1909-05-30 ( 115 years old ) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson. Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".
Movies
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022-01-09
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004-07-12
Åke Hasselgård story
1983-06-03
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978-04-06
Copland Conducts Copland
1976-03-17
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
John Gunther's High Road
1959-09-07
Allen in Movieland
1955-07-02
Music Land
1955-06-11
Two for the Record
1954-04-23
A Song Is Born
1948-10-19
Make Mine Music
1946-06-30
Sweet and Low-Down
1944-09-21
The Shining Future
1944-04-11
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24
The Powers Girl
1943-01-15
Syncopation
1942-05-22
Birth of the Blues
1941-11-07
Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936-10-05
Me and the Boys
1929-07-01
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