Concerto for Clarinet (Shaw)

Concerto for Clarinet is a composition for clarinet and jazz orchestra by Artie Shaw. The piece ends with a "legendary" altissimo C.^[1] The piece is a "pastiche thrown together out of some boogie-woogie blues, clarinet-over-tomtom interludes, a commonplace riff build-up towards the end, all encased in opening and closing virtuoso cadenzas for the leader's clarinet".^[2]

Shaw and his orchestra performed the piece in the Fred Astaire film Second Chorus (1940), in which Shaw played himself.^[2]

Harry James recorded a version in 1955 on his album Jazz Session (Columbia CL 669).

References

^ Hoeprich, Eric (2008). The Clarinet. Yale University Press. p. 311.
^ ^a ^b Schuller, Gunther (1991). The History of Jazz. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 705.

[1] Hoeprich, Eric (2008). The Clarinet. Yale University Press. p. 311.

[schuller-2] Schuller, Gunther (1991). The History of Jazz. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 705.

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