01. Nightmare 
02. Indian Love Call 
03. Back Bay Shuffle 
04. Any Old Time 
05. Traffic Jam 
06. Comes Love 
07. What Is This Thing Called Love? 
08. Begin The Beguine 
09. Oh! Lady Be Good 
10. Frenesi 
11. Serenade To A Savage 
12. Deep Purple 
13. Special Delivery Stomp 
14. Summit Ridge Drive 
15. Temptation 
16. Star Dust 
17. Blues (parts I & II) 
18. Moonglow 
19. Moon Ray 
20. The Carioca

Artie Shaw - Bandleader, Clarinet,
John Best, Claude Bowen, Chuck Peterson (trumpets), 
George Arus, Ted Vesely, Barry Rogers (trombones), 
Les Robinson, Hank Freeman (alto saxes), 
Tony Pastor, Ronnie Perry (tenor saxes), 
Les Burness (piano), Al Avola (guitar), 
Sid Weiss (bass), 
Cliff Leeman (drums).

Recording Date
July 24, 1938 - July 23, 1941

Beginning not with the career-launching title track but with the bandleader's own haunting signature tune, "Nightmare," this is an outstanding slice from a brief period at the start of the Second World War. Included in 15 digitally remastered sides led by the eccentric clarinetist from 1938 to 1941 are performances by Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday (her only recording with Shaw), and even Ray Conniff. This is a great introduction to a mercurial, innovative musician who created an early form of fusion music by joining a string section and rhythm section to a big band. --- Mark Allan, Rovi

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Side 1

01-Frenesi
02-Star Dust
03-Moonglow
04-Oh, Lady Be Good
05-All The Things You Are, Are Mine
06-Temptation

Side 2

07-Begin The Beguine
08-Serenade To A Savage
09-Indian Love Call
10-Traffic Jam
11-Nightmare
12-Dancing In The Dark

Personnel includes: 
Artie Shaw (clarinet); 
Tony Pastor (vocals, tenor saxophone); 
Billie Holiday, Helen Forrest (vocals); 
Les Robinson, Hank Freeman, Neely Plumb (alto saxophone); 
George Auld, Herbie Steward (tenor saxophone); 
Chuck Gentry (baritone saxophone); 
Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen, Bernie Privin, Harry Geller, Roy Eldridge,
 Billy Butterfield, Hot Lips Page, Bernie Glow, George Wendt, Johnny Cathcat (trumpet); 
Ray Conniff, George Arus, Ted Vesely, Harry Rodgers (trombone); 
Les Burness, Bob Kitsis, Dodo Marmarosa, Johnny Guarnieri (piano); 
Al Avola, Barney Kessel, Dave Barbour, Al Hendickson (guitar); 
Sid Weiss, Morris Rayman (bass); 
Buddy Rich, Cliff Leeman, Dave Tough, Lou Fromm, Nick Fatool (drums).

This RCA Victor compilation features some of Shaw's finest work spanning the years 1938-1945. As such, it's an interesting document in the history of World War II America. All 18 tracks are meticulously annotated, and Loren Schoenberg's biographical essay is a gem -- well-written, insightful, and free of banality and cliché. As for the music, it's classic swing, with performances by Billie Holiday, Buddy Rich, Roy Eldridge, and many more. The sound is top-notch by reissue standards. Shaw's masterful clarinet is a powerful presence, but there's also the writing and arranging to consider: Gershwin's "Summertime," Thomas Griselle's "Nocturne," Shaw's "Concerto for Clarinet," and Eddie Sauter's "The Maid With the Flaccid Air" take some pretty innovative turns, balancing out more pop-oriented fare like "Begin the Beguine" and "Deep Purple." (The latter would become a theme song of sorts for Marie Osmond some 35 years later.) The inclusion of three barnstorming radio broadcasts from 1939, "Everything Is Jumpin'," "My Blue Heaven," and "Diga Diga Doo," make the package all the more valuable. For a concise yet thorough introduction to Shaw's intelligent brand of swing, one couldn't ask for better. --David R. Adler, Rovi

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1. The Japanese Sandman
2. The Chant
3. Just You, Just Me
4. Sobbin' Blues
5. Free Wheeling
6. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
7. Sweet Lorraine		    play
8. Sugarfoot Stomp		play
9. Let 'Er Go
10. The Blues, Pt 1 & 2
11. Goodnight Angel
12. Free For All

Here is Artie Shaw at the beginning of his successful career (around 1937). Very interesting and pleasure to listen, because of added string session. "Third stream" at its prime early form. Also, you can find one vocal track as well (Nita Bradley). One of jazz's finest clarinetists, Artie Shaw never seemed fully satisfied with his musical life, constantly breaking up successful bands and running away from success. While Count Basie and Duke Ellington were satisfied to lead just one orchestra during the swing era, and Benny Goodman (due to illness) had two, Shaw led five, all of them distinctive and memorable.

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