Saxophone

Conn Alto Sax owned by Artie Shaw

C.G. Conn Ltd. Elkhart Ind, USA
United States

1941

C.G. Conn Alto Saxophone Model 6M VIII, owned and played by American Legendary Jazz Clarinetist, Composer, and Bandleader Artie Shaw. According to the provenance, Artie said, "this saxophone 'plays beautifully' and is 'possessive of a bigger sound than most similar Conn saxophones'." Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York City (May 23, 1910 - December 30, 2004), Shaw grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. Shaw began learning the saxophone when he was 13 years old, and by the age of 16, he switched to the clarinet. Shaw was an innovator in jazz, he fussed jazz with classical music by adding strings to his arrangements, experimented with bebop, and formed "chamber jazz" groups that utilized such novel sounds as harpsichords or Afro-Cuban music. In the late 1940's he Shaw performed classical music at Carnegie Hall and with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein. then in 1981, he organized a new Artie Shaw Band. In 1985, Canadian filmmaker Brigitte Berman created the Academy Award-winning documentary, Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, featuring her interviews with Shaw, Buddy Rich, Mel Torm�, Helen Forrest and others.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Shaw - Also listed under American Jazz on this website.

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