Artie Shaw's Second Act Better Than the First

NPR All Things Considered | April 29, 1996 | Copyright

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Clarinetist Artie Shaw walked away from music and a lucrative career in 1954 after deciding all the fame and fortune just wasn't worth it. He now devotes himself to writing and has a new book in the works.

NOAH ADAMS, Host: It's All Things Considered; I'm Noah Adams.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And I'm Robert Siegel.

[`Begin the Beguine' performed by Artie Shaw]

ROBERT SIEGEL: It's often said that there are no second acts in American lives. Well, one of the most colorful Americans to disprove that statement is clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw. In the ...

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