 in USA. What the baby boomers, their children and grandchildren have chosen for music and culture is definitely something that the WW2 generation would disapprove.

[@maureen1938]

FANTASTIC....The Big Bands era was MAGIC......!!!!!!

[@richardacevedo280]

My father was 47 when I was born, so perhaps I was not an after thought after all. I am 52 now. I always felt that I belonged to the previous generation and grew up listening to music from the previous generation. I love the romantic elegance and purity of the music of these times. Apparently, Mr. Shaw was with the Navy during WWII and toured around to improve morale. Those where the times when American soldiers died sometimes while whistling the tunes of the big bands; perhaps, Moon Light Serenade, I imagined as a child. I have been in Berlin for 5 years by now, before a 4 year stay in London. I never anticipated that American music would be so popular in Europe. I am glad it has become a treasure for humanity.

[@matildamartin2811]

I am 88 and am so glad I lived in the time of the big bands. This music completely transports you back to a lost era. I feel so sad for the teenagers who came after us and never experienced dancing in the dance halls to this music. From Central England now, but danced to this music as a teenager in Edinburgh Scotland.

[@ddkoda]

This is about as good as it gets. Artie certainly was in a league all his own. Some have called this era the zenith of American pop culture.

[@brianoyler4777]

ddkoda, yes, listen to these Artie Shaw tunes compared to today's contemporary...no comparison...I certainly consider today's contemporary degenerate. Any music which has to rely on obscenities to attract listeners and audience is definitely not music to me.

[@69Jackjones69]

Whomever said that was absolutely right

[@T.A.P.-yn6sz]

Also Etta James: At last, Uh blue,Too soon, Does he love me?😏Dean Martin😥 ( Just in time/ Heaven can wait),Johnny Desmond:Time on my hands

[@dansweet6793]

I'm more of a rocker and blues guy but thanks to grandma she has me listening to some oldies as well.

[@PercivalFromWales]

I'm 46 years old, and it was not until now I came across such delightful music? I could listen to this for hours and hours and still not grow tired of it. I have been missing out! :-D

[@SBCBears]

It's what I call "musical" music.

[@tedjones4615]

Percival, I am 78 and have always enjoyed both listened & dancing to this music. Just remember you have another 30 or so years to keep enjoying it.

[@denniscompton5800]

When I was a kid my Pop used to drag me in to listen to Shaw, Goodman, Miller and I wanted to run away, now I have and love everyone of them.

[@frrandallackley1602]

ok kid, i will be 86 in august.. artie did also have pleasure of ava and lana to go with his musical artistry..

[@littleassalfredo355]

Dennis Compton it's so much easier to listen to this type of music if you play a brass or woodwind instrument

[@anthonyayala5604]

As a 95 yr. old ww2 vet an read the young peoples appreciation on the big band sound... Through my years I have learned to appreciate smaller musical groups. It's almost impossible to replace the lyrics, arrangements, vocalists,composers and their leaders & (side man). Thanks to the young kids who were exposed from their parents and those whom were not for interest in what was the best. i would hope the whole Glen Miller library would find the web. They recorded so many beautiful arrangements and lyrics unheard. While during ww2 an on board a Liberty ship traveling some unknown destination, we heard Tokyo Rose's broadcasting from Japan Anthony ''Lou" Ayala

[@bradking1067]

Thanks so much for sharing! Hope you are well and happy God loves you and yours deeply Shalom 🌿🌸🌿🏵️🌿💮🌿🌻🌿🌸🌿💮🌿🏵️🌿🌻🌿🌸🌿💮🌿🏵️🌿🌻💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕💞💕

[@elizabethdiblasio7825]

Artie Shaw the greatest one! Love ya Artie, you left a great legacy of 40s'years....

[@garywilliams3314]

Swing music is all that we were allowed to play in High School in the 60's because my High School Teacher, who is now recognized as a living treasure of Maryland, said that Rock and Roll wouldn't last, and that we were waisting our time and talents. So we played the top 76 songs of the 40's at every high school dance from 1961 through 1963. From American Patrol to Tea for Two, and a lot of Glen Miller Songs. I also, along with another former student, played music with our teacher's band throughout Maryland at different venues, and of course the songs were all from the 40's. I still like Rock and Roll, but to be able to play music from a different generation, was something very special. I saw Gene Krupa live with Les Brown and his Band of Renowns, at Steel Pier in Atlantic City. He was masterful in the way he played his drums, and the full Orchestra sound was just breathtaking. You couldn't be in the ballroom unless you had a sports coat and tie on and my mother made sure I always properly dressed for the occasion. I will never forget it - one the best memories of my life. I saw the band again in Okinawa with the Bob Hope show. Great music from the 40's. One of my classmates still plays the clarinet with a Jazz band in Florida and I now play Taiko Drums for two Okinawa Classical Music groups in Virginia - very different music indeed - but I am hooked and we are blessed to play at the local Cherry Blossom Festivals.

[@michelleduquette800]

Good for you, and also your many listeners, I'm sure!!☺️

[@JohnChalmers617]

What a great story , my friend .

[@robertgardner1498]

A lifetime treasure of a story!

[@robertgardner1498]

What an amazing story... In 1979 I was wandering, aimlessly through the Brea Mall in Brea, CA and heard music coming from the middle of the mall. As I got closer and was totally digging on the big band sounds, I saw folks swing dancing and just tearing it up. I was 19 and finally saw that it was Les Brown and his Band of Reknown absolutely lighting up the place. I have been a fan of the big band since that day. And really favor the clarinet band leaders... to the extent that I went out and bought myself a Bb Buffet and taught myself to play along (not so great) with my favorites. Probably the only one I ever got good at was They Say. I love your story and truly envy those experiences. Be well and keep on swingin'.

[@stevej7113]

Taiko drums are huge in world popular, Japanese video games as i am sure you know

[@albertnemiroff1502]

Artie Shaw’s sixteen measure solo in Stardust is considered by clarinetists to be the best improvised solo of all time.

[@T.A.P.-yn6sz]

Dad & Grandpa👴 were awesome 👌dancers🕺💃. In highschool he tought me how to dance🕺💃 for the Ball dance gala. They had a🎬 style life always happy , no drama times.😏🙏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alanmeyer2699]

Fantastic music, I listen to this while I restore old radios. Side note; my great uncle Larry, who just passed this year at 94 was a driver for the top brass in ww2 and a drummer. He would fill in for Glen Miller and Benny Goodman. Pretty cool stuff.

[@janescribner8258]

very cool stuff ... I hope he told you some stories that you could write down!!

[@daveshaffner7612]

KZbin

[@botondzagoni550]

Wow. It is great. Where do you live? Greetings from Hungary. Zoltán

[@bradkennettsr1157]

What a great memory you have of your uncle, my uncle was Arthur Fiedler personal photographer, we sat in every 4th of July, I have tinnitis now but man it was worth it..I remember my dad always played Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, and Johnny Cash.. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@yaourter4938]

What a great story. Glad to see people remembering their family history.

[@thebluerobin]

What happened to music today, this is really great stuff !!

[@e.m.tanner179]

I was born in 1952, but have always loved the music of the 30's and 40's. Movie musicals and singers of that era too. Not to mention those FABULOUS cars; with running boards and fender skirts! I think I must have lived a past life then.

[@millerforester6237]

As a child in the 1940s, I listened to big band with my parents. They went dancing to this kind of music every Saturday night. An old rock & roller and disco lover has picked up this stuff again. This is good shit.

[@robertarchibald8439]

At 75 I grew up with much of this music..never felt more alive when the big bands played..Artie Shaw definitely was one of the greatest..love it all.

[@Mr.Robert1]

My father turned me on to Big band music when I was a young teenager. He served in Germany during World War II. I served in the United States Air Force . Did a lot of time overseas during the Gulf War conflict. Good music last forever.

[@timothyauger9905]

Artie Shaw's band was the best of that era, in my humble opinion.

[@marlvinmifsud]

Artie shaw and Glenn miller masters of music

[@denn1222]

Cha cha

[@barbaraporter8147]

Foxpowers, Benny Goodman was fantastic too.

[@carolyncolebeck6376]

I'm the master of naming music 🎶 and playing it

[@aguilas10102020]

Benny Goodman también.

[@paulettegomez-glass119]

i know

[@davidbloss7863]

The Big Band era had some marvelous clarinetists. Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Hermann, and of course Artie. Of all of them, the music that Artie played spoke more to me.

[@MeandogIzzy]

What I wouldn't give to have all my hearing resorted and hearing this live. Still sounds great with quality earbuds.

[@buddyyork1100]

The intro is fantastic ... How did people fall in love? They had music like this....

[@TedWms521]

Well, that's one explanation, but people fell in love both before and after music lie this. Sad they missed out on the music but they didn't miss out on love.

[@brendajohnson622]

Hearing this music always makes me think of my mom. She always smiled when she talked about her younger days going to all the dances and the wonderful music they played.

[@tinafoose1633]

Beautiful music no matter how old or young you are!

[@helenazaussmer3419]

Grrrreat

[@vickewoodall8232]

Yes!

[@43fadhil]

@@vickewoodall8232 yes

[@tranquilo3694]

YES. IF I SPEAK SPANIH BECAUSE I FROM VENEZUELA !!!

[@eustress7428]

And, even a teenager from asian country

[@davidh1925]

I just bought a clarinet, and this man is gonna inspire me to master it

[@richardruncimanblake7610]

How are you doing now?

[@patjack1956]

Artie Shaw's music tugs at your heartstrings and transports you to your happiest time, your happiest place.

[@yettaplotz2155]

Shaw was married 5X, One of his wives was Ava Gardner.

[@ronchristie6659]

Artie Shaw would have been a sensation at any time. His mastery of tone and power is unsurpassed. Moving, powerful and relaxing. Thanks for the post SC. Great work

[@sruiz6457]

LO mejor que bonito toca?,trompeta clarinete no lo se quisiera bailar ..

[@sitarnut]

Ron, there are so many Clarinetists out here who like me have tried for 40 years to have the tone and control like Artie does on the high notes... we're all still trying. He's the Legend.

[@esthersolano2529]

I am 70 and..there is no chance to have better musicians..enjoying us..they gave to people ..heavens!!

[@94summerangel]

26 here and just finding this. Could listen to this on repeat for hours.

[@ddivar8149]

fantastic. You have excellent taste. Listen to "The mole" 1941 Harry James. Close your eyes and relive the moment.

[@maryellengrayberg9146]

Love the period of big band. It was and still is the best!

[@aidennewell4034]

Hello Mary, How are you doing?

[@albertogarciaarango2411]

All time music from Artie Shaw. UNFORGETTABLE!!!

[@grumpyoldman8661]

What a fine musician Artie Shaw was, his playing of the clarinet was just exquisite. (UK)

[@TheIncongruent]

Haven't thought about Artie Shaw since his last foray into popular music. So Rare? Used to be my favorite. I am 83.

[@David-sv7by]

Absolutely beautiful music from a time of great stress and hardship. You cannot fail to appreciate this gift from Shaw and the rest. There were also British and German big bands who gave fantastic accounts of themselves and lesser known North American ones that add to the genre. Artie Shaw's music for me is stunning.

[@lealssikes3465]

I tell you what.. that trumpet 🎺 blast that hits at a minute 9 seconds to a minute 10seconds... Omg.. chills

[@alexcampbell8412]

My father was a musician he introduced me to all the great music of the 30s and 40s during WW.2 in Glasgow Scotland. Born in 1941.

[@johnorvis655]

Can you imagine creating such brilliant music and giving up aged 44 years, never picking up the clarinet again and dying aged 94. Incredible music. RIP Artie, Thanks a million.

[@syk3970]

That’s real man

[@gregfieg482]

Cant improve on perfection, no point in trying

[@danielapplebay2217]

I’ve loved Big Band music all my life…. Ever since I listened to Glenn Miller records at my grandma’s house. I’ve played sax for over 50 years, mostly in big bands. Currently in an 18 piece Big Band on the Central Coast of California. Swing music is in my soul! Thank goodness for musicians like Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman…and all the countless other great Jazz musicians!! They left us so many great recordings.

[@gypzs9]

Just love listening to these wonderful old songs. Musicianship was so elegant. Even my young son loves listening to this, and Glenn Miller, the Dorseys -- fine music for any age.

[@jorgebecerra4103]

ARTIE SHAW you will always be my most famous clarinet professional player ever

[@karakorum2007]

This music is full of class and good vibrations, specially made for hard times!! Our parents and grandparents also did know about bad, bitter times, and they faced those days listening these fine pieces , encouraging their minds for better moments!!

[@dirceperez4271]

Musica maravilhosa

[@felipefernandez4730]

S no

[@hommefriday]

Heard Artie first time in 1956 - never can get enough

[@michelleparrish2207]

With a wierd world in 2020 these songs soothe the tired soul no masks required

[@walterclark7357]

AMEN...

[@nadavukicevic1400]

Fantastic and beautiful music for the old guard.

[@aprilmartinez656]

I was definitely born in the wrong decade. My grandfather was a musician and introduced me to this music when I was young. I have always loved it . I like most music but this era seemed magical to me. Thanks for preserving it .

[@0mik3mik3]

Same here! My grandfather used to play the clarinet and I found this music thanks to him.

[@fabiennedepauw424]

April Martinez I you like this music then you should listen once to the orchestra from Percy Faith "theme for a summerplace" And the orchestra from Bert Keampfert " Lady " Enjoy .. have a Nice life .kind regards from Belgium Fabienne

[@cliffgilholm]

April Martinez rd

[@TheRAFfc]

"APRIL" i was born in that Decade, in my 90.s now and I used to Dance to this music with ladies as a youth and as an Airman, during the war, and later with a Wonderful Lady, my Wife, all now left me, this Music is what keeps me alive, enjoy it my dear while you can ,

[@michelleduquette800]

TheRAFfc Thank you, so much, for your service to the war effort and, indeed, to the world!! Yours is truly the Greatest Generation and a terrific example for those younger people to follow!! Your Wonderful Lady is surely smiling down upon you from Heaven, where someday you will dance together for all Eternity!!God be with you, Sir!!

[@constantdarkfog49]

The Big bands of the 40's were a very special blend of charming music.Real classic musicians playing the best sounds.

[@rayopezzo4052]

Virtuoso musicians, no electronic enhancements, music you could dance to and enjoy. Imagine dancing together as a couple!

[@glenngallup5163]

Lucky me. I don't have to.

[@2coryman]

Artie 's tunes are awesome, Today we also have some truly amazing club music by famous D Js that doesn't get recorded and sold

[@gigilupescu]

Ray Opezzo u b

[@lexmedved]

IN CHICAGO I ONCE SAW A MAN DANCE WITH HIS WIFE.

[@williammclean7260]

haha, nice musical quote

[@shiwes.c1190]

Im 28 and I enjoy this music. It is so refreshing to listen to

[@silvereagleranch7352]

late 30's and 40's-- my favorite music. I grew up in the 80's (1980's) :)

[@agee.prononcedagasmies7602]

What a wonderful musician he was. Inspiring.

[@agnusoliveirahorta9254]

Já sabia o que queria da Música. Foi fiel ao seu Espírito Musical. Quem sabe , faz, não manda buscar!!!

[@paulffabrizio3712]

And to think he gave it all up ... can't figure that.

[@georgejessop9860]

I love the big band sounds. When I was a kid, I had piano lessons as did my twin brothers. I was not able to coordinate my left hand with my right. Just not able. The first alternate was the viola. As I am left handed, learning to play was against all instincts. I finally learned to play the clarinet as a senior. I took my clarinet with me to college and was so glad I did. In the first class of ROTC those who could play an instrument were asked to join the band. Instead of marching around a dusty field for 4 hours every Monday, we sat in an air conditioned hut practicing the music. On parade, we played the usual military marches, but getting to the starting point, we played Dixieland jazz to the delight of the other students. In my dorm room I would play along with the 'Dukes' to learn the scores. My roommate was a first trombone (high school band competition rank) and his best friend across the hall was the second. I needed all the practice I could get. Now, to help with my COPD, I play with these great old recordings.

[@Melody_Mike.4460]

It’s music like this that made America what it was. You know I’ve been listening to this wonderful music since I was 9 (I’m 16 at the moment) and what I would love to do is form an orchestra and find that “old sound.” The orchestras do not really sound like it did and I want to bring it back.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

MikesGarage , good for you! I was probably around 9 years old myself when I developed a liking to this style of music. In two months, I'll be 73, and guess what? I still love it!

[@karins.vankoesveld267]

Good luck!

[@saniruf_6551]

Good luck!

[@brianoyler4777]

MikesGarage: I am so glad that you are thinking this way. I have wanted to do the same. Financing is the issue when you are not already discovered. Wow! Do we ever need this type of music now! Today's contemporary does not even compare, and it is not very danceable.

[@lealssikes3465]

Been listening to this Great man since I was 12....that was in 1997 I just turned 36 in 2021.. the memories made to this music with family and loved ones priceless ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰

[@grahambarlow1308]

As 5/6 year old with two teenage older brothers , I can remember Artie Shaw was their favourite all through the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. Glenn Miller was also constantly on the BBC, and the world forces Service. Great to hear him again ! What memories and all those young GIs. The American Army HQ was next door in Bushey Park Hampton Court. My Brother was a pilot in the Second Tactical Airforce at El Alamein.(RAF) Artie and his orchestra was their joy and reminder of better days to come.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Saw your reply about Artie Shaw. Iam an American by product of WW2!! Dad served in Europe. Grew up listening to Big Bands. This sure puts one back to the era!! If nothing else it broadens ones musical knowledge & appreciation. These bands had excellent musicians, which is so lost today. Keep on enjoying over there across the Pond!!

[@Loupadron2010]

Excellent beautiful music to relax after dinner and dessert with family and friends. An after hour liqueur and perhaps some cheek to cheek dancing with your honey. Simpler times with style and grace. A love for all things beautiful.

[@wkkaiser1]

Such beautiful music such a pleasure to listen to I remember it when I was just a little boy and I loved it then and still do at 85 .

[@wkkaiser1]

My statement is identical to yours .

[@Outspoken.Humanist]

From the first bars of Stardust to the end of the last track, this music is sublime. Thanks to my Father it is the music of my childhood and 60+ years on it still delights, soothes and pleases me. I wonder if the world would be a better place if this was still 'de jour'.

[@millerforester6237]

I think that "Stardust" is the best American song ever written. It applied to my now divorced 2nd wife. I can play it on three instruments. Sing? Uh, no.

[@Outspoken.Humanist]

@@millerforester6237 😁 I sing with a blues band but can't play any instrument, except the blues harp, a little. But I agree about Stardust.

[@lenalundberg3701]

I would say that Artie was the best swing musician.

[@warrenturner937]

There was always a debate on "best" between BG and Artie, but most of it depended on the arrangements and selection of music and sidemen. Artie gets many points for use of a harpsichord in his Grammercy 5 group ( yes, I said harpsichord!)

[@GinaBush-gb6tk]

I am still crushing on him hahahahah

[@lizvansickle452]

@@GinaBush-gb6tk Me too!

[@SoulSecureOfficial]

@@warrenturner937 I didn't know he had a harpsichord in his band. I'm'a have to hear that. I can't even imagine a swingin' harpsichord

[@user-xd3vx9gx6f]

Всичко, всеки клип е много спицялен за мен, слушам с наслада и възхищение и се прекланя пред големите богове на класическия джаз,Бени Гутман,Артие,те са много солисти,на различни инструменти ,духови и клавирни, и други но как звучат, знам само че няма стара музика има много различна по жанър изпълнявана от виртуози музиканти които много обичат професията си.Благадаря.

[@johnfitzgeraldkennedy5265]

Agreed

[@eduardomendozayugarte6964]

Tedria unos 16 años escuchaba estas orquestas y era lo maximo ahora a mis 83 abriles siento la misma sensacion espero que nunca pierda la sensibilidad y disfrute este regalo de dios

[@lenalundberg3701]

I would dare to say that Arties band was the best of the swing period.

[@scotnick59]

I will double that = in spades!

[@davidbloss9134]

Before the pandemic shut us down (we just now started rehearsing again), my jazz / big band rehearsed in an "active adult retirement home" where the average age of the residents is somewhere between 85-90. We play the music that they grew up with, and come to our rehearsals to applaud. I've often noted that is I had a chance to be around a group that played the Beach Boys (I'd be singing along with them). The members of that band range from mid-30s to mid 70s. It's as much fun to play as to dance or listen to!

[@OLD_SOUL1900]

Artie Shaw... Out of the many clarinet playing bandleaders, he is definitely one of my favorites. He makes the music majestically very sway like and I love some of his versions, like Moonglow... Don't stop the music!

[@catlover788]

I'm 57 and I'v been missing out myself glad I found this great stuff. Makes life alot better for me.

[@johnpickering4579]

Artie's Stardust is immortal

[@warrenchambers4819]

StarDust, So this is what floating on a cloud feels like? Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Total comfort. Real sounds to soothe the soul.

[@walkergirl2498]

The first song playing..I heard this in a movie or something, feel in love with this song. And the thing with classical music, if you don't know the music there is no way to find it. I'm sooo happy I press this video :) Too many memories coming back and yes I am only a 90's baby lol

[@michelleduquette800]

Welcome to the club!!

[@georgetraganos3386]

He was born to well off parents and didn't need to work but his love of music led him to because one of the best in the 30 s to the 70 s. never get tired of hearing all those greats. George A. Traganos

[@ducciocastelli7560]

Long live swing miusic. May It await me in Paradise.

[@marlawification]

How many people danced with their music over the years all over the world.???

[@MyJudyKim]

Very nice Clarinet Sound for Stardust and Moonglow

[@glennstodd5092]

I used to live up in New York. As a kid my father always had WNEW on the radio. The show was Make Believe Ballroom Time, hosted by Martin Block. He played all the fabulous bands on the radio. When he moved on the show was taken over by William B Williams. True, this swing music was not for everyone's taste but the music was fantastic.

[@johnjanda943]

I too listened to the Make Believe Ballroom with my dad when I was a teen back in the 50's . The tune "Make Believe Ballroom Time" was a big hit by Charlie Barnett . The show always signed off with Jan Pierce singing "Bluebird of Happiness" ! Great memories !!!

[@pinklady6042]

The most relaxing music to listen to. Beautiful music. Not like the trash that we have, since they stopped playing this music on the radio.

[@georgemarsh2152]

@@pinklady6042 I was a teen when make Believe Ballroom played on my radio, in Brooklyn, NY. Spoiled me for life; was a fan, remember the gamut of bands and singers, minor and major.

[@aldolamberti3855]

Artie...a giant into a giants ! Thank you so much !

[@davecrowder7312]

Pretty much everything from that era was dancable. And one could actually understand the words to the songs. And, no matter what, they were almost ALWAYS upbeat.

[@brianoyler4777]

Dave Crowder, exactly...every tune on this greatest hits video is danceable. The lyrics and "music" of today's contemporary habe to rely on such obscenities for listeners and audience. I do not even consider it music. It is garbage filling up ears and minds.

[@iwishyourlove46]

Siento mucha nostalgia...Mi madre me enseñó a escuchar esta hermosa música. Todavía hoy soy fanática de ella y de todo lo que significa el Jazz

[@arthurcompton7341]

Thank you for taking me back to my 1940's schooldays when we listened to this wonderful music coming all the way from across the Atlantic. The highlight was attending the 1944 Jazz Jamboree at the Stoll Theatre , Kingsway and the appearance of Major Glenn Miller and his American band of the AEF. Halcyon days. Thanks a million.

[@johnbilello5899]

I'm 80 and big bands are the best music Benny, Arty, Glenn and the Dorsey brothers were the best music to dance to or just listen to 👍👍