Artie Shaw - Nonstop Flight

Artie Shaw and his orchestra swing it with Nonstop Flight.

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• Swing

[marino4691]

i listen to rap, but this is amazing - love it

[conn6m]

I Love this tune. Thanks so much for putting this on. I've never heard it before. Beautiful; must transcribe it. Shaw had such a great band.5*

[KaRidder234]

No, Artie Shaw wasn't African-American, and although he started with altosax, to be exact, he switched to clarinet soon. He played the alto at some early studio sessions, when he was still a sideman (so did Benny Goodman, who also could play a credible cornet).

All those "soundies" have been prerecorded; when you're looking closely, you can see the fingers move, but no sound is coming out. So, the band is actually trying to mime along the recording.

Check Charlie Parker & Coleman Hawkins. LOL!

[LivetoDrum100]

Its weird how you dont hear the drums

[FatManDoubleZero]

@svbray3likespie You are entitled to your opinion. In my opinion, concerning "swing" music from the 1930s-1940s, Artie Shaw has no peer - not then and certainly not now. Style, grace, intonation, tonal quality, technical ability including fingering technique, and the ability to get the full notes from the entire scale without any loss of projection; no one else has the artistry of this man. Your clarinetist can likely play well, technically, but that is not enough to rank him with Shaw.

[svbray3likespie]

@FatManDoubleZero im pretty sure the greatest clarinet in the world can play swing unless he just sticks with classical but I forgot his name though he originally wanted to play a saxophone and he is apparently is african american which im not being racist just little unknown fact

[claynadian]

God, why did I ever give up on the clarinet? He's amazing!

[chas63]

@cruddiestcrudever yup. It's a technique he obviously learned as a saxophone player. His original instrument was a tenor sax, I believe. He made his name originally as a session alto man in NYC.

[stelika71]

cea mai frumoasa orchestra de jazz :) (sunt roman)

[WeAreTheSHWE]

@nitro74cs Im guessing oil lol.

[emrkinne]

With all the editing and various angles for shots, yes they 'finger sync' to a play back of a recording. But remember, the recordings were one take back then. If someone messed up, you made a whole new recording, and someone might have gotten fired.

[cruddiestcrudever]

Can't get enough Artie Shaw music into my ears...

Anyone notice at around 1:56 he takes a breath but is still "playing"? :P