[78-L] Artie Shaw Bio review in today's Wall St. Journal

[Taylor Bowie]

Bon Bon was with Savitt a lot longer than Holiday was with Shaw,  but 
writers and journalists seldom note that fact.

I'm guessing it's due to the fact that Holiday was a woman,  and that she 
became a legendary,  even cultish figure,  in music.  I guess Bon Bon 
doesn't make good "copy" for many readers,  even though he was a great 
singer.

Taylor

P.S.  I'll say again that I don't think any band ever had two greater 
singers at one time than when Savitt featured  Bon Bon and Carlotta Dale.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Artie Shaw Bio review in today's Wall St. Journal


> David Lennick wrote:
>> "One day, during one of his periodic retreats into rural life, Artie Shaw 
>> nearly chopped off a forefinger while cutting firewood. "And I swear," he 
>> said later, "the very first thought I had was, 'I'll never have to play 
>> the clarinet again.' "
>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting..especially since Pablo Casals is supposed to have said 
>> exactly the same thing about the cello.
>>
>>
>>
>> dl
> "Professionally, Shaw hired Billie Holiday when white bands weren't
> supposed to have black singers, and he fought the segregation of Jim
> Crow that such performers encountered during tours."
>
> What about Jan Savitt and Bon Bon, Jimmy Dorsey and June Richmond?
>
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