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The Artie Shaw Orchestra
conducted by Dick Johnson

     "This is America's classical music" Dick Johnson says. And he should know; he is the man Artie Shaw chose to direct his reconstituted band, and has been leading it ever since.
     Shaw always surrounded himself with men of top-notch caliber, and continued to make them feel wanted by featuring them in solo passages just about as much as he featured himself. This trait is continued for audiences to see. Johnson gives recognition to the side men he introduces for well earned bows after each number.
    Something else is at work here, though and Johnson deftly bring it out. It is the classical music feel that set Shaw apart from so many others. He had the best arrangers, but for many of the pieces did his own arranging, and the sense of it still comes through today.

Conductor of the Artie Shaw Orchestra

Additional information about booking The Artie Shaw Orchestra
can be received by contacting Robert M. Gewald Management, Inc.