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artie shaw
Artie Shaw is best known as a clarinet player playing in the jazz genre. Artie Shaw is best known for his contributions to Cole Porter's music and the first white band leader to hire a black woman full time in a band.
In 2010, one of Artie Shaw's Selmer Bb clarinets was purchased, for reportedly around 20,000 GBP, for a 16 year old rising clarinet prodigy in Nottingham. There is at least one article on the internet reporting this.
one of the most famous clarinet players of fairly modern day was Benny Goodman, his known as a band leader, but was also an amazing clarinetist. You can hear him playing in the song, "sing, sing, sing"
It is a type of jazz, usually performed with a large orchestra and one lead instrument (Ex. Artie Shaw Clarinet, Louie Armstrong Trumpet)