Artie Shaw (19102004) is the subject of Tom Nolan's biography, "Three Chords for Beauty's Sake," a compelling, day-to-day recap of a great musical talent. Shaw, a consummate artist, was bedeviled by ...

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Imagine this: in that brief period of 20th-century American history when jazz was mainstream pop music, several of the most prominent men in show business anywhere were white clarinet players who led ...

Artie Shaw was one of the top-grossing stars of the 1930s and the only serious rival Benny Goodman had to his title as The King of Swing." To celebrate the Shaw legacy, Riverwalk's David Holt talks ...