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When Benny Goodman entered a New York recording studio on July 13, 1935, only pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa went in with him. Small-group jazz, or chamber jazz, was born, the course of jazz history altered forever.
True, smaller ensembles had been tried before--Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Jimmie Noone's Apex Club band, to name two, prospered in the 1920s playing traditional New Orleans-style fare. But until Goodman's foray, the small band had been limited to blues, Dixieland, and the group improvisations of the New Orleans style. Goodman expanded on the small-group concept, applying it to the steady 4/4 rhythm and the repertoire (mostly standards) of swing. Instead of dance music, this small-group swing showcased the individual talents of the musicians involved. Ironically, a mere 10 years later, small-group jazz would become the norm, almost to the point of extinction of big bands. Immediately following that July 13 session, Goodman's big band would embark on a hugely successful tour, crowning him as the King of Swing. Still, musicians, critics, and many fans were truly riveted by the output of this pioneering small band.
We are Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, The Show Stealers. Our show stopping performances at private engagements and music festivals all over the United States, Canada, Europe and the Far East have given us this name.
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On the eve of America's entry into World War II, TIME magazine reported that to the German masses the United States meant "sky-scrapers, Clark Gable, and Artie Shaw." Some 42 years after that, in December l983, Artie Shaw made a brief return to the bandstand, after thirty years away from music, not to play his world-famous clarinet but to launch his latest (and still touring) orchestra at the newly refurbished Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York.
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After studying
clarinet as a child, Wilber began leading his own band and while still
a teenager became a student of Sidney Bechet. He recorded with Bechet,
grew adept on the soprano saxophone, and was clearly at home in a traditional
jazz setting. Nevertheless, Wilber's avid desire to expand his knowledge
and expertise led him to further studies under Lennie Tristano
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